Demo's back in the PC days were from groups like Amnesia and Second Reality where coders would put together a nice graphic with music that lasted around 5 minutes or so.

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oh they still do it today http://www.pouet.net

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I like some of the new microscopic ones. Take a look at the demos by .theprodukkt, they have some amazing ones. .debris is particularly amazing, in that it is only 177 KB, yet looks absolutely incredible. They even have a first-person shooter, kkrieger, that is only 96 KB!!

I just got myself an Amiga 500, almost solely so I can go get all those old Amiga Demos. They were amazing. I remember being floored by the PC Demos.

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@ the two posters quoted:

.Debris was pretty cool, though of a slow frame rate on my T60.

I guess I will whip out the USB floppy drive with DOS 5 on a disk and try out some of the other demo's from the linked sites.

Thanks! You really brought back some awesome memories for me from my youth. If you are ever in California I will buy you a nice cold beer (or beverage of choice). Demo's were traded back and forth by friends on disk back in the day or downloaded / uploaded from and to various BBS's. They were what originally got me into programming and multimedia. To say that they were fundamental in helping me to understand the power of the byte would be putting it lightly.

A very hearty 'Thank you' from me to you.