At R\u00e9cursion (the Montr\u00e9al demoparty),<\/a> we (Nick Montfort, Michael C. Martin, and Patsy Baudoin) released Nanowatt,<\/i><\/a> a single-loading VIC-20 demo.<\/p>\n You can download it and run it using a VIC-20 emulator (or, of course, an actual VIC-20). I run it in VICE on my Ubuntu system by typing “xvic nw” from the directory that contains the “nw” file. If it’s more convenient, you can also download a d64 disk image with Nanowatt on it<\/a> and load “nw” from there.<\/p>\n It produces 8 KB of English text quoted exactly from Samuel Beckett’s second novel, Watt.<\/i><\/p>\n And it produces 8 KB of French text quoted exactly from the French translation of Samuel Beckett’s second novel, Watt.<\/i><\/p>\n And the entire demo (including two songs, sound system, code for decompression and display of text, and explanations and greetings at the end) is 3.5 KB: 3583 bytes.<\/p>\n When possible, I will upload a video of the demo running.<\/p>\n This rather esoteric demo was awarded 2nd place (out of 3 entries).<\/p>\n I also got 4th place (out of 5) for my one-line BASIC program that was done as a fast<\/i> demo, based on today’s theme: “weaving.”<\/p>\n Demoscene.<\/i><\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/b> You can run Nanowatt<\/i> without leaving the comfort of your browser. First, copy this URL into your copy-and-paste buffer: << http:\/\/nickm.com\/poems\/nw >>. Then, go to the page for JS VIC-20.<\/a> Select the “Storage” menu from the top and choose the option at the bottom of the list, “Carts\/Programs,” and choose the top option, “Load Cart from URL.” Finally, paste in the URL that you copied and watch the demo run.<\/p>\n