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MC-Paddy III

2006-12-31T14:21:38Z

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'''MC-Paddy III (1991)''' was the third of three "only 72 hours"-Demos created by the swiss trio [[Asterix]], [[TMP]] and [[Warlock]].

See also the two first ones: [[MC-Paddy I]] and [[MC-Paddy II]].

[http://genesis8.free.fr/frontend/demos/unixt3.zip MC-Paddy III Demo (Download)]

{|
|-
| [[Image:UNiX3 Asterix.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy III (1991) Asterix-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX3 TMP.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy III (1991) TMP-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX3 Warlock.JPG|none|thumb|300px|MC-Paddy III (1991) Warlock-Part]]
|}

Some remarks to the different parts:

Asterix's part contains multiple scrolls with all different speeds. It was at the
time the first one to create so many different scrolls with differents speeds.

TMP's part contained three interesting features. First of all the sinus scroll at the
top. This idea was perfected later on by others adding a mouvement into the sinus curve.
The second part is the vertical scaled raster bars. TMP was one of the first ones
to implement this effect at the time.
The third feature being the big fat jumping hardware scroll below the bars.
And last but not least the big sprite on the bottom. Interesting was especially
the smooth mouvement of it.

Warlock's part, once again very colourful contained two very interesting features.
First the smooth upscroll which was a new thing on the scene at the time.
And the never equalled genius effect in the middle: The coloured rasters in the
middle.
The spectacular thing about it is that it contains many more than the 27 colour tones
the CPC was having.

[[Category:Demos]]

MC-Paddy III

2006-12-31T14:19:06Z

81.62.183.86:

'''MC-Paddy III (1991)''' was the third of three "only 72 hours"-Demos created by the swiss trio [[Asterix]], [[TMP]] and [[Warlock]].

See also the two first ones: [[MC-Paddy I]] and [[MC-Paddy II]].

[http://genesis8.free.fr/frontend/demos/unixt3.zip MC-Paddy III Demo (Download)]

{|
|-
| [[Image:UNiX3 Asterix.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy III (1991) Asterix-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX3 TMP.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy III (1991) TMP-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX3 Warlock.JPG|none|thumb|300px|MC-Paddy III (1991) Warlock-Part]]
|}

Some remarks to the different parts:

Asterix's part contains multiple scrolls with all different speeds. It was at the
time the first one to create so many different scrolls with differents speeds.

TMP's part contained three interesting features. First of all the sinus scroll at the
top. This idea was perfected later on by others adding a mouvement into the sinus curve.
The second part is the vertical scaled raster bars. TMP was one of the first ones
to implement this effect at the time.
The third feature being the big fat jumping hardware scroll below the bars.
And last but not least the big sprite on the bottom. Interesting was especially
the smooth mouvement of it.

Warlock's part, once again very colourful contained two very interesting features.
First the smooth upscroll which was a new thing on the scene at the time.
And the never equalled genius effect in the middle: The coloured rasters in the
middle.
The spectacular thing about it is that it contains many more than the 32 colour tones
the CPC was having.

[[Category:Demos]]

MC-Paddy II

2006-12-31T14:15:36Z

81.62.183.86:

'''MC-Paddy II (1990)''' was the second of three "only 72 hours"-Demos created by the swiss trio [[Asterix]], [[TMP]] and [[Warlock]].

In the end this party was done three times, see also [[MC-Paddy I]] and [[MC-Paddy III]].

[http://genesis8.free.fr/frontend/demos/mcpadd2.zip MC-Paddy II Demo (Download)]

{|
|-
| [[Image:UNiX2 Asterix.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy II (1990) Asterix-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX2 TMP.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy II (1990) TMP-Part]]
| [[Image:UNiX2 Warlock.JPG|none|thumb|250px|MC-Paddy II (1990) Warlock-Part]]
|}

[[Category:Demos]]

MC-Paddy I

2006-12-31T14:14:51Z

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'''MC-Paddy I (1989)''' was the first of three "only 72 hours"-Demos created by the swiss trio [[Asterix]], [[TMP]] and [[Warlock]].

The idea behind those parties was to create an entire demo from scratch in three days time.

The name MC-Paddy stands for MC (Machine Code) Paddy (Party) and was to be understood as a bit of a programming marathon.

Two other MC-Paddies followed this one: [[MC-Paddy II]] and [[MC-Paddy III]].

[http://genesis8.free.fr/frontend/demos/mcpadd1.zip MC-Paddy I Demo (Download)]

{|
|-
| [[Image:UNiX1.JPG|none|thumb|300px|MC-Paddy I (1989)]]
| [[Image:UNiX1.gif|none|thumb|300px|MC-Paddy I (1989)]]
|}

[[Category:Demos]]

TMP

2006-12-31T08:54:24Z

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'''TMP''' (Michel Roserens) was a member of the cpc team [[UNiX]]

== Biography ==

TMP is the younger brother of Asterix. He started programming at the age
of twelve. He was the programming genius of the three Swiss [[Warlock]], [[Asterix]] and [[TMP]].
Assembler did not have any secrets to him at the age of thirteen and he would have
been the youngest demomaker on the scene at the time.

We will never forget the day when at the [[Euromeeting 1]] meeting he asked [[JLCS]]: "He JL, do
you fancy programming a 'Gump Scroll' with me ? We will never forget JL's expression
on his face asking: "Excuse me, what's a 'Gump Scroll' ?". TMP at his age hadn't
realized that 'Gump Scroll' (Gump = To jump in Swiss German) wasn't known as
a verb outside Switzerland...

Despite this he was the strongest of the Swiss crew, when it came to coding. He had
the fastest algorithms and knew all the tricks first.
Nobody was surprised to see him graduate as a Computer Engineer from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Today he is working in a Swiss bank, is married to his long time girlfriend and father to a cute little daughter.

== Demos ==

* [[MC-Paddy I]] (1989)
* [[MC-Paddy II]] (1990)
* [[MC-Paddy III]] (1991)

== Groups ==

* [[UNiX]]

== Meetings ==

* [[Euromeeting 1]] in Osnabrück (D) (1991)
* [[Euromeeting 2]] in Reims (F) (1992)

[[Category:CPC scene members]]