Thank you @idigit !! Back then, low level programming was common practice, to squeeze as much as possible from the hardware available! The coders, gfx and music/sound artists were much more creative when compared to those we have nowadays, in my humble opinion! The advent of mainstream "interwebz" changed the whole paradigm of the demoscene! BBS (bulletin board systems) were a hell lotta fun! Even the whole hacking/phreacking scene was so much more romanticized! Oh the memories .... <3