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Re: One From The Vault: Trap Compunet Ad Demo (PAL/NTSC?) (13K) [message #374564] Sat, 13 October 2018 04:41 Go to next message
Cameron Kaiser is currently offline  Cameron Kaiser
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On 12 Oct 2018 17:40:01 GMT, Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@floodgap.com>
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>> From: "John Hoepker" <jhoepker@antispam.execpc.com>
>> Reply-to: "John Hoepker" <jhoepker@antispam.execpc.com>
>> X-Original-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 01:26:56 -0500 (CDT)
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> [ Edited. -- Cameron Kaiser ]
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> [ This is a version of the famous Trap/Space Movie/Gladiator demo; here, the ]
> same demo was used as an advertisement for Compunet in England. I don't know
> how I came into possession of it, but I have had it since my 128 was a
> brand new machine :)
Re: One From The Vault: Trap Compunet Ad Demo (PAL/NTSC?) (13K) [message #374589 is a reply to message #374564] Sat, 13 October 2018 15:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Andreas Kohlbach is currently offline  Andreas Kohlbach
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:41:02 +1100, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
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> On 12 Oct 2018 17:40:01 GMT, Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@floodgap.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ************************************************************ ******
>> *** ***
>> *** comp.binaries.cbm is a moderated binaries- ***
>> *** only newsgroup (no discussion or ***
>> *** crossposting allowed) for Commodore 8-bits ***
>
> How effective is the moderation? Discuss.

Amazingly the binary got through.

[...]

>> [ This is a version of the famous Trap/Space Movie/Gladiator demo; here, the ]
>> same demo was used as an advertisement for Compunet in England. I don't know
>> how I came into possession of it, but I have had it since my 128 was a
>> brand new machine :)

We talking about the demo where Ben Daglish, who recently passed away
< https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-commodore -64-community-mourns-ben.html>
did the music to? I have the Commodore 64 floppy image.

[After further review]

Yes, it is the demo, used as an advertisement for Compunet. Seems they
just added some scrolling text. Interesting.
--
Andreas

My random thoughts and comments
https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
Re: One From The Vault: Trap Compunet Ad Demo (PAL/NTSC?) (13K) [message #375578 is a reply to message #374564] Wed, 07 November 2018 15:29 Go to previous message
J. Robertson is currently offline  J. Robertson
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:41:02 +1100, Cameron Kaiser
<ckaiser@floodgap.com> wrote:

> On 12 Oct 2018 17:40:01 GMT, Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@floodgap.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ************************************************************ ******
>> *** ***
>> *** comp.binaries.cbm is a moderated binaries- ***
>> *** only newsgroup (no discussion or ***
>> *** crossposting allowed) for Commodore 8-bits ***
>
> How effective is the moderation? Discuss.

Hey! A Cameron Kaiser post. It's been a while, heh. ;-)

Jason
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