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Art' CD Collector - Only the intro is featured here, not the whole release.

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VISIONS COME AND GO BUT SOME VISIONS LINGER....... PERSISTENCE OF VISIONS IS BACK TO HAUNT YOU WITH P.O.V. DEMO COMPILATION 125. HERE ARE THE CREDITS: ALL CODE BY MAC SYS DATA, GRAFICS BY OZ, MUSIC BY BIG ALEC OF DELTA FORCE (NEW SID CHIP ROUTINE) RIPPED BY MUG UK. RELEASE DATE: 29TH DECEMBER 1992 (ONLY 2 MONTHS LATER THAN I EXPECTED - BLAME MUG UK FOR MAKING ME WORK ON THE LINK FILER!). THE REAL REASON FOR THE DISC BEING LATE IS BECAUSE I'VE WRITTEN SEVERAL INTROS FOR PD LIBRARIES AND CODED BOTH POV 126 AND 127 MENUS. IF YOU WENT TO THE 'RIPPED OFF' CODING PARTY IN SEPTEMBER 1992 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE START OF THIS MENU, MOST OF IT WAS WRITTEN THE WEEK AFTER THE PARTY AND HAS BEEN GATHERING DUST SINCE. AS THIS IS ONE OUR ANIVERSARY DISCS WE HAVE INCLUDED THE HIGHLY INTERESTING (NOT!) INFORMATION LIST SO ALL YOU POV COLLECTORS CAN SEE WHAT YOU'VE NOT GOT OR WHAT SHOULD BE ON THE ONES YOU HAVE. THE LIST IS 100 PERCENT ACCURATE SO IF YOU HAVE A POV DISC WITH DIFFERENT TITLES ON YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR PD SUPPLIER FOR A NEW COPY. ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN WRITE TO THE POV P.O. BOX BUT ADDRESS IT TO TOWER PD WHO WILL GIVE DETAILS OF HOW TO COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION. IF YOU HAVE A POV DISC AND THE THING DOESN'T WORK YOU SHOULD GET A NEW COPY, PREFERABLE FROM A MAJOR PD LIBRARY LIKE TOWER PD. IF IT STILL DOESN'T WORK THEN SEND DETAILS OF YOUR ATARI SETUP AND GIVE EXPLICIT DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENS SO I CAN FIX THE BUG. IF IT'S ONE OF THE DEMOS THAT DOESN'T WORK I SUGGEST YOU FIRST TEST IT ON YOUR MATES MACHINE TO ENSURE IT ISN'T YOU TRYING TO RUN A 1 MEG DEMO ON YOUR HALF MEG MACHINE. WE DO OCCASIONALLY RELEASE A DODGY DISC (PRETTY RARELY) BUT WE ARE HUMAN AND DO MAKE MISTAKES SO YOUR PROBLEM MAY WELL BE GENUINE AND WE WILL FIX IT A.S.A.P. SORRY THAT THIS MENU IS SO BORING, IT LOOKED GOOD WHEN I STARTED BUT IT SOON LOOKED BORING. I DID ADD RASTERS AND A LITTLE COPPER EFFECT BUT IT MADE THE MENU 1 MEG ONLY SO I HAD TO REVERT BACK TO THIS VERSION. A NOTE TO MOOKIE OF ADRENALIN UK - HEY THE MENU WASN'T DODGY, IT WAS THE DOWNLOAD CODE SCREWING UP AGAIN!!!! THIS IS VERSION 6 OF THIS MENU AS THE GAMEBOY EMULATOR KEPT SCREWING UP ON MY HALF MEG ST AND HALF THE PROGRAMS I ORIGINALLY PUT ON THE DISC KNACKERED UP AS THEY WERE 1 MEG. YOU CAN CONTACT POV AT OUR USUAL P.O BOX, SIMPLY WRITE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...... P.O.V., P.O. BOX 40, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, BLACKPOOL, LANCS., FY5 3PH. ENGLAND. OKAY HERE THEY COME - THE GREETIGNS. POV SENDS REGARDS TO: ADRENALIN, ANIMAL MINE, BLIND BASTARD, CHAOS (ESP. BEN), CYNIX, D-BUG, DEL (D.W.STABLES PD), DELTA FORCE, DR SYNE, ERIK PLANKTON, EQUINOX, FUZION, GEORGE (BART), INNER CIRCLE, INSOMNIA, KGB, MAD VISION, MUG UK, NEXT, PAL PD, PIXEL TWINS, POMPEY PIRATES, PURE ENERGY, REPLICANTS, RIPPED OFF, STAX, STRANGER, SYNERGY, THE SYNDICATE (FRANCE AND SWEDEN), TNC PD, UNITY, UTOS, WILD! WELL THAT'S ALL FOR THIS DISC, THERE ARE SOME STE GOODIES ON DISC 127 SO GO GET IT! WRAP VISIONS COME AND GO BUT SOME VISIONS LINGER....... WELL IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN POV 127 (IT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THIS DISC) YOU MAY HAVE SOME TEXT REFERING TO 'JENNY'. WELL SHE PHONED ME LAST NIGHT (FOR THE FIRST TIME) AND WE CHATTED FOR A WHILE. I HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO CALL HER AT THE WEEKEND SO I SUPPOSE I WILL. ONE GOOD THING SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THOUGH...... AT WORK I HAVE A SYSTEM PRIVILEGE ACCOUNT AND SO CAN READ ANY FILE ON THE SYSTEM AS IF IT WAS MY OWN. AFTER SHE PHONED I PHONED WORK ON MY DIAL UP MODEM AND SET HER MAIL DIRECTORY AS MINE THEN PROCEEDED TO READ ALL HER MAIL..... I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT WAS THERE BUT..... ENOUGH OF THIS DRIBBLE. THE COPIER ON THIS DISC IS AN UPDATED VERSION AND IS SLIGHTLY FASTER (SLIGHTLY) BUT AS I NOW HAVE THE SOURCE CODE I CAN PUT SOME NEW TUNES IN OR CHANGE THE HORRIBLE SNOT COLOURED RASTERS! WELL THIS REALLY IS THE END AS I'M NOT FEELING TOO WELL (I'VE GOT FLU) SO UNTIL DISC 128........ WRAP-ERTY-WRAP!