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 This documentation was originally written in French by Barthimus of the cracking Acadamy translated and re-typed by Karadoc of Adrenalin 1992, since then it has been modified here on the wiki.
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-== CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION ==
+== Introduction ==
 The  Demo Construction Kit is a logical way of creating animated demos including cool graphics. It allows full integration of music,text and images in the demonstrations. It functions on all the Atari computers and compatible ST's, i.e STF, STFM, STE, MEGA-STF, MEGA-STE and can be installed on your hard drive if you wish.
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 This  program has been conceived entirely on a 68000 to ensure speed of execution and fluency and all this by a Frenchman in French(well it was till I translated it). All the functions of execution of demos such as scrolls, borders, sprites, music, rasters, stars, equalizers, etc. Have been put together in one program only to make it more economical and efficient.
-== CHAPTER 2 : Generalities ==
+== General ==
 '''Use of the DCK'''
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 To  execute your demo and to see the animations that you have generated, all you need do is click on the icon visu. To remove the demo from the screen and return to the editor, press on the space bar.
-== CHAPTER 3 : EXPLANATION OF THE SCREEN ==
+== Explanation of the screen ==
 '''The Colour Box(Couleur)'''

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 The borders do not function on TT.
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+== Origins of Documentation ==
-<br>
 This documentation was originally written in French by Barthimus of the cracking Acadamy translated and re-typed by Karadoc of Adrenalin 1992, since then it has been modified here on the wiki.
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 Demo Construction Kit
-CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
+== CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION ==
 The  Demo Construction Kit is a logical way of creating animated demos including cool graphics. It allows full integration of music,text and images in the demonstrations. It functions on all the Atari computers and compatible ST's, i.e STF, STFM, STE, MEGA-STF, MEGA-STE and can be installed on your hard drive if you wish.
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 This  program has been conceived entirely on a 68000 to ensure speed of execution and fluency and all this by a Frenchman in French(well it was till I translated it). All the functions of execution of demos such as scrolls, borders, sprites, music, rasters, stars, equalizers, etc. Have been put together in one program only to make it more economical and efficient.
-CHAPTER 2 : Generalities
+== CHAPTER 2 : Generalities ==
 '''Use of the DCK'''
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 To  execute your demo and to see the animations that you have generated, all you need do is click on the icon visu. To remove the demo from the screen and return to the editor, press on the space bar.
-CHAPTER 3 : EXPLANATION OF THE SCREEN
+== CHAPTER 3 : EXPLANATION OF THE SCREEN ==
 '''The Colour Box(Couleur)'''
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 The borders do not function on TT.
-The other functions of the DCK are self explanatory and besides it is 24:10 hrs on the 4th of march  1992 and i am knacker ed. Tomorrow i will write a short doc displayer so this doc can be displayed in all its glory for you to read. Have fun with the DCK and i hope you appreciate this little translation as it cost me about 6 hours worth of hard graft fitting some sockets in my mates house next week.
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+<br>
-Karadoc of Adrenalin 1992...................
+This documentation was originally written in French by Barthimus of the cracking Acadamy translated and re-typed by Karadoc of Adrenalin 1992, since then it has been modified here on the wiki.
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 '''Use of the DCK'''
-The DCK uses the Ataris GEM interface. It is therefore controlled entirely by the mouse. This system allows speed and ease of use. The main screen of DCK is separated into 2 parts:
+The DCK uses the Ataris [[GEM]] interface. It is therefore controlled entirely by the mouse. This system allows speed and ease of use. The main screen of DCK is separated into 2 parts:
 * The rolling menus
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 A sprite can be of 3 types.
--The drawing chosen for the sprite appears on the screen and restores what was below when leaving its position.
+* The drawing chosen for the sprite appears on the screen and restores what was below when leaving its position.
--The drawing appears in sprite but erases the sprite where it was.
+* The drawing appears in sprite but erases the sprite where it was.
--The drawing appears in sprite but does not disappear and does not restore the picture beneath (can create effects).
+* The drawing appears in sprite but does not disappear and does not restore the picture beneath (can create effects).
 What is the advantage of this kind of sprite?
