All the news thats fit to print ù ù--Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄ---ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ----Ä-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-Ä-ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ -ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ The ACiDÜÜÜ  ÛÜÛßÛÛÜ ÛÜÛßÛ Ü Û ÜÛ ÛÛÛ Û²Û ÛÜ ÛßÛÛÜ ÛÜÛÛÛÛßÛÛÜßßÛ ÜÜ ßßÛÛÜ ÛÜÛßÛÛÜ Û ÜÛßÛ Ü Û²Û Û²Û  ²ÛÜßßß  Û²Û Û² Û± Û Û²ÛÜÜÜÜ Û²Û Ü ÜÜ Û² Üßßß Û²Ûßß Û ²ÛßÛ²ÛÜßßß  ² Û Û°Û Û±Û Û±Û  ± Ü ÜÜ Û±Û Û±Û Û° Û ÜÜÜ Û° Û±Û   °Û Û±Û ÜÜÜ Û ±Û Û±Û Û±Û ÜÜ Ü Û±Û  Û°Û Û°Û ß° ÛÜÛ°Û ß°ÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛß ß ° ÜÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛß ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ Û °Û ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛ°Û Û °Û ùßßßù--ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Issue No.6 An Official ACiD Productions(tm) Public  UpdateDecember 1994 ù ù--Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄ---ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ----Ä-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-Ä -ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ  ÜÜÜÜ ÜÛ ÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÛ ÜÛ  ÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜÛÛÛ ßÜ ÛÛÜÜÜBy Neurotic and  ÛÜÛÜÛÜÜßßÛÜß ßÛÜß ÛÜÛÜÛÜÜß Û ÜÛÜßÛÜÜÛÜÛÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ Schizosynth  As 1994 draws to a close, once again comes another inst allment of the quarterly ACiD Newsletter. In looking back at '94, the most prominent developme nt in what is affectionately referred to as 'The Scene' would have to be the  development of the 'RIP' standard. RIP, or Remote Imaging Protocol, is a text based graphical language, which seems to fit somewhere in between A NSi and VGA. Primarily, throughout most of the bbs'ing world, RIP graphics ha ve been used for more advanced interfaces on larger, more publicly orien ted bulletin board systems. The mouse support, coupled with the ability  to create buttons and icons makes it ideal for this. In the art world howeve r, pioneers such as ReDMaN, Smooth, Lord Jazz and others have developed r adically new techniques of drawing in this format. Discarding the simple one color filled images used commercially for complex, dithered, layered, and s haded images that at their best, rival VGA art. Now RIP pieces have be come some of the most prominant, memorable pictures featured in major pacqs.  In further news, major developments have taken place in the viewer genre. The development of more innovative, complex viewing programs  have come about in an explosion of activity by the major groups. ACiD wa s quick to develop high resolution viewing modes, which created a whole new way in which to appreciate ANSI. Also, ACiD was first to adapt their vie wer to the newly developed RIP standard, upping the stakes in inter-group c ompetition by adopting the newly born format. Many groups have tried to i mitate and compete with these new developments. The latest breaking news is the new ACiDView's ability to display VGAs. The new ACiD View has been r evamped in several areas, and is once again at the head of the fray in this area. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Yet another new development, which the ³þß  ßßÜÜ ßþܲ þ Üþ³ indulgent reader is experiencing right now, is the ³ß ÜÜßßßÜß²ÜßßßܲÜß ³ innovative, quarterly, 'newsletter' format. Rather ³ þßܲÜþß þßßܲßßܳ than relying on the conventional '.nfo' file buried ³Ü þß ÜÜÜß²Ü þÜ ßÜ ³ someplace within the pack, ACiD has bared its ³ Ü ²ßÜ ß²ÜÜÜ²Ü þþ þ³ creative teeth by coming up with a new, quarterly ³ Ü ÜÛ²ßÜ ²ÜßÜß²Ü ß ³ format. With a humorous parody of traditional, ³ ²Ü  ²±ßß ²ÝÞÜÛ ÞÝÜß ³ newspaper style, the ACiD newsletter attempts to ³ ß ²ÜÜÜ²ß ß²ÜÜ²ß ÜÛ³ update and not to bore.