.+------------------------------------------------------------------------+. || First part is original "readme.txt" patched to fix/remove some url/etc || || to keep it mostly working. Second part is the linux version "readme". || `+------------------------------------------------------------------------+' .+------------------------------------------------------------------------+. || || || o__Oo oO_@. o_OOo o_OOo o@@o. o@@o. || || OO__O o_O_o _OO_@ O__@@ _@_@@ o@O_@ @_O@o || || _O_O_ _OOO_ __oO_ __@@_O__@@__@@_@@o o@_O_o o_O_@o || || @@_O_@ OO_OO oOOO_@ @@@_OO____OO___@@@ o@_OO__O_@o || || o@__OO___O___O__OOOO_@o o@___oo@@@___OO__@ @_OOO_@ || || o@___OO@_@___@@O___@o o@_O_ _OO__ ___@_ || || o@@__O_@@_@@_@@@o @_@_o @_O_o @@@@o || || || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || -+=[ W H Y / 7 GODS demo group ]=+- || || || || (C) 1998 all rights reserved || || || || WHY is a demo from 7 GODS demo group, demo compo entry at || || DemoBit'98 party, where it placed 2nd. || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || 7GODS (e-mail: 7gods@7gods.org http://7gods.org): || || Apache - Milan Janosik - apache@7gods.org || || Destroyer - Juraj Barat - destro@7gods.org || || Pavuk - Marek Antozi - pavuk@7gods.org || || Ped - Peter Helcmanovsky - ped@7gods.org || || Pefo - Peter Onofrej - pefo@7gods.org || || Prokop - Peter Prokopcak || || Ronyx - Tomas Kopnicky - ronyx@7gods.org || || Sayza - Maros Sandor - sayza@7gods.org || || Tren - Zsolt Trencsenyi - tren@7gods.org || || || || At the WHY demo participated Destroyer, Ped, Pefo, Sayza, Tren AND || || Apache. || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Requirements: || || Win 95/98/NT || || MMX (!) || || 80387 || || 16MB RAM || || And we STRONGLY hope, that you have (but you don't need): || || DirectX 5.0+ || || Sound card supporting DirectSound || || P300+ || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || There won't be any non-mmx version until GREAT demand (500+ emails), || ||but if there will be, it will be a lot slower. || || || || There is DOS exe too, requirements: MMX, 80387, 5MB RAM, VESA2.0 || ||320x200x16b or 320x240x16b. (command line option '-volume 0..64') || || || || There is a LINUX executable too. (has quite draconic requirements) || || || || Check our WWW page http://7gods.org for DOS and LINUX exe. || ||(you will still need "tell_me" file) || || || || Do you remember our first demo 90210 ? We get exactly ZERO emails || ||according to that demo. Send us one at least for "Why", please! || || || || Check WWW page of First Sight Entertainment: || || ------------------------------- (removed for many years obsolete url) || || || || Ped must thank to Barnett (Ing. Barger), who supports him with PC. || ||(at least for next 4 months :)) Thank you once more, without your help || ||i'll still work at my old 486 133MHz 32MB RAM ... uff, ugly dream. || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || REMEMBER, 7GODS group is NOT DEAD !!! At 1995 was released "90210", || ||(and a lot of ZX Spectrum production before year 1995, but who cares?) || ||at 1996 it was "DemoBit'96 invitation intro" for ZX Spectrum, || ||then Tren's music disc "Starider" and now at 1998 it is "WHY". || || And this is not our last production. Maybe at year 2001 - 2005 || ||we will produce our next demo, watch for it. || || The period 2-4 years between our demos doesn't mean, that we have || ||died. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!! I hope you have got it! || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || WHY is 7 (!) days production (not from scratch, we have used some || ||old sources, and added just some new code). Why 7 days ? We have || ||lot of "serious" work and we are still university students (some of us) || ||so we don't have too much time for demo scene, we are sorry for that. || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Greets (in random order and in random direction :): || || Apache (thnx), Zden, Samael, Shakul, MOVSD, Dement, Skywalker, LHarp, || || Bluezone, Gurun, Scape, -Baze->, Lucka, Tinus, Emzet, Kremen, Lynx, || || Twinsen, Equino-X, Maxman, Mondo, Havran, Busy, Noro, Olli3, Flash, || || Voomie, Hudis, Chelly, ELL, DarkLegend, Zoombapup, Statix, Johny || || Death, Devil, Johny, Andrew, SpaZ, WWW, Gildir, Kozo, Atari, _Eraser_ || || BeDnY, TiSt, TyBejk, Silvius, Lurey, Miro "Technik", Semo, || || Tomec, Sisak, Wasp, Pavucik, NoooN, Complex, Oxygene, Dubius, || || Rage, Vivid, Doomsday, Orange, Eufrosyne, Halcyon, Trauma, Remedy ent.