acidic soapÜ  ܲÛÛÜ° Ü  Û²ÛÛ²±°ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÝ ÛÜ  ßß±± ßßÜÜÜܲÛÛÛÛÜÜ Ü ßÜܲ± ßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜßß Ü ÜÜ  ß Ü°ÜÜÛßßßßß²ÛÛÛ ²ÜÜ ßß Û°ÜÜÜÜ Ü Üܲßßß²ÛÛÛ²ÜÜ ß Üß±² ßÞÞ²ÜÜÜ ß  ÜÛ Þ²ÛÛ²ÝÝ Ü ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÝ ß Û²ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛ ßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ß  ß ÛÛÛÛÛ²Û ±²ÜÜ ßÜÜ  ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ² ÝÞÞÛÛ²Û²Û Û ²ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  Ü  ÛÛÛÛ²Û Ü ÞÞ ÛÛÛÛÝÝ ß Ü ßßÜ ß ß Ü  Û²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÛÝ Ý ß Û²ÛÛÛ²Û Û²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛ   ß°Ü ÛÛÛÛÝÝ  Û²ÛÛÛÛÛ Ü Û±ÜÜ Ü ß²²Ü Ü  ² ²ÛÛ Û²ÛÛ ÛÛ Ü Û²ÛÛÛ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ²Û Û²ÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ   ß ÛÛÛ²Û ß ÞÞÛÛÛÛÝÝ ß Û ²ÛÛÛÜÜ °Ü Þ ° ÞÝÞ²ÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÝ Ý ÞÞÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÜ ÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ ß± ÛÛÛÛÛ²Û ß Û²ÛÛ ÛÛ²Û Þ±Ý ± ° ± ß²² Û²ÛÛÛÛ ÝÞÞ²Û ÛÝÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÝÝÜ Û²ÛÛÛÛÛÝÝ ²² Ü²Ý ° ß ±Ý ÞÞÛÛ²ÝÝ ° ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Ûß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ²ßßÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜܲÛÛÛ ²ßß ÜÛ²Û²Ý  ß Þ° Û²Û²Û Û ÜÜÛÛ²ÛÛÛ²Û ßßß ÛÛÛÛÝÝÜ Û²ÛÛÛÛÛß ßßßÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÝÛß ÛÛÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛ²ßß  Ü ß²Ý ÞÞ²²² ²ÜܲßÛÛÛÛ²Û Ü °Û ÛÛÛÛÛÝÝßÜ Û Û²Û²±Û Ü ßßß ²ÛÛÛ²  ÞÞ ²Ûßßß ÜÛÛÛß² Ü ÛÛ² Û±±±±²ß ²²²Û ²Û ܱ°°ÝÞÞ² ÛÛÛÛ °Ü Û²²²°°Û ß± Û²²Û²Þ ÝÜ ÛÛÛÜÛ ²²ÛÛÜÛß ßÛÝ  Ü Ü²Ûß Ü ÞÝ ° Üß ±±±±±Û Ü ±²²±ÝÞÞÛ²Û² Û ±²Ü Û±±° Û Þ Ý±²²±Û ßÞÞ²²² Û Þ²ÛÛß Üß Ü ßßßß Ü°Ý ßÜß ß ÜÜ°°°Û ܲ²Û²±Ý ÞÞ²²²²Û ²Û² Ü Û°Üßß Ü Û °°±±ÞÝ Û±±²±Þ Ý ÛÛ  ÜÜ ÜÜ²Û ²ÜÜܲ ÜÜ ßßß Ü²ÛÛÛÛ²² Û ±±²±ÝÝÞÛÛÛÜÜß Ü ÛÛ²Ü ßßÜ°Û Üß Ü°°±°Û ßß Û ßß°ßßÛÝÛ°°°° ÝÝßßßÜ ß Ü °ÜÜÜ °ß ÜܲßÛÛßÜÜÜÜß  ²ÛÛÛ² °Þ°ß Ü ÛÛ You've j ust unzippeda DARK Collection, and now ßß²Ûß ±Ýßþ ° ÛÛ you're wonde ring what it is you've gotten yourself into. ²Ý°ÜÛ± ÛÛ ²Ý±°±± ÛÛ First, let us assure y ou this archive won't do anything nasty to Ûݲ±±² ÛÛ your hard drive. In f act, consider the sectors holding these ÛÝÛ²²Û ÛÛ thousands of bytes of information blessed. That's right, BLESSED! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ BEHOLD, THE DARK OF T HE COVENANT! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ (Ok Indiana, you can open yo ur eyes now.) ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Bad puns aside (the *other* side, sherlock), this mass of artwork ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ you have before you represen ts the concentrated efforts of a ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ gifted group of individuals.  (Oxymoron alert! Stand by to ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ oxycute'em! Zit on it and p ercolate, mickeyfrickey!) ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Cut! This Introduction is a ll wrong! Scrap it, start over! