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One more key-press would do: a pause key

Again, superb work!

Hi,

Apologies if this has already been mentioned elsewhere, but I saw this on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfdSRsDwEYo



Regards,

Shaun.

It's a shame that the demo doesn't infinitely loop (that is until there's a RAM Pack wobble or the computer crashes), because it'd be cool to leave it running whilst people admire it rather than having to load it over and over.

Regards,

Shaun.

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