Invitation to The Summer Party 96

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                              INTRODUCTION                                      
                                                                                
                              Welcome to a brand new party, THE SUMMER PARTY'96.
                              Though this party  is new, it's still an event you
                              don't wanna  miss. The Summer Party 1996  combines
                              the big events of  The Party 1995  and the relaxed
                              compact atmosphere of the good old parties.       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              WHERE AND WHEN                                    
                                                                                
                              The summer party 1996  will be held in  the center
                              of Aalborg,  the biggest city in the northern part
                              of Denmark where you walk to the nearest McDonald,
                              BurgerKing and shopping center in under 5 minutes.
                                                                                
                              The party place is located  right beside the rail-
                              way-station and the bus-station.  If you travel by
                              car,  there is a big parking place and if you want
                              to unwind  you  can  dase  in the sun  in the park

                              right beside the party place. The Summer party be-
                              gins the 12th of juli  at 08:00 and ends  the 14th
                              of juli at 15:00 but if you want to spend some ex-
                              tra time with your friends feel free to arrive the
                              night before.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              FACILITIES                                        
                                                                                
                              Room for more than 3000 guests.                   
                              Free private showers.                             
                              Free parking.                                     
                              Demo, wild, intro, music, graphics, games and sur-
                              prise competitions.                               
                              Computer exhibition,  with local and international
                              computercompanies.                                
                              Concerts.                                         
                              Network,  where demos etc. will be available right
                              after the competitions.                           
                              Internet access featuring irc, ftp & www.         

                              Laserdisc & surround movie-demo room.             
                              10 x 8 meter big screen using the newest projector
                              available.                                        
                              Powerfull  sound  equipment,  that  will blow your
                              brain out.                                        
                              TV monitors, so you can follow the events all over
                              the party place.                                  
                              Conferences.                                      
                              Quiet sleeping space, no more techno :-)          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              EVENTS                                            
                                                                                
                              More than 50 hours non-stop activities.           
                              11 main compos.                                   
                              Computergame competitions.                        
                              Bodycrashing, DiskOS, HarddiskOS.                 
                              Netsufring compo.                                 
                              Live concerts on stage.                           
                              Magic Card tournament.                            

                              Conferences  with Escom about the Amiga,  software
                              houses, etc.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              ENTRANCE FEE                                      
                                                                                
                              Due to a  few more sponsors we  are able to  lower
                              the entrance fee to DKK 175,-  if you pay when you
                              arrive.                                           
                              But if you buy your tickets  in advance either di-
                              rectly  from  The Party or,  if you are  living in
                              Denmark, at the local postoffice through billetnet
                              the price will be DKK 150,-                       
                              Due to overbooking of  tables and seats there will
                              be a reservation  fee of DKK 15,- pr. seat  at the
                              entrance,  but if you pay  in advance directly  to
                              The Party, then the fee will only be DKK 10,-     
                              Please note  that all seat reservations  will only
                              be valid until 14.00 on the 12th of july.         
                              Do also note that if you pay in advance,  you will

                              be  able to  walk  straight into  the party  place
                              without waiting at the registration line.         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              PLEASE NOTE                                       
                                                                                
                              We will not  accept anybody  selling food,  disks,
                              services etc. without our permission.             
                              Alcohol and drugs are  not allowed inside the par-
                              typlace. If found,  it will be confiscated and NOT
                              given back.  Intoxicated people will be thrown out
                              or handed over  to the police.  This goes for both
                              alcohol as well as drugs.                         
                              We will  not accept  any racist  signs or  acting,
                              weapons, spraycans or firework etc.               
                              People who cause damages of any kind will ofcourse
                              have to pay for it.                               
                              We take no responsibility for illegal swapping, or
                              sale of software, hardware, video etc.            
                              We have made an agreement with the danish anti-pi-

