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Station Information - Castor (192 words) |
 | Castor (α Geminorum) is also a star, named after the character from Greek mythology. |
| A Castor is a wheel mounted with an offset steering pivot such that the wheel will automatically align itself to the direction in which it is pushed. |
| Castor Oyl is a cartoon character, brother of Olive Oyl. |
| Demoscene (275 words) |
| The Demoscene is a interesting computer sub-culture that came to prominence during the rise of the 16 bit micros (the Atari ST and the Amiga), but demos first appeared during the 8 bit[?] era on computers such as C64 and ZX Spectrum. |
| Demos began as software cracker's "signatures"; when a cracked program was started, the cracker or his team would credit themselves with an impressive-looking graphical introduction or intro[?]. |
| Most demos were written by groups with interesting names, usually including at least a coder, a graphics artist, and a musician. |
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