Demos
In the early days of Computer BBS's and rudimentary graphics, Demos were a way to showcase your programming skills. A
Demo is basically a set graphics piece with music that people could download and play on their systems.
Here is a
modern day demo running on an original PC. In these days of multi-Gigahertz CPU speeds and gigs of storage, here is a system running at 4.7MHz (this is 0.0047 GHz) 8088 IBM PC Model 5150 with 640K RAM, CGA video, 10MB drive, and Sound Blaster Pro.
The Demoscene is alive and well and active -- check out
pouët.net for more...
Posted by DaveH at January 24, 2006 3:45 PM