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 The problem with type 1 is that to restore the background you must safeguard what was beneath by restoring it often before displaying the sprite again. This is a lengthy process.
-Method number 2 brings with it a useful gain of time.
+Method number 2 brings with it a useful gain of time. Therefore if the sprites appear on a background without drawings or on plans not used, cancel the option restore (restauration). While you will need to activate it if the sprites appear on top of a drawing which you do not want to erase.
 Method number 3 is special; indeed the sprite does not erase itself and does not restore the background. Therefore the sprites will remain displayed in the background of the screen.
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 Click on the music (musique) icon or press the F9 key to activate the music box. You have the possibility of 4 different types of music:
-The chip music
+* The chip music
-Soundtracks(amiga yuk yuk yuk modules)
+* Soundtracks(amiga yuk yuk yuk modules)
-STF digital files
+* STF digital files
-STE digital files (ste only!)
+* STE digital files (ste only!)
 THE CHIP MUSIC

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 CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
-The  Demo Construction Kit is a logical way of creating animated demos including cool graphics. It allows full integration of music,text and images in the demonstrations.
+The  Demo Construction Kit is a logical way of creating animated demos including cool graphics. It allows full integration of music,text and images in the demonstrations. It functions on all the Atari computers and compatible ST's, i.e STF, STFM, STE, MEGA-STF, MEGA-STE and can be installed on your hard drive if you wish.
 You have three discs:
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 The first disk includes the program as well as a few demos in .prg (can be used directly at the office) and in DCK (file to be loaded under the program). here is the list of files:
-     -DCK.PRG.
+* DCK.PRG.
-     -DCK1.JNX.
+* DCK1.JNX.
-     -DCK2.JNX.
+* DCK2.JNX.
-     -DCK3.JNX.
+* DCK3.JNX.
-     -DCK4.JNX.
+* DCK4.JNX.
 The second disk includes the following files:
-     -DESSINS (Designs) including the background pictures.
+* DESSINS (Designs) including the background pictures.
-     -FONTES (FONTS) including the characters.
+* FONTES (FONTS) including the characters.
-     -SPRITES including the sprites.
+* SPRITES including the sprites.
-     -RASTERS including the rasters.
+* RASTERS including the rasters.
-     -TRAJ SPRITE including the trajectories of the sprites in .DAT.
+* TRAJ SPRITE including the trajectories of the sprites in .DAT.
-     -TRAJ SCROLL including the trajectories of the scrollers in .TRJ.
+* TRAJ SCROLL including the trajectories of the scrollers in .TRJ.
 The third disc includes the following files:
-     -DIGIT.STE  (DATA STE) including the digital music for the STE.
+* DIGIT.STE  (DATA STE) including the digital music for the STE.
-     -DIGIT.STF  (DATA STF) including the digital music for  the STF.
+* DIGIT.STF  (DATA STF) including the digital music for  the STF.
-     -MUSIC CHIP including the music for the sound chip (any ST).
+* MUSIC CHIP including the music for the sound chip (any ST).
-     -SOUNDTRACK including the soundtrack music.
+* SOUNDTRACK including the soundtrack music.
-This  program has been conceived entirely on a 68000 to ensure speed  of  execution and fluency and all this by a Frenchman in French(well it was till I translated it). All the functions of execution of demos such asscrolls, borders, sprites, music, rasters, stars, equalizers, etc. Have been put together in one program only to make it more economical and efficient.
+This  program has been conceived entirely on a 68000 to ensure speed of execution and fluency and all this by a Frenchman in French(well it was till I translated it). All the functions of execution of demos such as scrolls, borders, sprites, music, rasters, stars, equalizers, etc. Have been put together in one program only to make it more economical and efficient.
 CHAPTER 2 : Generalities
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 The DCK uses the Ataris GEM interface. It is therefore controlled entirely by the mouse. This system allows speed and ease of use. The main screen of DCK is separated into 2 parts:
-     -The rolling menus
+* The rolling menus
-     -The selection icons
+* The selection icons
-The rolling menus are represented by a menu bar which is at the top of the screen. Each name on the  menu bar hides several options. If you point at a name on the menu bar with the mouse(god man this is really basic tuition), a gathered sub option appears, you must then bring the mouse down to the sub  option required(the one pointed at by the mouse, darkens) and click on it.
