The Journey into Sound Demo - By Dean Garraghty. ------------------------------------------------ This brief text file will tell you how to get the demo up and running from the .DCM files provided. Firstly, format a disk (both sides) in enhanced density (1050 density) using option I from the DOS 2.5 menu. Load Disk Communicator. Select file to disk option. The file Journeydemo_s1.DCM is for side 1 of the disk, and the file Journeydemo_s2.DCM is for side 2 of the disk. After creating your demo disk from the .DCM files, you can load the demo by booting side 1 with Basic. The demo runs continually and needs access from the disk, so do not remove your disk from drive 1. When the demo reaches the end of side 1, you will be asked to flip the disk, and then press the START key. After doing this the demo will continue on side 2. The demo is a large collection of digitized music demos, each of which loads and runs in a pre-programmed order. Do not attmept to alter the running order, because there are lots of small link files on the disk which do various things in a specific order. The demo was designed and programmed during the summer of 1990. It took a whole month to get right. Each individual demo on the disk was re-edited time and time again so it was just right. Hour after hour was spent trying to get a decent representation of the music with only 9 seconds worth of sample space! After the individual demos were created, they had to be linked together to form a demo disk. This took another week to get right! Some demos just refused to work the way I wanted them! The day I was putting the finishing touches to the demo, it was the hottest day of 1990 in the UK! It was about midnight, and the temperature in my room was still about 100degrees. I had terrible trouble because sweat kept dripping from my forehead into the 800XL keyboard!! Pure dedication is what I call it! People who have read my article about sound sampling on my news-disk (they are at the archive) may be interested to know that the "Eve of the War" demo on the journey disk uses the technique I discussed for getting more sample space for your memory, by sampling the tape running at a faster speed. Have fun with the demo, and spread it around! Dean Garraghty. Email: djg0@uk.ac.aber