³ld! þÜ Ü²ÛÜ Ü ßß ³ ³ þ Ü ß ßßÜ²ß °Ü²Ü  ³ There were many new developments in the course ³ÜÛ  ßß±Û °ÜÜ þþßÛÛ² Û³ of the years releases. The outbreak of 'April ³  ßß²ÜÜ Ü ßßß ²Üþ ßß³ fools' antics confused and sometimes upset those ³ß ÜÛ²ßßÛÛ²ÛÜ ßÛß Þ² ³ who lacked levity, but provided an interesting change ³Û ßÛÜÛÛÛ²²ßÛÛßÜ Û ³ from the norm for most of us. The most notable of ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ which might be considered to be Alter Ego's E ntirelybereft 'humdinger bbs' incident. This twenty five line gem of levity, Mass is a picture to be remembered for some time to come.De lusion scowls at the camera. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ÛßÛÛÛ²ßß°ÜÜÜ ßßß° ÛßÛ³ On the heels of ReDMaN  and Smooth, a mew artist ³²Û°Ûß°ÜÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÜÜ ß ²³ exploded onto The Scene. Lord Jazz set many  new pre- ³±Û²Ý ÛÛÛÛ²²²Û²ÛÛÛÛ ß³  cedents, with top quality, original images, and ³°Û Û Þ°ÛÛÛ²Û²±² ÛÛÛ °³ innovative, new RIP shadin g techniques. Lord Jazz ³°Û²ÛÝ Û²Û²ÛÛÛ²Û²ÛÝ Þ²³ has quickly become one of the most resp ected artists ³ÛÛ±ß Þß Ü²ÜÜßß²²² þß³ in the scene, in ANSi and RIP areas. His highly ³ß ÜÜÛ°ÛÜÜÛ²ܲßÜ ßþß³ deta iled backgrounds were a new, and dramatic ³þß ÜÜ Ü ßßÛÛ²Û² ÜÜß³  development. ³Ü°ßþ ²Ü²ÜÛ²Ü ßß ßܲ ß³ ³°²Ü°ßÜßßÜÛß ÛÜþ°ß ܳ ³Ûß°ß° ²ÛÛܲßß Ü  ܲÛ°³ More newsin the viewing f ront came in the form of ³²ß Üþ ßß Üþ Û²Ü ßܲ³ the 'SAU CE' standard, and its offshoots. This new ³ ÜþÜÜ°Ü ß° þßßÜÜ° Ü ß³ concept allowed for artists handles and descriptions ³ld! ²ß² °Ü Ü²ß²ß ßß³ to be displayed in the main viewing screen. Files ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ with the 'SAUCE' feature have information applied or  Lord Jazz makes his 'spooned' on after the End of File marker. This  fashion statement allows useful information to  be displayed in the  sporting his attire viewing utility without and comp romise of the artists  for the winter sea- intent. son.ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿  ³ ÜÜÜÛÜÜÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ³ In additional news, ACiD artists and coders ³ °ÛÛ²ÛÛ²ßßßßßßßßß²Û°³ workedinconcerttocreatenew, ³± ²Û²ß°ÜÜ ° ÜÜ ß ³ executable ANSi pictures. These ANSIintros allowed ³ ²²ß Ü ° °ßßßßß  ² ܳ for keypad controlled side scrolling through ANSi ³Û ß°ß° ßßÜÛßß۲ܱ°° ³ pictures that were wider than they were long. ³° Üßß ²Üß þ ß²²±² °³ The most dramatic development in this area was the ³Ü Ü ÜßßÛ²ÜÜ° ÜÛÛ²ßßܳ 'Bounce effect' created by Tasmaniac, and employed in ³ß  Ü ß Ü±ÛÛ²±²ÛÜ þß²³ newer pieces (many say it is quite hypnotic).³°Û ß ÛßßÛß ßß²²ß°ÜÜß³ ³ Ü°ß Üß Üß þ° ܲ±°Û³ ³ß²ÛÜÜ ßÛ°Û°ß Û°± ²±°³ In final news, ACiDDraw, the new drawing utility ³²ß ÜÜ ßܲÜß°ßß²°±° ß³ has redefined the ANSI drawing utility standard. With ³þß Ü ²ßþ ßß²ÝÞÜÜ ß °³ features conceived and tested by ACiD's most ³þßÜ  Üßþ°²Ü ÜÛ°Üßld!³ experienced artists and coders, this utility seeks ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ to eclipse any  previous  standards   set  in this arena.Calculating the The advanced  features  this  ut ility  has,  i.e. screendime nsions of the widths and lengths  being  controllable   to a completely photographer 's new extent,  built in multi-res VGA viewing  capability, cranium, Skull outline  features,  block  flips ,  high-ASCII  inversionLead er grins flips and more, are  the  best  of  the  old,  with many eagerly at the new ideas too. camera man.  