This demonstration is our contribution to Assembly '95 demo compo.
It can be distributed as long as NOTHING, including this text file,
is changed in it, and you don't get any money from distributing this.
Copyrights are naturally held by the authors, the members of RADON.

We grant the organizers of Assembly'95 exclusive rights to CD-ROM
distribution.

DISCLAIMER : You are using this production at your own risk.
We cannot be held responsible for ANY damage it might cause to
you, your machine, anyone or anything.

00║       TABLE OF CONTENTS

00          -       TABLE OF CONTENTS
01          -       OPENING WORDS
02          -       FILES IN THE PACKAGE
03          -       SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
04          -       TECHNICAL INFO/TROUBLESHOOTING
05          -       CREDITS FOR THE DEMO

10          -       RADON MEMBERLIST
11          -       HOW TO CONTACT US
12          -       PERSONAL GREETINGS

01║       OPENING WORDS

Welcome to our very first production, a demo called 'DISTANCE'.
RADON is a fairly new group, barely past its first year. Throughout
the whole last year we have been planning and developing this demo,
although until this spring, nothing had been done and on some points
it even seemed that nothing would be done - laziness, studying etc.
But thanks to Abdominal's hard work we have finally completed our
one year goal and finished this demo. Well, what to say about the
demo itself? It is not quite the same we planned of it at first,
but probably a way better. See it yourself and decide whether it was
worth it or not.

Some of the graphics were taken from public libraries. If this demo
will be shown on the big screen, our hard work has paid off, no matter
the place it wins.

02║       FILES IN THE PACKAGE

After unpacking the demo, you should have following files :

-  DISTANCE.EXE     ; The executable file   [   24953 bytes]
-  DISTANCE.DTA     ; The data file         [ 2371456 bytes]
-  DISTANCE.DT2     ; Another datafile      [   37242 bytes]
-  DISTANCE.DT3     ; Third datafile        [   51867 bytes]
-  DISTANCE.MOD     ; The funky tune        [  419818 bytes]
-  RADON.NFO        ; This infofile         [   10479 bytes]
-  FILE_ID.DIZ      ; File description      [     435 bytes]

-  Total 7 files    ;                       [ 2916250 bytes]

03║       SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To run 'DISTANCE', you need at least:

-  386/SX
-  VESA compatible SVGA-card (640x480x256c)
-  2.0 Mb raw/XMS/EMS memory (+800kb for SB)
-  Some 600 kb of free base memory

Although this demo may run on some 386s, at least 486/66 is HEAVILY
recommended. This is due to the fact that some of the effects need
heavy calculations which in turn require a fast computer for the
demo to be entertaining and relatively enjoyable to watch. It's no
point watching this demo on a slow computer.

04║       TECHINICAL INFO/TROUBLESHOOTING

This demo uses IGUANA's DemoVT to play music, due to the unfortunate
fact that none of us has a GUS, which means that we haven't been able
to code our player routines for GUS. So, rather than using our own
RadonPlay (and disappoint all you GUS owners out there), we decided
to use a player with similar capabilities to our own, and which would
also work on GUS. Hope you find this acceptable, since it has nothing
to do with our coders' laziness...this will probably be the case with
our future projects, unless something dramatic should happen to our
income.

Like so many others, we are proud to use TRAN's PMODE - BIG thanx go
to him!

If your computer does not have a VESA compatible bios, but can handle
svga modes, you must load a vesa driver to be able to see the svga
routines.

VESA modes are only used in the beginning of the demo. All other
routines (with the exception of endscreen julia) run in 320x240x256c
tweaked mode.

This demo SHOULD work with raw, HIMEM, EMM, QEMM (raw,A20,V86). If
possible, use HIMEM or raw, because this demo runs faster under them.
If any problems should occur, try to make a clean boot. If that won't
help, it won't probably run on your machine, no matter what you'll try.
But hey, hardware is so damn cheap today...just buy a new computer!
Note that you must have EMS if you want to hear something from your
SB.

If any kind of weird behavior is encountered during or after running
Distance, try killing all unnecessary TSR programs. Turning Qemm's
stealth feature off should also solve some problems.

05║       CREDITS FOR THE DEMO

DESIGN....................All members
CODING....................ABDOMINAL
ADDITIONAL CODING.........VERTICE
RENDERING.................ABDOMINAL/VERTICE
GRAPHICS..................ENDER
MUSIC.....................PAHA JII

We have also used Tran's PMODE and DemoVT by JCAB/Iguana in creating
this demo. As for giving more specific credits, it would be frustrating
and space-consuming, because we have sticked to our occupations
more or less tight.

10║       RADON MEMBERLIST

Following guys in no special order are members of RADON :

ABDOMINAL...........Main Coder               [Janne Nord]
VERTICE.............Coder/Utils              [Jani Lamberg]
PAHA JII............Musician/Co-graphician   [Mikko Järvilehto]
ENDER...............Graphician/Txt           [Mikko Hiltunen]

We don't need more members at the moment, and this will probably be
the case in the near future. You may contact us, but we don't
quarantee a reply due to lack of time and regular income.

11║       HOW TO CONTACT US

It is almost impossible to reach us through phone, coz we are off
the military duty only weekends, which we most likely don't spend
sitting at home. So, only snail-mail addresses are given :

<<< ENDER of RADON >>>        -=( VERTICE of RADON )=-

Mikko Hiltunen                  Jani Lamberg
Parkumäentie 5                  Letontie  20
90860 Halosenniemi               90810 Kiviniemi
FINLAND                        FINLAND

/// Abdominal/Radon \\\

Janne    Nord
Kerhokatu 007
39700 Parkano
Suomi/Finland

12║       PERSONAL GREETINGS

There're no group greetings in this file, since all of them were
given in the demo. Our personal greetings include mostly our non-
scene friends, but read them if you wish...

ABDOMINAL Greets : Thergoth/MtdProd., Rami P5, Mara,
our gfx-mies and all the other coders and musicians
in our group!

ENDER Greets    :  Mikko Saarela & Raisa Lesonen,   The Keymaster,
Fzouni Järvenpää, Anssi Laiho, Terho Palo, Mlaa Blaa,
Arzkapuro, 3C/Damage, Baldis/Damage, The Aussie/C.o.D,
The Crimson Sonya, Tony 'heh' Veivo, Teuvo Kokkonen,
Tiina 'Anarkaista' Kokkonen, Tuomas Ojala, Pale-setä,
Mikko Torvela,   Mikko Nuutinen,   Jarno Laitinen,
Satu Kaimio, all gfx-men on PC scene, and...
...THE OTHER MEMBERS OF RADON [especially Abdo]

VERTICE Greets   : ALKO, SINEBRYCHOFF, KOFF, Alkon pääjohtaja,
Haukiputaan ALKOn myyjät, OLVI, en kexi enempää...
...OUCH! OK, Abdominal of Radon

PAHA JII Greets  : 3C/DaMaGE, Baldis/DaMage, Jani Manninen and all cute
fucking lassies in the city of Oulu!

...AND ALL OTHER RADON MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD!

-<(   Signed,  Ender & ABDOminal   )>-