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ -[thisisatraditionalcutlineb eingoverrunbypointlessexplanationkay]- ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ From the ominous corners of the Congo, to the depths of the ocean ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ floor, the alleyways of the inner city and the heavens above, we ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ bring you: ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ TOILET DUCK! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ "What he *really* meant to s ay was..." ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛßßÛ ÛÛ DARK ILLUSTRATED, MAR CH 1997 COLLECTION, THE UNDISPUTED TAI-PACK! ÛÝßß Û ÛÛ ßßßßßß ÛÛ Read on... ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜßßÜ   ÜßÜÛÛÜ ß Üß ß ÜÜßßßß ß ß Ü ßßß ß ßßÜÜ þÜ ßÜÜ Ü þ ß ÜÜ ß þÜÜ ÜÛÛÜßÜ ÞÝÞÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÝ ²ß ß ß²ßß Ü þ ÜÜ Üß ßßßß ßßÜÜ ß ²Ü ßÜ ßßß² ÜÜ ßÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÝ ² ²ÛÛÛ²  ²Ü ß ÜÜ ß ÜÜÜÛ²ßß  Group ß ²Û ßÜÜÜÜ ß Ü ß Üß ² ݲÛÛÛ²   ²²ÝÞÞÛÛ± Ý Ü ßßÛÜÜÜÜܲ ÛÛÛ²ßß  News! Þ Þ²Ü ß ÜÜß ßÜÜ  ß ß ÜÛ± ÞÞÛÛ± ÝÞ ±Þ° ßß° ß Üß°ÜÜ ßßßÛÛ ²ßßßß Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ßß²ÛÛ²ßß ßÜÜÛ²ßßß ß ß°ß °Ý ÛÛ Ü ÜÜ²Û Û ßß°ßßÛÝ °ß ÜܲßÛÛ A hectic month for DARK Illustrat ed! First of all, Senior Staff °Þ°ß Ü ÛÛ position s have been re-arranged. Prison Breaker moves up from ±Ýßþ ° ÛÛ VGA Departme nt Head to fill in the sacrosanct third Pimp-Daddy ²Ý°ÜÛ± ÛÛ title. (se e the memberlist for details) ²Ý±°±± ÛÛ Ûݲ±±² ÛÛ Filling in as VGA Head  is Burnout. Though it took an unsettling ÛÝÛ²²Û ÛÛ quantity of mind-alter ing substances to get him to agree, we ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ feel the exertion he d emonstrated in fighting the promotion will ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ only be surpassed by his eff orts to flee... err... lead the VGA ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Department to greater glorie s. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Grail and  Purple Dye have opted to focus on web design, and the ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ last we heard from them coul dn't be repeated to a young audience. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ However, we've been as sured the official web page *will* by ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ available to the public shor tly. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Taking over the ANSI D epartment is none other than Corinthian! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ He's sworn to The Unholy Lor ds of DARK he hasn't go a clue as to ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ what he's doing, and if the early reports of his progress are ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ correct, he's making g ood with that promise! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Our Thug Enforcer Division ( aka: "Coordinators") has been given a ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ boost! Cyber X  is accompanied by Acidic Soap and  Armageddon ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Donut, and they'l l be strong-arming the "weaker" elements among ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ you into paying tribute to t he DARK cause. (Pay the squeeze or ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Acidic Soap will smoke a cub an in your appartment. Maybe two.) ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Straying into the sombre sha dows of this menacing little art ÛÝÛßßÛ ÛÛ group is Fluor, m aster of Sheep Sacrifice. Have a stray bundle' ÛÝßß Û ÛÛ o'wool wandering your Window s environment? Fluor's the man to ßßßßßß ÛÛ rid you of the scourge! Cash in adv ance. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜßßÜ   ÜßÜÛÛÜ ß Üß ß ÜÜßßßß ß ß Ü ßßß ß ßßÜÜ þÜ ßÜÜ Ü þ ß ÜÜ ß þÜÜ ÜÛÛÜßÜ ÞÝÞÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÝ ²ß ß ß²ßß Ü þ ÜÜ Üß ßßßß ßßÜÜ ß ²Ü ßÜ ßßß² ÜÜ ßÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÝ ² ²ÛÛÛ²  ²Ü ß ÜÜ ß ÜÜÜÛ²ßß  DARK ß ²Û ßÜÜÜÜ ß Ü ß Üß ² ݲÛÛÛ²   ²²ÝÞÞÛÛ± Ý Ü ßßÛÜÜÜÜܲ ÛÛÛ²ßß  Support Sites Þ Þ²Ü ß ÜÜß ßÜÜ  ß ß ÜÛ± ÞÞÛÛ± ÝÞ ±Þ° ßß° ß Üß°ÜÜ ßßßÛÛ ²ßßßß Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ßß²ÛÛ²ßß ßÜÜÛ²ßßß ß ß°ß °Ý ÛÛ Ü ÜÜ²Û Û ßß°ßßÛÝ °ß ÜܲßÛÛ The Lethal Aspect World HeadquartersXypher Matryx °Þ°ß Ü ÛÛ T he RegencyInternet Headquarters Halaster ±Ýßþ ° ÛÛ Mad Cows?!? DARK Member BoardNight Stalker ²Ý°ÜÛ± ÛÛ Savage Exil eDARK Member BoardAcidic Soap ²Ý±°±± ÛÛ Sight & SoundDARK  Member BoardDrone-Fly Ûݲ±±² ÛÛ Special SauceDARK  Member BoardSamurai ÛÝÛ²²Û ÛÛ Abraxas/DiabolicD ARK US Support SiteMegga Hertz ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ABCD CafeDARK Sup port Site Kyo ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Via the Internet, DARK packs  can be obtained from The Regency's ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ FTP site, at tregency.res.cmu.edu, or from the ACiD Artpack s ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Archive at ftp.cdrom. com (/pub/artpacks/incoming/artpacks/) ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Most DARK members can be con tacted through e-mail (addresses ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ available in the memberlist) , and some may be found lurking on the ÛÝÛÛÛ Û ÛÛ IRC, in channel #dark . (EFnet) ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ On the World Wide Web , you'll find plenty of links on TLA Online ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ at www.interlog.com/~ xmtrx, and the latest pack can be downloaded ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ via a link at www.dar killustrated.org. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛßßÛ ÛÛ For more detailed informatio n on DARK Illustrated, DARK's own ÛÝßß Û ÛÛ F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Que stions) text file is included in this ßßßßßß ÛÛ archive. Filename: DARK-FAQ.184 ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜßßÜ   ÜßÜÛÛÜ ß Üß ß ÜÜßßßß ß ß Ü ßßß ß ßßÜÜ þÜ ßÜÜ Ü þ ß ÜÜ ß þÜÜ ÜÛÛÜßÜ ÞÝÞÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÝ ²ß ß ß²ßß Ü þ ÜÜ Üß ßßßß ßßÜÜ ß ²Ü ßÜ ßßß² ÜÜ ßÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÝ ² ²ÛÛÛ²  ²Ü ß ÜÜ ß ÜÜÜÛ²ßß Fi lenames ß ²Û ßÜÜÜÜ ß Ü ß Üß ² ݲÛÛÛ²   ²²ÝÞÞÛÛ± Ý Ü ßßÛÜÜÜÜܲ ÛÛÛ²ßß  Þ Þ²Ü ß ÜÜß ßÜÜ  ß ß ÜÛ± ÞÞÛÛ± ÝÞ ±Þ° ßß° ß Üß°ÜÜ ßßßÛÛ ²ßßßß Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ßß²ÛÛ²ßß ßÜÜÛ²ßßß ß ß°ß °Ý ÛÛ Ü ÜÜ²Û  Û ßß°ßßÛÝ °ß ÜܲßÛÛ Filenames work like this: XXXXX-##.