ÜÛÜÜÜÜÛÜß ÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÜßÜÛÜßÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜßÜÛÜß Ü ÜÜß  ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜß ÛÛÜÜßÛ ÛÛÜÜ ÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜß ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÜ ßßÛÜÜÜ By RaD Man ÛÜÛÜÛÜÜßÛÜ ßÛÜÛÜÛÜÛÜ ÛÜÛÜÛÜÜß ÛÜÛÜÛÜÛÜ ÛÜÜßÛÜÜß  ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ß²Ü ß²Ûßß ßþßÜ ßß ³In rec ent months, ACiD has acquired several new ³ÛÜ ß þ Ü²Ü²Ü þ° °³ up and comi ng artists, musicians, and other noteworthy ³Ü ßþ ß ß ßÛ²ÛßÜ Ü±³ membe rs. They are as follows: ³ßßþþ ÜÛÛ²Ü ß²ßß þ ² ³ ³ßþ° Û²ßÛ²±°ß² ßÜ ßÛ³ þ Animal (ANSi artist from iC E) ³° ÜÜ ßܲ±ß ܲ²ÜÛÝ ° ³ þ Asian Knight (ANSi artist from Nat ion) ³ÜÛܲ²Ü ÜܲÜß² ÛÛßÜ þ³ þ Bedlam (RIP arti st) ³ ߲߲ܲÜßß Ü Üܲ۲ܳ  þ Cat (Original VGA artist) ³ÛÜ þÜß þß þßß ß²ß ³ þ Mr. Siniste r (ANSi artist and former Nation President) ³²Ûß° ßÛ ²Üß² ÜÛÜ ÜÛ³  þ Red Leader (ANSi artist from Nation ) ³²Ûß þÜ þ ß ÜÛÛ°ÛÛ²³ þ Spirit of Illusion (ANSi artist from Nation ) ³ß ²Üþ þÜÛ²ß ÛÛÛ±ÛÛ ±³ þ Twisted Terrorist (ANSi artist from DARK) ³ß²²Ý° ° ß ÜÛÛ² Û²ÛÛ°³ þ Vanquish (AN Si fontician from Nation) ³±²°ÛÜ ß²Ü ßÛÛßÛßßß  ³ þ Pinion (Musician from Union ) ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ þ Protocol (Musician ) Ecstatic about being þ Psibelius (Musician and E pinicion President) ACiD Productions' þ Rimbo (Musician from Luci d) firstIsraeli þ Stalker (Musician) member, Animal shows þ Kefe (Coder from Lucid ) off his photogenic þ Sids (Coder from Tribe ) smile.þ Winter Rose (Courier from iCE )  In addition to the gaining of new talent, there has recent ly been a pro- motion within the Courier Division. Long time dedicated courier, The Calibre, has been promoted to the ranks of Courier Coordinator.   Finally, ACiD would like to welcome its new Agorae and headq uarters. When Beastie's Channel Zer0 closed down last summer, Terra Firmaresume d the status of Western Agora. Suicidal Shrimp replaced its predecessor, Twis ted Tower, taking the title of Northern Agora. Last, but definitely not le ast is our new Courier Home, the notorious 10-node board, Marauder's State of De volution.      ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ   ÛÛÜÜÛÛÛ ßÜ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÜÛÛ Û ßÜ Ü ACiD Productions' By Beastie  ÛÜÛÜßÛÜÜÛÜÛÜÜ ß ÛÜßÛÜß ßß B BS Modifications Divisionand Somms     ACiD has  always  been  known  for  having  some  of  the most impressive BBS  setups  in  the  sce ne.  The  recent  interest   in  board  modifications have pushed  the  configurable  soft wares  to  their  limits. T o fill the need for a new  and  better  BBS,  ACiD  has  spawned  a   new  division entirely for system  modifications:  ACiDic. Today,   ACiDic  is  concentrating on enhan cing some  of  the   more  popular  BBS  softwares  available,   such  as   Darkflame Enterprises'  Oblivion/2,  Clark's  PCBoard,  and   Ion  Davis'  Renegade. Specialized teams have  been  developed  for  each  software platform, ensu ring that  specific  needs  will  be addressed. Since their   formation  in  October, there  have  been  several releases from each team,  and  we  lo ok  forward  to the many upcoming enhancemants to be released in the future. ù ù--Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄ---ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ----Ä-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-Ä-ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ -ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ  Credits: Editor: RaD M an - Photographer: Lord Jazz  ù ù--Ä-Ä-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄ---ÄÄ-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ----Ä-Ä-Ä-ÄÄ-Ä -ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ SAUCE00ACiD Newsletter Issue #6 (12/94) ACiD Press ACiD Productions 19941201ûMP¨