|| || and all other people we like, and we forget them to put here. || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || 7GODS is not liable for any damage arising from any and all use || ||of this software. You are using this software completely at your || ||own risk. In case of other damage we may be responsible for, || ||7GODS will provide you with nice postcard with special greetings || ||for you. No other action may be taken against 7GODS. || || If such responsibility is not allowed by law of your country, you || ||are not allowed to use this software in any way and you must || ||destroy it immediately. || || || || If you want to run the software at some public presentation, or || ||you are distributing it on any CD, web/ftp site, or at other || ||media, you could send us an e-mail to 7gods@7gods.org with detailed || ||information about the presentation and/or distribution of this software.|| || || `+------------------------------------------------------------------------+' .+------------------------------------------------------------------------+. || || || o__Oo oO_@. o_OOo o_OOo o@@o. o@@o. || || OO__O o_O_o _OO_@ O__@@ _@_@@ o@O_@ @_O@o || || _O_O_ _OOO_ __oO_ __@@_O__@@__@@_@@o o@_O_o o_O_@o || || @@_O_@ OO_OO oOOO_@ @@@_OO____OO___@@@ o@_OO__O_@o || || o@__OO___O___O__OOOO_@o o@___oo@@@___OO__@ @_OOO_@ || || o@___OO@_@___@@O___@o o@_O_ _OO__ ___@_ || || o@@__O_@@_@@_@@@o @_@_o @_O_o @@@@o || || || || LiNUX version || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || -+=[ W H Y / 7GODS demo group ]=+- || || || || (C) 2000 all rights reserved || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Welcome here, in LiNUX part of readme.txt. All text below is dedicated || || to LiNUX version of .wHy. demo. Read it on your own risk and send your || || comments, we will be glad to read them. Maybe. ;) || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Requirements: || || || || - LiNUX || || - Glibc 2.1 || || - Root privileges || || - SVGA card (for SVGAlib or for X) || || - XFree86 server for X version of demo || || - Sound card with OSS drivers (no ALSA drivers !) || || - No MMX is required, but without it demo looks bad and is slow || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || How to run this demo: || || || || Log in as root, go to directory wHy and type ./wHy || || If you are in text console, press 2 for SVGAlib version. || || Be sure you have correct information in your /etc/vga/libvga.config || || On some graphics cards this demo will not run correctly in SVGAlib || || mode, set in /etc/vga/libvga.config chipset to VESA (uncomment line || || with chipset VESA). Next demo will run better ;) We promise ... (?) || || || || If you want to run this demo under Xwindows (demo will be using Xlibs) || || log in as root on your X login screen (you can get your X login screen || || typing telinit 5 in your text console), or type startx -- :1 -bpp 16 || || If it fails, you can type these commands on your text console (if you || || have csh, or tcsh) X :1 -bpp 16 &; setenv DISPLAY :1; xterm & || || || || Be sure you have in your /etc/X11/XF86Config line begining with || || Modeline "320x200" in Section "Monitor", for example: || || Modeline "320x200" 12.588 320 336 384 400 200 204 205 225 || || Doublescan || || || || The word Doublescan is on the same line as word Modeline. This line is || || necessary for running in full screen DGA mode. || || || || Be sure you have in Section "Screen", in SubSection "Display" for || || Depth 16 mode "320x200" in line Modes, for example: || || Subsection "Display" || || Depth 16 || || Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x200" || || ViewPort 0 0 || || EndSubsection || || || || Then go to the directory wHy, in xterm type ./why and input 1 for || || XFree86 version. || || || || Demo will try to run in fullscreen mode using VidMode and DGA || || extensions of XFree86, if there will be any error, demo will run in || || window mode. You can force demo run in window mode by pressing 3 for || || XFree86 