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3D Coding tutorial by Ica of Hubris
/code/3d/docs/3dica221.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
422,704 bytes
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| Rating:  
| This tutorial is very easy to understand and describes everything you need to know like the mathematical basics, the different kind of polyfillers, shading methods, camera movement, sorting and backface culling and much much more. A must-have for every 3d coder! Text
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Rotating 3d escher-knot by Oliver Nash
/code/3d/systems/gsescher.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
19,895 bytes
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| Rating:
| The author says he appreciates a mention when you "steal" his formula, but "his" formula was already used on the amiga a long time ago. It might be useful downloading though if you're a starting 3d coder because the flatshaded 3d engine is very easy to understand. C
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IW SDK
/code/audio/docs/iw_sdk20.zip
| 10 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
2,796,518 bytes
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| Rating:
| The SDK for the IW chip. The docs are Adobe Acrobat files and are probably meant for printing out. I didn't try yet, but the "univerval translator" at CMU should be able to convert the files to a text format, which would be infinitely more useful. This is one of those everything you needed to know and more type docs.
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Micaco BBS ad source by Chc
/code/demosrc/bbsintro/micsrc41.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
190,207 bytes
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| Rating:
| Source for a BBS ad with an environment mapped object - It's all asm source, but you need Watcom to compile it. Comes with an extra ASC file format converter. All comments are in Spanish though there's a (shorter) Enlish readme file. Knowing Spanish is very useful for these sources as the comments are good.
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small flame by Gaffer of PRoMETHEUS
/code/effects/fire/flame160.zip
| 18 Mar 1997 (catalog date)
2,964 bytes
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| Rating:
| Source for a small fire routine. Doesn't actually work on my computer. To answer a question proposed by the author about size optimization, inc al is bigger than inc ax because intel doesn't have an inc /r8 instruction. inc ax is of the form inc /r16 which compiles to db 40+rw, where rw = 0 for ax, 1 for cx, 2 for dx, 3 for bx, ... inc al is of the form inc r/m8 and compiles to db FE /1 where /1 = c0 for al, c4 for ah, c1 for bl..., 05 for a memory reference.... See an intel document for more details.
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Virtual File System by Dark Fiber
/code/fileutil/ilfs202b.zip
| 17 Jan 1999 (catalog date)
110,874 bytes
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| Rating:
| For Watcom C and DOS32 Assembler. Puts all your datafiles in one big file. Does not compress the data, and you have to do too many things by yourself that could have been done by the library.
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LZO Data Compression Library v0.20 by Markus Oberhumer
/code/fileutil/lzo020.zip
| 06 Oct 1996 (catalog date)
184,964 bytes
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| Rating:
| over conscious about compression ratios and statistics and has many long files about its stats in the /doc directory, but no description about the API. You have to figure out how to use it yourself from the two short examples that come with it. Otherwise, it's fairly complete and you can decide which compression routines you'd like to link yourself (assuming you can figure out that much).
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FreePack DOS extender by Narech Koumar of Supernar Systems Intl.
/code/hardware/pmode/dos32a.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
520,938 bytes
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| Rating:
| Another DOS extender option. I didn't test this for usefulness. I doesn't look any more difficult to learn to use than Adam Seychell's (sp?) Dos32 or Thomas Pytel/Charles Scheffold's Pmode/w. How well it functions is another story. Full documentation available. Comes with a tetris clone presumeably made using the extender. No source.
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Eclipse operating System v3.05
/code/hardware/pmode/e_os305.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
1,442,821 bytes
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| Rating:
| A combination of a dos extender and a demo library containing a lot of useful functions. It's very useful for intros because the tiny version is very small (including a sb and gus modplayer). C, Assembler
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Tutorial #17 by Denthor of Asphyxia
/code/tutors/denthor/tut17.zip
| 11 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
18,411 bytes
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| Rating:
| Asphyxia VGA demo trainer:Pixel Morphing & Static - Pixel Morphing is similar to the one of the first few things in Crystal Dream II, or imagine the IFS fractal morphing of Verses or Hex Appeal.
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truepal by Florian Hallar
/code/tutors/video/at_trpal.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
56,300 bytes
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| Rating:
| Emulates truecolor modes in 320x200x8. Not really... it just converts the picture to use a 3-3-2 palette. It's a common emulation mode since it saves time versus quantizing a new palette everyframe (maybe in 5 years we could do that, even if we don't need it anymore. :)
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3DS converter by MRI of Doomsday
/code/utils/3d/3dsco20.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
14,233 bytes
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| Rating:
| Reads a 3ds file and outputs an easier to read format. Good utility with full source for reading .3DS files. It's easily tweakable (with a #define) to read from a file or memory and not that difficult to tweak for your own 3d structures. It's also done well enough that adding support for more features of the .3ds format should not be that difficult from a coding standpoint. Specs are admittedly hard to find.
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Bin 2 DB by Escape
/code/utils/compiler/bin2db24.zip
| 12 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
12,087 bytes
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| Rating:
| A bin 2 db util. See my comments to incpro3.zip. Also, take out the "coded in 100% Assembler" line. It's dorky, especially for something whose main function (input/output) is easiest handled by a high level language and whose speed of execution is on the magnitude of 2 seconds.
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MikDLL library by MikMak
/code/utils/compiler/mikdll.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
20,844 bytes
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| Rating:
| A dynamic library loader for BC/DOS - This is a rather complex piece of code not designed for the beginner. It shows you how you could create a dynamic library so that you can load code at runtime. Suggested use is for a mod player to load the specific sound card's drivers run time.
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Netwide Assembler by Simon Tatham, Julian Hall
/code/utils/compiler/nasm094.zip
| 02 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
320,576 bytes
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| A freeware assembler with good support. People have been switching from TASM to this assembler, especially linux and 68K coders. It is still being supported by the makers so it understands newer op codes, like mmx instructions, so you don't need to get intel's 'macros' for new opcodes.
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QLIB 2.02 by Sub Death
/code/utils/compiler/qlib202.zip
| 10 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
362,098 bytes
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| Rating:
| Replacements for standard C Library functions. Uses pmode/w. It replaces most standard C library functions, presumeably so that you don't have to link in the stdlibraries keeping an executable size down. Has some extras.
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Tiny PCX by Sugar Less
/code/utils/graphics/tinypcx.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
1,165 bytes
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| Rating:
| 164 byte pcx loader. Only works on 320x200x256 images (because of video mode and failing to check the image's actual size) and doesn't explain the pcx file format (which is more or less trivial)
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Second Phobia by Noice
/demos/1993/0-9/2phobia.zip
| 29 Jun 1996 (catalog date)
182,752 bytes
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| Rating:
| Released at event TP93 in the demo division and ranked 05
Really nice intro with some bitplane-mapping (& rotating), vectors, vector-dots, etc. There is such a bug, it supports GUS only at 220 (for other base-ports un-pklite this program and change 0x220 (the only one) in code to your base address).
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