ZMORA - 256B intro

[Pirx]

I would like to present you the latest IND intro called ZMORA.
256 bytes, as usual.



download
pouet.net page

I appreciate any opinions. Enjoy.

[Shockwave]

Madatory IND thumb added at Pouet.

As for opinions, everything you release in 256 bytes is a work of art as far as I am concerned.

[Hotshot]

The picture of it look good and impressive 256 bytes!

When I double click it and i get this



How can I fixed it please?

[benny!]

@Pirx:
This is true art. Congratulations. I love it  Outstanding work. It runs really smooth here.
And I guess it is no contingency that the readme is also 256 bytes ;-)

Keep up the good work and K++ for keeping the tiny intro scene alive!

[Pirx]

Hotshot, this was asked many times. Let's make the situation clear.

Typical 256B intro, like ZMORA, is a DOS program, which has no special requirements to run.

hardware:
any PC with standard VGA graphic card and processor equipped with FPU
(just can be slower on older computers)

software:
DOS, Windows XP or older
(no libraries etc.)

Problem appears in Windows Vista - this system displays the message you posted, and you will not see the intro. Some ugly drivers or other villains can also disable 13h mode under Windows XP.

In such cases, there are some ways you can watch 256B productions on your machine:

1. Use DOSBox emulator. Unfortunatelly, many intros are very slow there, even if you setup max CPU usage (in DOSBox.conf: core=dynamic cycles=max). Additionally, DOSBox is 286/386 compatible, so some intros using newer instructions will not run (eXcentricity, Blub! II ...).

2. Burn intros on CD. Boot your computer with some CD that will start DOS environment (Win98 install or something), change the CD and watch the whole night.

3. Setup some virtual DOS environment. I can't give you any accurate tpis about it, while I have real MS-DOS 6.22 installed normally.


By the way, is there anybody using Windows 7? Any experiences with 256B intros there?

[Hotshot]

My computer used Windows 7 Ultimate.....

Avoid horrible Visa Home basic which what I used to have before! Yuckk...

I have Samsung NC10 which is XP Window
I will try that

[LittleWhite]

Hey,

I will try really soon on my Windows Seven ... but I think it will not start (The solution for me... will be DosBOX (that I never got it correctly running (Frame synchronisation)).
Otherwise ... I am using Linux so it will not help at all
For the screen, it looks already cool (Maybe my imagination will do everything )

[Hotshot]

Work fine on Win XP and very good

[ferris]

Saw this on pouet, very nice work As always, of course!

[LittleWhite]

I have tried on one Seven at uni ... and it says incompatibility between 32bits and 64bits ... (they have 64bits computers ) (Just to let you know ... I know that it was not expected to get it work on Seven )

[Clyde]

I've used D-Fend Reloaded ( a frontend to Dos Box) on W7 64-Bit, and as you've outlined it is pretty slow. But it looks a very nice 256k!

[rain_storm]

Good stuff as always Pirx

[Pirx]

Thank you all for the comments and the information.

//Clyde, it's not 256k, it's 256B.

[Clyde]

What a numpty, I meant b
I did read somewhere about XP Mode in Windows7.

Looking forward to your next adventures,
Clyde.

[Rbz]

Cool object from hell!

[spitfire]

Great stuff!