version with nodga mode. || || || || When demo is runing, you can terminate it by pressing . || || If there will be any problem runing demo, send us error report ;) || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Technical details: || || statically linked version || || why executable is staticaly linked, l????.so shared objects uses only || || two dynamic libraries: || || || || lsvga.so: || || libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400bb000) || || /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) || || lxwin.so: || || libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400e6000) || || /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) || || || || dynamically linked (uses shared libs) || || why executable, and two l????.so shared objects use these shared || || objects: || || || || why.exe: || || libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40017000) || || libnewt.so.0.50 => /usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.50 (0x40034000) || || libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40043000) || || libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40046000) || || libslang.so.1 => /usr/lib/libslang.so.1 (0x40057000) || || libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4009b000) || || /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) || || lsvga.so: || || libvga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvga.so.1 (0x40007000) || || libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x4004d000) || || libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4005e000) || || libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40151000) || || /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) || || lxwin.so: || || libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4000a000) || || libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x400af000) || || libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x400c0000) || || libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400cc000) || || /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) || || || || So, for dynamically linked version of this demo you need on RedHat || || these packages (or newer): || || glibc-2.1.2-11, newt-0.50-13, slang-1.2.2-4, svgalib-1.4.1pre-1, || || XFree86-libs-3.3.5-3. || || || || Demo runs with real time scheduling (for this reason you must have || || root privileges). It plays Tren's .XM. For player is used Midas, || || we tried to use SEAL, but SEAL has bad timing for .XM with my (PAVUK) || || OPL3-SAx sound card. I also want to use SDL, but it plays only WAVs. || || Maybe in next demo I will try something other, write me if you have || || any better idea. || || || || If you want to run our demo non-interactively ( from script ), you can || || type (for example): || || || || ./why.exe -n lxwin.so || || || || Source code of lxwin.so and lsvga.so are provided ( gr-src.tgz ). You || || can use/modify them free. Anyway if you make a nice linux demo we || || would like to hear about it. || || || || LiNUX version was programmed by Destroyer and PAVUK. || || We are really glad if demo runs on your machine, mail us. || || || || Btw. sorry for my bad and ugly english ... ;) || |`------------------------------------------------------------------------'| |.------------------------------------------------------------------------.| || Credits: || || || || - To our families for support. || || - To my (PAVUK) girlfriend Bjorki for everything. || || - To all 7Gods' members for ... ;). || || - To Mondo for our homepage. || || - To Sahara Surfers for MIDAS Digital Audio System 1.1.2. || || - To Carlos Hasan for SEAL Audio Library Release 1.0.6. || || - To many authors of svgalib for svgalib-1.4.1pre1 || || - To Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer for LZO real-time data || || compression library. || || - To X Consortium Inc. for XFree86. || || - To Erik Troan for newt and John E. Davis for S-Lang library. || || - To all gdb contributors for gdb-4.17.0.11. || || - To :help credits for VIsual editor iMproved 5.3. || || - To LiNUX community for wonderfull OS ;) || || - To Jan Ondrej (SAL) for beta-testing and distribution || || || `+------------------------------------------------------------------------+'