* °Þ°ß Ü ÛÛ ±Ýßþ ° ÛÛ XXXXX  is a five-letter abbreviation of the artist's a lias. ²Ý°ÜÛ± ÛÛ (Should the  alias fall within five characters or less, the entire ²Ý±°±± ÛÛ alias will be used.) Ûݲ±±² ÛÛ ÛÝÛ²²Û ÛÛ ## rep resents the current number of pieces the artist has produc ed ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ for the year of 1997. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ * can be any  valid extension for images, executables, data files, ÛÝÛßßÛ ÛÛ or musical compositions. Th e most common are DRK for ANSI images, ÛÝßß Û ÛÛ JPG/GIF /BMP/etc... for high-resolution graphic im ages, and MOD/ ßßßßßß ÛÛ S3M/XM/etc... for music data files. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜßßÜ   ÜßÜÛÛÜ ß Üß ß ÜÜßßßß ß ß Ü ßßß ß ßßÜÜ þÜ ßÜÜ Ü þ ß ÜÜ ß þÜÜ ÜÛÛÜßÜ ÞÝÞÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÝ ²ß ß ß²ßß Ü þ ÜÜ Üß ßßßß ßßÜÜ ß ²Ü ßÜ ßßß² ÜÜ ßÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÝ ² ²ÛÛÛ²  ²Ü ß ÜÜ ß ÜÜÜÛ²ßß  F inale! ß ²Û ßÜÜÜÜ ß Ü ß Üß ² ݲÛÛÛ²   ²²ÝÞÞÛÛ± Ý Ü ßßÛÜÜÜÜܲ ÛÛÛ²ßß  Þ Þ²Ü ß ÜÜß ßÜÜ  ß ß ÜÛ± ÞÞÛÛ± ÝÞ ±Þ° ßß° ß Üß°ÜÜ ßßßÛÛ ²ßßßß Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ßß²ÛÛ²ßß ßÜÜÛ²ßßß ß ß°ß °Ý ÛÛ Ü ÜÜ²Û Û ßß°ßßÛÝ °ß ÜܲßÛÛ This concludes the March Collecti on Newsletter. We hope you've °Þ°ß Ü ÛÛ enjoyed the pack, and we encourage you to leave whatever group(s) ±Ýßþ ° ÛÛ you're in, a nd join DARK Illustrated. In fact, our Emperor , the ²Ý°ÜÛ± ÛÛ venerable M ao Tse PING, demands it! The PING Dynasty lives on! ²Ý±°±± ÛÛ Ûݲ±±² ÛÛ We'd like to thank Acidic Soap for the spiffy graphics he drew ÛÝÛ²²Û ÛÛ for the Memberlist and  Newsletter, and Corinthian for all his ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ efforts over the past month. ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Reminder! We're DARK  Illustrated, and you're not. (Juvenile ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ maybe, but it's the truth, b y god!) PING! ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ   ÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÝÛßßÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ þÜ   Û²ßß²Ü ÛßÛ ² ßÛÝ    ²  ß þÜÜ ßÛ ÛÛÛÜÛ ßß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²±±±±°°°    ÛÝßß Û ÛÛ ÜÜ ÜÜÜÞÞÛ  ÞÛÛ Ü ÞÝÛ Üß   Û   ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Ü ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜܲ²±±±°°°°°  ßßßßßß ÛÛ ÜÜÜ ßß ÛÛ Ý ÛÞÝßß²Ý ÛÛ ßßÜÛß²ßßß  ßß  Ü ÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛ²²²±±±±°°°°°    ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßß ßß ßß²ß ²   ²Ý ²Û ²   ²   ßß ß ßß  ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß SAUCE00DARK Newsletter 03/97 Multiple Authors DARK Illustrated 19970331¶b