Abe's Demoschool


The swedish version of Abe's demoschool has existed since the fall of 94, when I began studying computer science at Mälardalens University in Västerås Sweden and got access to the web. Many of the accesses to the demoschool have been from out of sweden so now I'ts time for an English version. It won't contain the Assembly-school, only the demo-school. So before digging deeper into the wonderful world of demo-programming I suggest you get some basic understanding of PC-assembly. A good book on the subject is Mastering Turbo Assembler by Tom Swan. If you don't have the money to buy a 900+ paged book you could take a look at the Assembly tutors by Draeden of VLA.

Requirements

I have a 486 dx2 66Mhz and I also try all the programs on a 486 dx 33. I have no idea of what the demos will look like on a slower machine but most people do have 486:s nowadays. The programs will need at least a 386 to run.
The C-compiler shouldn't make much difference but please, if you don't have Turbo Assembler, GET IT, because I'll use Turbo Assembler specific IDEAL MODE code. Turbo Assembler comes with most of Borlands compilers, for instance Borland C++, Turbo C, Turbo Pascal and so on.

Well now, after all that requirement crap I expect you have equipped youself with the assembly basics. You now should be ready to enter the Demoschool. Part I will explain the basics of demo-programming and then, in the following parts, I will guide you through some of those effects you've seen in all those great demos out there.

The Demoschool

Bag of Tricks

The Zipped Philes

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