A B O U T  T H E  B I G  B A N G

THiS iS THE VERY FiRST MAJOR PRODUCTiON OF EXTREME ART.
iT iS AN ANSi PACK CALLED THE BiG BANG. THE ANSi iN THE PACK iS MOSTLY
CREATED BY CROOPER, AND THE ViEWER AND APPLiCATiON PROGRAM iS CODED BY
CHAMA!

THOUGH CROOPER iS RESPONSiBLE 4 THE GRAPHiC PART. WE ALSO GOT 2 MORE
ANSi ARTiSTS: SPiFF & MERCURY. iF U WANT A PiC (ANSi/ASCii)
4 YOUR BOARD OR SOMETHiNG JUST CALL TiMEKiLLER AND WRiTE CROOPER A MEZZ!
OF COZ U CAN WRiTE 2 CHAMA 2 iF U WANT SOMETHiNG CODED OR COMPOSED.

THiS LiTTLE PROGRAM iS A COMBiNED ANSi ViEWER AND APPLiCATiON FORM 4
EXTREME ART. YES, THATS TRUE. THERE iS A POSSiBiLiTY THAT U MAY JOiN
US, JUST FiLL iN THE FORM, AND THE PROGRAM WiLL AUTOMATiCALLY GENERATE
THE NECESSARY DATA 4 US, SOMEWHAT COMPRESSED AND ENCRYPTED, JUST SO THAT
U DON'T SEND US ANY EXTRA BYTES. DON'T WORRY. WE CAN DECRYPT iT.

THE APPLiCATiON FORMS ARE STORED iN THE PCA (PACKED ANSi) FORMAT JUST
2 REDUCE THE SPACE ALLOCATED iN THE PROGRAM A BiT. THE FORMAT STANDARD
iS NOT YET COMPLETELY READY. THE COMPLETE DOCS WiLL B AVAiLABLE AS SOON
AS THE STANDARD IS READY, AND iT WiLL BE A CANiDAE PRODUCTiON. iF U'RE
iNTERESTED, WATCH OUT. BTW, ALL OTHER GRAPHiCS AND TEXT iS STORED iN THE
COMMON ANSi FORMAT AND MAY BE SHOWN USiNG OTHER ViEWERS.

THE EXA ViEWER USES THE ANSiER ViEW SYSTEM v1.3 (CODED BY CHAMA)
WHiCH WiLL DiSPLAY THE ANSi PiCS iN A CALM AND SENSiBLE TEMPO,
U HAVE THE OPPORTUNiTY 2 SMOOTHLY SCROLL THE ANSi PiC WiTH THE ARROW
KEYS. THE TECHNiQUE USES SOME VGA REGiSTERS 2 CREATE THE SCROLL,
NO GRAPHIX STUFF WHATSOEVER iS iNCLUDED iN THE PROGRAM. i HEREBY THANK
WHiTE FANG of CANiDAE VERY MUCH 4 THE HELP WiTH THOSE REGiSTERS.

THE PROGRAM iS WRiTTEN iN 286 CODE, EVEN THOUGH iT iS MEANT 2 BE RUN
ON A SOMEWHAT HOTTER MACHiNE. i WAS EVEN QUiTE SURPRiSED THAT THE
ViEWER ACTUALLY WORKED (BUT HiDEOUSLY SLOW) ON CROOPER'S 286, i THOUGHT
THAT iT WOULD WORK THE WAY MY PROGRAMS USUALLY DO AT THE FiRST TEST ON
A COMPUTER OTHER THAN MiNE - YEAH, YOU'RE RiGHT - THEY USE 2 HANG.

THERE MiGHT STiLL BE A FEW BUGS AROUND iN THE PROGRAM, BUT i HAVE
REMOVED THE WORST ONES! THE ANSiER WAY SYSTEM HAS GOT A FEW "MiNOR
GLiTCHES" BUT DON'T WORRY 2 MUCH ABOUT THOSE ONES. ALL THE DANGEROUS
STUFF iS GONE BY NOW. I (CHAMA) PROMISE!

THANK U 4 USiNG THiS LiTTLE ANSi PACK OF OURS. PLEASE, WATCH OUT
4 OUR FUTURE PRODUCTiONS, THERE'S MORE 2 COME. NOW GO ON AND READ
THE OTHER TEXTS iF U HAVEN'T READ 'EM ALREADY. i'LL JUST FiNiSH THiS
1 FiRST.
[ EXA STAFF ]