                              racy organization that they will not bust the par-
                              ty,  but instead host a conference on software pi-
                              racy.                                             
                              All  demo's etc.  from The Party  since  1992  are
                              available at our web site  and at The Summer Party
                              1996, both on the net  and a few  hours after  the
                              last  deadline on  CD which will  also include the
                              demo's etc. from The Summer Party 1996.           
                              As a lot  of people thinks  The Party is  a profit
                              party,  we have decided to make the economy of The
                              Party public  and all of  it will be available  on
                              the  web-pages a  few days after  The Summer Party
                              has ended.                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              COMPETITIONS                                      
                                                                                
                              These are the main competitions and prizes:       
                                                                                
                                                                                

                              PC Demo     Amiga Demo  Wild Demo                 
                              1. $3000    1. $3000    1. $3000                  
                              2. $1500    2. $1500    2. $1500                  
                              3. $750     3. $750     3. $750                   
                                                                                
                              PC 64K      Amiga 40K   Multichannel              
                              1. $600     1. $600     1. $600                   
                              2. $300     2. $300     2. $300                   
                              3. $100     3. $100     3. $100                   
                                                                                
                              PC 4K       Amiga 4K    4 channel                 
                              1. $600     1. $600     1. $600                   
                              2. $300     2. $300     2. $300                   
                              3. $100     3. $100     3. $100                   
                                                                                
                              Pixel Gfx   Traced Gfx                            
                              1. $600     1. $600                               
                              2. $300     2. $300                               
                              3. $100     3. $100                               
                                                                                

                              GENERAL RULES                                     
                                                                                
                              All contributions must be  delivered at The Infor-
                              mation before deadline.                           
                              Bugfixes, problems with bad disk, etc. may be sol-
                              ved after deadline as long as the contribution has
                              not been changed in any way.                      
                              The deadlines are final and will not be moved.    
                              If you want to take part in a competition you must
                              be present at The Party.                          
                              If too many contributions are delivered for a com-
                              petition a  competent  jury,  selected  among  the
                              guests will make a selection.                     
                              All contributions can only participate in one com-
                              petition.                                         
                              All contributions must be free to spread.         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              PC DEMO                                           
                              -------                                           

                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz with 8 Mb ram.       
                              Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb ram.
                              SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support.                         
                              Soundblaster16 or Gus Max.                        
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    
                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  
                              files.                                            
                              Use no more than 600K of conventional memory.     
                              Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time.             
                              Run from harddisk and CD-rom.                     
                              Support silent mode (-nosound).                   
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 15 Mb on disk.               
                              run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded.       
                                                                                

                              AMIGA DEMO                                        
                              ----------                                        
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or
                              Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory.  
                              Screenmode in either PAL or VGA Multiscan.        
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    
                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  
                              files.                                            
                              Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time.  
                              Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally.      
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 15 Mb on disk.               
                              And should be system-friendly.                    
                                                                                

                              WiLD DEMO                                         
                              ---------                                         
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Must run on a computer.                           
                              Acceptable Audio connectors are:                  
                                   Phono,                                       
                                   (mini)Jack (mono/stereo),                    
                                   Scart.                                       
                              Acceptable Video connectors are:                  
                                   Scart (video or RGB),                        
                                   Phono (video),                               
                                   SVHS (mini-din),                             
                                   SUBD 15 pin (SVGA),                          
                                   SUBD 23 pin (Amiga).                         
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    

                              Have a running length of no more than 15 minutes. 
                              Not be able to compete in any other competitions. 
                                                                                
                              PC 64K INTRO                                      
                              ------------                                      
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz.                     
                              Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb Ram.
                              SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support.                         
                              Soundblaster16 or Gus Max.                        
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    
                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  
                              files.                                            
                              Use no more than 600K of conventional memory.     
                              Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time.             

