info file, dated 26 Apr 1995

Contents

[1] │                  Members

[2] │  To get in touch with us

[3] │       Productions so far

[4] │          A brief history

[5] │       Distribution sites

[1]  Members

REAL NAME        │  HANDLE           │  BORN │  OCCUPATION

Tomi Aarnio      │  Devastator       │  1974 │  code, bbs
Rami Koivunen    │  Druid            │  1974 │  utils
Teemu Valtonen   │  Saracen          │  1975 │  code, gfx
Mikko Saarinen   │  Whalebone        │  1974 │  music, gfx
Jani Väisänen    │  Vortex           │  1974 │  misc
Jani Mattsson    │  Saint            │  1976 │  code
Jani Lehmuskoski │  The Grim Reaper  │  1976 │  code
Sam Laur         │  Daemon           │  1974 │  code
Kalle Kaivola    │  Edge             │  1975 │  music
Simo Paakkanen   │  Prism            │  1978 │  music
Niko Sipilä      │  NiK              │  1977 │  gfx

[2]  To get in touch with us

email:  emf@mea.utu.fi   (preferred)

www:    http://mits.mdata.fi/~jpm/emf.html

fax:    +358 21 253 8026 (at Saint's place)

bbs:    +358 21 430 5419
+358 21 430 5183

mail:   Saint/EMF
Jani Mattsson
Valkiaisvuorenkatu 26
FIN-20360 TURKU
Finland

[3]  Productions so far

06 Oct 91 · Emfintro ········· Our first intro ····· EMFINTRO.EXE ··· 70k
25 Apr 92 · Delirium ········· Our second intro ···· DELIRIUM.EXE ·· 115k
26 Jul 92 · Internal Damage ·· Asm92 compo demo ···· EMF_ID.ZIP ···· 150k
07 Feb 93 · PowerPlayer ······ Tiny SB mod player ·· PP13.ZIP ······· 30k
01 Aug 93 · Eclipse ·········· Asm93 winner intro ·· EMF_ECL.ZIP ···· 75k
17 Aug 94 · Verses ··········· Asm94 winner demo ··· EMF_VRS.ZIP ··· 500k
26 Apr 95 · Verses Rev. II ··· SB/Pentium bugfix ··· EMF_VRS2.ZIP ·· 500k

[4]  A brief history

/ 1991 /

Jan:  The group was formed by Devastator, Dr. Lizard, Druid and Skyrider.
Oct:  First production, EMFintro, was released.

/ 1992 /

Apr:  Second production, Delirium, was released.
Jul:  Saracen, previously of Vision Blasters, joined as a coder.
Jul:  Internal Damage was released at Assembly'92.

/ 1993 /

Feb:  PP v1.3, the most accurate player at the time, was released.
Apr:  Dr. Lizard left due to a lack of interest.
Apr:  Whalebone, previously of Black Robes, joined as a musician.
Jul:  Saint, Vortex, TGR, Dominic and Daemon joined from Altair.
Aug:  Our intro, Eclipse, won the intro competition at Assembly'93.
Dec:  Dominic left due to a lack of interest.

/ 1994 /

Mar:  Skyrider left due to the military service.
Aug:  Our demo, Verses, won the demo competition at Assembly'94.
Aug:  Edge and Prism, previously of Unexpected, joined as musicians.
Nov:  NiK, previously of Sonic PC, joined as a graphician.

/ 1995 /

Apr:  Verses rev. II, a Pentium/SB bugfix, was released.

[5]  Distribution sites

We have decided to drop all our distribution sites. We feel that the
concept of a distribution site has lost its meaning altogether: the
relationship between a group and a BBS usually benefits neither. Back
in the old days, a board used to be a site for only one or two groups,
and a group only had a few sites, which they actually called every now
and then to upload their new releases. Also the sysops used to call
the WHQ to grab the new stuff. Back then the Internet was unheard-of:
modem trading and distribution sites actually had an important use!
Nowadays there's no need to call around the globe to get new demos -
if you don't have access to ftp, then you at least know someone from
your area who does. Furthermore, we think that all demos that aren't
complete crap will get circulated well enough even without specific
distribution sites. Most boards get all released productions anyway.

There are numerous good reasons against having distros, but the most
important for us is the fact that the status of a distribution site
has practically *no meaning whatsoever* to a sysop. Most of the demo
oriented boards today are sites for dozens of different groups; it's
obvious that the contact between the sysop and the groups is minimal,
often non-existent. Hell, the sysops don't even bother to tell when
their board goes down for good! A group has no way to control if their
50+ sites are even working, not to mention keeping track of changing
phone numbers, modem speeds, etc. In short, their distro list will
soon be outdated and of no use to anyone. To keep the list up-to-date
someone needs to spend a lot of his time and money. This, along with
the unbearable amount of distro applications, is the main reason why
we decided to forget the whole thing.

Shortly put: it's too much work for almost nothing!