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bWELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER ACORN USER DEMO ...                 DEMONSTRATING THE NEW MODULAR DEMO APPROACH ...                 AND LOOKING RATHER SAD.                      BUT LUCKILY WE HAVE SOMETHING TO CHEER IT UP ...zWATER !                 cYES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE NOW HAVE REFLECTIONS AND SCROLLTEXT WAVEFORMS !                 ... IT'S LOOKING SLIGHTLY BETTER ...                 WHAT IT REALLY NEEDS IS SOMETHING ORIGINAL ...                 SOMETHING SPECTACULAR ...                 SOMETHING LIKE ...                ydSTARS !                                                                         eBUT YET AGAIN, THE DEMO IS LOOKING BARE AND EMPTY ...                 bBUT WAIT !                 eTHERE IS NO LOGO ...                 NO PRETTY ACORN USER LOGO !                 SO JUST FOR YOU LOGO-LOVERS OUT THERE ... HERE IT COMES ...x                 cWHERE WILL THIS AMAZEMENT END I ASK MYSELF ?                 fAS IF ALL THIS GRAPHICAL MAYHEM WASN'T ENOUGH, WE HAVE NOT ONE ...                 NOT EVEN TWO ...                 BUT THREE ...     YES THREE, WHOLESOME SPHERICAL BALLS                 cSO HERE THEY ARE ...                 dTHE RED ...w               THE GREEN ...v               AND THE BLUE ...u                 aI'M SORRY TO SAY THAT'S ALL THE FEATURES I'VE INCLUDED, BUT HEY, WITH THIS NEW MODULAR DEMO PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE, IT MEANS THAT NEW DEMO ROUTINES CAN BE WRITTEN SEPARATELY, AND THEN COMBINED WITH OTHERS TO PRODUCE DEMOS LIKE THIS ... IT'S ALL SO EASY !                 eANYWAY THIS IS A SHORT SCROLLTEXT SO I'D BETTER SIGN OFF NOW ...                 PLEASE EXCUSE THE SCROLLTEXT RE-INTRODUCING THE FEATURES OF THIS DEMO ...                 dB Y E !                                                                    
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