DOS ain't dead

> > Purple Motion was the greatest musician!
:))

> Both Purple Motion
> and Skaven were very
> talented. I don't remember which one's website I visited many years ago,
> but I liked a few of his songs (Mosquito, Catch the Elf).
>
> > The prizes were awesome and there was some real talent. Those
> programmers
> > and the 'scene knew what real optimization in code was. Where has all
> that
> > talent gone?
> A lot has changed in the tech world, but some of them moved on to more
> commercial projects, e.g. Alan Wake.

Yup, mostly now using their talent in other places, e.g. Futuremark, Remedy Entertainment, Paypal, Game development. Regarding 2nd Reality: Youtube: Making of Second Reality / Future Crew is also interesting. Likewise Youtube: 9 fingers / spaceballs (making of)

> > Is anyone still around in this forum who remembers the magic of those
> days?
> Not me, or at least I wasn't directly involved.
Yes, I still fondly remember those days as I used to do some distribution on my own BBS but also between BBS's, e.g. I would download from a BBS abroad then upload to another, e.g. the excellent Sound and Vision BBS by Rob Barth (UK). The group I co-founded wasn't known for much and just at the point that as we had really improved (stuff that never got released) we went our separate ways, e.g. several of us got new jobs (one in the games industry as it happens). Went to a few demo parties (UK and abroad), met some truely amazing people and saw some incredible things first hand. Certainly has influenced me in many ways, e.g. I remember someone coding directly in opcodes on a custom made slimline C64 laptop - this was when the average laptop had only recently started to get small. Seeing things like that made me improve my own skills a little and admire the dedication of people.

> The resident DOS demoscene expert is Trixter (e.g. MindCandy DVDs),
> though I don't think he frequents here.
Agree re Trixter, see PC Demos Explained. Trixter's blog, Oldskooler ramblings is always interesting in the same way that Raymond Chen's blog is interesting.

Trixter probably lurks certainly I've emailed him the odd link to here, so I know he's aware of the BTTR forum. Haven't swapped emails for a while though.