+The rolling menus are represented by a menu bar which is at the top of the screen. Each name on the  menu bar hides several options. If you point at a name on the menu bar with the mouse(god man this is really basic tuition), a gathered sub option appears, you must then bring the mouse down to the sub option required(the one pointed at by the mouse, darkens) and click on it. In some cases the rolling menus are used to define whether an option has been selected or not. In this case if a sub option has been selected, a kind of v is displayed on its left.
-In some cases the rolling menus are used to define whether an option has been selected or not. In this case if a sub option has been selected, a kind of v is displayed on its left.
+The icons are represented by drawings on which you must click. On the main screen of the DCK there are 10 situated at the bottom. They are accompanied by a word describing their function. These are: scroll, text, deformation, sprites, block copiers, stars, borders, color, music and utilization.
-The icons are represented by drawings on which you must click. On the main screen of the DCK there  are 10 situated at the bottom. They are accompanied by a word describing their function. These are: scroll, text, deformation, sprites, block copiers, stars, borders, colour, music and utilization.
+There is a third kind of object used in the DCK. These are dialog boxes. You have access to these boxes using icons or rolling menus. Each animation has all its parameters gathered in a box. A box is usually represented by a large white square edged with a black line in which there is:
-There is a third kind of object used in the DCK. These are dialog boxes. You have access to these boxes using icons or rolling menus. Each animation has all its parameters gathered in a box.
+* at the top: text describing the box's function.
-A box is usually represented by a large white square edged with a black line in which there is:
+* at  the bottom: an OK switch enabling you to get out of the box when all the parameters are adjusted.
 Within the boxes, parameters can be modified in several ways:
-	-If the parameter can take a multitude of values, it is often represented by two arrows on each 	side of the corresponding numbers(either top/bottom or right/left). All you need to do is click 	on the arrows to increase or decrease the value of the parameter.
+* If the parameter can only be true or false (select or de-select) it is often represented by a button. This button is a text edged with a black background if the parameter is selected and a white background if it is not.
-</pre>
+*If the parameter can take a multitude of values, it is often represented by two arrows on each side of the corresponding numbers(either top/bottom or right/left). All you need to do is click on the arrows to increase or decrease the value of the parameter.
 '''The system of coordinates'''

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 CHAPTER 2 : Generalities
-Use of the DCK
+'''Use of the DCK'''
 The DCK uses the Ataris GEM interface. It is therefore controlled entirely by the mouse. This system allows speed and ease of use. The main screen of DCK is separated into 2 parts:
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 </pre>
-The system of co ordinates
+'''The system of coordinates'''
 In most animations, you must tell the computer where in the drawing you want to animate is or display it on the screen. This indication is made with the use of  two coordinates (usually represented by x and y). These two coordinates are measured in pixels. You must therefore know that the demos generated with DCK are in low resolution therefore the dimensions of the screen are 320 pixels wide and 200  pixels high. You must not forget either that the corner of coordinates x=0, y=0 is the top left corner and that the more right you go, the more x increases and, the lower you go, the more y increases.
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 </pre>
-Dealing with colours and plans
+'''Dealing with colours and plans'''
-The demonstrations done with the DCK function in base resolution. This mode enables the 16 colors to be displayed simultaneously on the screen without using any tricks(and even more with the rasters). These are chosen from a pallet of 512 colors for  the Atari STF or from a pallet of 4096 colors for the
+The demonstrations done with the DCK function in base resolution. This mode enables the 16 colors to be displayed simultaneously on the screen without using any tricks(and even more with the rasters). These are chosen from a pallet of 512 colors for  the Atari STF or from a pallet of 4096 colors for the STE, MEGA STE and TT. In fact, the computer disposes of 16 slots to put the colors that you want. These slots are numbered from 0 to 15(which makes 16 possible colors).
