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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: Dennis Voss <dennis DOT voss AT hamburg DOT netsurf DOT de>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:05:55 +0000
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Subject: Re: 64k demo
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Dennis Voss <dennis DOT voss AT hamburg DOT netsurf DOT de> wrote:

> > Two guys made a demo only 64k with real time generated animation.
> > Most of 64k demos were made in assembly only.
> > I saw, they used __asm__(" ... "); a lot.
> >
> > I think, it is not a good idea to make 64k demo in DJGPP
> > Because: the CWSDPMI takes 25Kb
> >          and djgpp produces too big exes for this. (sizeof "hello world"
> > too big)
> >
> > How did they do that ?
> > What linker did they use ?
> > I think, they have got their own smaller extender.
> > They were beginner in PC.(they came from Amiga)
> >
> > What is the way to use DJGPP in a 64k intro ?
> >
> > I only can use WATCOM for this by using the extender called PMODE BY
> > TRAN
> > without default libs.(and some small asm lib)
> 
> Assembler is very useful. Size does matter.However,when u start coding Demos
> don't worry about the .exe file size.
> Try to get it running, that's important. If you want some more help,
> tutorials,
> source code, full demos, etc. goto www.hornet.org or www.assembly.org
> They have everything...
> Most demos also use tools like pklite that compress .exe files.
> Hope this helps,

64K intros is a category so if he wants to make intros for this category he 
can't use more than 64Kb! that's all.

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