-* NAIDorabilia *-

        The North American International Demoparty CD-ROM compendium


You lucky bastard - you have obtained what I personally consider to be
the coolest scene CD-ROM ever.  This CD covers to the best of its
ability the essence of what once was a booming North American demoscene.
Four months of file collecting have gone into this CD, with one goal in
mind - completeness.  You won't find much of this material on the net,
which makes the CD even more exclusive than it already stands to be.

BTW, I won't waste any time in this textfile explaining what a demo is,
or what the scene is, or what the heck a "NAID" is.  You got this CD
because you already know all that.

In case you don't remember, it was originally Walnut Creek's intention
to publish a NAID CD-ROM, being the primary sponsor of NAID '96.  But,
after suffering a minor loss from the party (fueled by people getting
Hornet Underground CDs for free), they cancelled the project.  As early
as last year, I had visions of making my own "bootleg" NAID CD, and with
a CD writer within reach, decided to make them reality in summer 1998.

Don't think that collecting files was as easy as going to ftp.naid.org
and downloading them all.  On the contrary, it was a massive,
multi-person effort, spanning several months.  I had to find email
addresses for people who hadn't been active in the scene for years.  I
had to wait weeks on end while people searched through their old floppy
disks, returned to former homes, or got their backup drives working
again.  But, everyone was helpful in general.

If you look at the inside of the CD cover (if you have no cover because
you have a copied CD, then you'll just have to rot in Hell), you will
see some people's names.  These are the people who helped make the CD as
close to complete as it is.  They collectively took countless hours of
their personal time to help me gather files.  Eric Lagace (MEd) and Jim
Leonard (Trixter) alone spent days editing, recording, and digitizing
video clips.  If you know where to reach them (ask me if you don't), you
should let them know you appreciate their effort - I sure as hell do.

So, here is the final product, which I've dubbed "NAIDorabilia" (the
name was decided very early on, but kept a secret).  I'll let you
discover all the contents of the CD on your own - there are many
surprises.  If the North American demoscene is never revived, I at least
hope this CD gives it some happy closure.

- Andy Voss, aka Phoenix
  September 28, 1998
  valid email addresses as of writing:
  phoenix@hornet.org, xproject@erols.com