 Example of color:
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       COLOUR 6:0110  COLOUR 14:1110
       COLOUR 7:0111  COLOUR 15:1111
- </pre>
+</pre>
 From this conversion, can be determined which plans use the color in question. You notice that the color numbers are coded on 4 bits ( 4 binary numbers ). These bits corresponds to plan 1 (  if this bit is a1, the color uses plan 1, otherwise it does not  use it ). The  2nd  to the right corresponds to plan 2, then the others correspond successively to plans 3 and 4.
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 : 15   : 1111 :  YES :  YES :  YES :  YES :
 -------------------------------------------
 </pre>
 The good use of plans enables you to get a huge proportion of unusual effects amongst which the transport scrolling effects, the superimposition of objects or scrollings. If you master the system of using plans, you can save time on animations and therefore you can do more at the same time.
-How to save time:
+'''How to save time:'''
 Let us, for example do a scrolling on the 4 plans without bothering about the colour used by the scrolling but this method uses a lot of time. The method using the least amount of time consists in choosing the colour used so as to scroll only on the minimum number of plans. In the case of a scrolling in one colour one, you can manage to use only one plan.
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-The question of pictures
+'''The question of pictures'''
 The system of buffers
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 Let us now examine the sub options available under images.
-Load Picture (Charger Image)
+'''Load Picture (Charger Image)'''
 This option enables, as its name indicates, you to load an image in the image buffers. You first need to indicate the buffer in which you want the picture to be loaded then, all you need to do is click on the picture file chosen (neo, pi1 or pc1).
-Save Picture (Sauver image)
+'''Save Picture (Sauver image)'''
 This option enables you to save a picture contained in a buffer. Images can only be saved in degas formats PI1 and PC1. PC1 saves on disc space and is in actual fact a compacted degas picture.
-Visualize picture (Visualize Image)
+'''Visualize picture (Visualize Image)'''
 This option enables you to see the pictures contained in the different buffers. First the number of the buffer in question is asked. Then you must indicate which colours of the picture you want to see on the demo (sorry this is the best translation that I could do with this particular phrase).
-Erase Picture (Efface Image)
+'''Erase Picture (Efface Image)'''
 This option enables you either to empty the buffer of your choice.
-Copy the Picture (Copie Image)
+'''Copy the Picture (Copie Image)'''
 This option enables you to copy one full picture from one buffer to another, or to copy plan by plan. A buffer to another. The menu background picture enables you to define which picture is on the poster during the animations. If you don't want any background picture, all you need to do is validate (click).
-KEEP YOUR REFERENCE
+'''Keep your reference'''
 To keep your demonstrations, you must save on to the disc before stopping the computer. You must put a disc (not write protected) into the disc drive. Make sure that there is enough space left on the disk. then when you are ready go to the filing menu and click on the sub option "save demo"(sauver demo).
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 <pre>
-      WEAK POWER -> 20 SECONDS
+      Weak power -> 20 seconds
-      AVERAGE POWER -> 2 MINUTES
+      Average power -> 2 minutes
-      HIGH POWER -> 20 MINUTES
+      High power -> 20 minutes
 </pre>
 Careful: Do not forget to save your demo to disc before compiling otherwise the memory will be entirely erased.
-Execution of your Demo
+'''Execution of your Demo'''
 To  execute your demo and to see the animations that you have generated, all you need do is click on the icon visu. To remove the demo from the screen and return to the editor, press on the space bar.
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 CHAPTER 3 : EXPLANATION OF THE SCREEN
-THE COLOUR BOX(COULEUR)
+'''The Colour Box(Couleur)'''
 This box will enable you to make all the necessary colour adjustments during your demo. Click on the colour icon (couleur) or press the F8 key. The main box of selection of the colour menu appears.
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 You can notice that the change of palette only occurs from raster no:100 always with the palette 001 and 002. In fact, the cycle of palette starts at the 1st raster where the pal parameter suivaute is positioned. This cycle can use all the palettes available except palette no: 000.
-THE SCROLLS
+'''The Scrolls'''
 You can define 10 different scrollings. To activate them, you need to select them in the validation menu. The 10 scrollings are noted down as scroll 0 to scroll 9.
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