T     H     O     R     N     '     S

What is visions ?

If you hadn't noticed,  visions is an ANSI viewer which can also
display 320 x 200 GIFs.

Why visions ?

Another obvious one.  Just take a look at the Australian scene.

How was visions made ?

Using Turbo Pascal 6.0 because Jock can't afford to buy C and no
one  will give  him a pirated copy  (If you're from the SPA take
this as a lie.) It took about 1-2 weeks to make visions, working
1-2 hours a day after school.

Visions IS almost entirely running in text mode !!

The only bits  that do not are the "VGA Scroller" and "VGA Dump"
display modes which run in mode 13h. Everything else, and I mean
EVERYTHING  ELSE, runs  in  text mode 3.  When you see the first
screen  with the  multicoloured  highlight bar, it does not look
like it because there's more than 16 colours on the screen.
Actually,  it is  just a  very clever  bit of  programming which
means  that you can  have many more colours  like that but IT IS
STILL IN TEXT MODE.  All of this  also applies to all the pixel-
by-pixel  scrolling which  you  may  have  seen  in Acidview  or
other  loaders  around the place, Acid coders will tell you that
it IS IN TEXT  MODE.  So, there, don't take my word, take Acid's
word.

How to use visions ?

Just  press every  key and see what happens. Note that the reset
button does a very interesting action.

Who is Thorn ?

Thorn is a combination of
a coder - Jock
and a graphics artist - Mr Krinkle

How did Thorn start ?

Once again, the Australian demo scene is so lame that we decided
to make our own demo.  The demo  is really  hopeless  but it's a
pretty  good start.   It was our  first  production  but Visions
should be  out before it  because we're  still  waiting  on some
music for it.

How to contact Thorn members ?

Jock -       Can't afford to buy a modem.   Send electronic mail
through  Mr. Krinkle.

Mr Krinkle -    At the mo not on any nets but you can mail me on
Blood Lust - +613 801 0614
Dream State - +iTS-PRi-vATe
Or through any Apocalyptic Visions Member

Mindless Plug

If you are in need  of an ANSi  for your good bbs and will pay a
fair price  for good art  in CASH or axs (in some cases) contact
Mr Krinkle.

Another Even More Mindless Plug

If you're loaded  with  money and dont know what to to  with it,
all you  have to do is  give it to  Jock and he'll whip  you  up
some  really  cool  program in no  time ( at  least  that's  the
theory ).  Tim Shaw says "Ring now and we'll send you some  free
steak knives".

It's Not Our Fault

If  your computer  sprouts legs and  runs off with the microwave
it's  not our fault.  We  will not be held  responsible  for any
damage to equipment or data resulting from the use of Visions.