                              Run from harddisk and CD-rom.                     
                              Support silent mode (-nosound).                   
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 65536 bytes on disk.         
                              run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded.       
                                                                                
                              PC 4K INTRO                                       
                              -----------                                       
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz.                     
                              Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb Ram.
                              SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support.                         
                              Soundblaster16 or Gus Max.                        
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    
                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  

                              files.                                            
                              Use no more than 600K of conventional memory.     
                              Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time.             
                              Run from harddisk and CD-rom.                     
                              Support silent mode (-nosound).                   
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 4096 bytes on disk.          
                              run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded.       
                                                                                
                              AMIGA 40K INTRO                                   
                              ---------------                                   
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or
                              Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory.  
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    

                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  
                              files.                                            
                              Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time.  
                              Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally.      
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 40960 bytes on disk.         
                              And should be system-friendly.                    
                                                                                
                              AMIGA 4K INTRO                                    
                              --------------                                    
                                                                                
                              Hardware configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or
                              Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory.  
                              Screenmode in either PAL or VGA Multiscan.        
                                                                                
                              Software configuration:                           
                                                                                
                              The demo must:                                    

                              Be a standalone executeable with or without data  
                              files.                                            
                              Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time.  
                              Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally.      
                              Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. 
                              Take up no more than 4096 bytes on disk.          
                              And should be system-friendly.                    
                                                                                
                              4 CHANNEL MUSIC                                   
                              ---------------                                   
                              No more than 5 minutes will be played.            
                              Max. 4 channels.                                  
                              Only 8 bit samples may be used.                   
                              Maximum module size is 1024 kbytes.               
                              Only the ProTracker MOD format is allowed.        
                              Entries  will  be  played on an  Amiga 4000  using
                              Accessible player.                                
                              A jury  consisting of  5 guests will  select 25-30
                              modules which will compete.                       
                                                                                

                              MULTICHANNEL MUSIC                                
                              ------------------                                
                              No more than 5 minutes will be played.            
                              Max. 32 channels.                                 
                              Maximum module size is 1024 kbytes.               
                              Formats allowed are: MOD, S3M, XM & MTM.          
                              Entries will be played on a GUS MAX using Cubic-  
                              Player.                                           
                              A jury  consisting of  5 guests will  select 25-30
                              modules which will compete.                       
                                                                                
                              PIXEL GRAPHICS                                    
                              --------------                                    
                              The image will be shown for 20 seconds.           
                              Only TIFF, GIF, JPG and IFF formats allowed.      
                              Max. 24 bit color depth (16.7M colors).           
                              Max. resolution  1024 x 768,  no  colorcycling ef-
                              fects allowed.                                    
                              No signature on compo picture but a second picture
                              with signature may be included for spreading.     

                              TRACED GRAPHICS                                   
                              ---------------                                   
                              The image will be shown for 20 seconds.           
                              Only TIFF, GIF, JPG and IFF formats allowed.      
                              Max. 24 bit color depth (16.7M colors).           
                              Max. resolution  1024 x 768,  no  colorcycling ef-
                              fects allowed.                                    
                              No signature on compo picture but a second picture
                              with signature may be included for spreading.     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              HOW TO GET THERE                                  
                                                                                
                              By car from Norway/Sweden:                        
                                                                                
                              Use the  ferry to  Frederikshavn, and  follow  the
                              southbound road towards  Aalborg and the E45 road.
                              After driving  through the tunnel,  take the first
                              exit and follow The Party signs.                  

                              By car from Germany:                              
                                                                                
                              Follow the  E45 northbound,  take the exit at Aal-
                              borg S and follow The Party signs.                
                                                                                
                              By Train:                                         
                                                                                
                              Order a  ticket to  Aalborg,  when you get  of the
                              train  at the  railway-station,  follow the tunnel
                              under the tracks away from the railway-station and
                              you're there.                                     
                                                                                
                              By Airplane:                                      
                                                                                
                              Go by airplane to Aalborg airport,  you might have
                              to change airplane in Copenhagen.  When in Aalborg
                              just get  on the airport  bus and ask  for Aalborg
                              kongres og kultur center (in english: Aalborg con-
                              gress and culture center).                        
                                                                                

                              ADDRESSES                                         
                                                                                
                              Party place:                                      
                                                                                
                              Aalborg kongres og kulturcenter                   
                              Europaplads                                       
                              DK-9000 Aalborg                                   
                              phone: +45 99 35 55 55                            
                                                                                
                              The summer party 1996:                            
                                                                                
                              The Party                                         
                              Postbox 755                                       
                              DK-9100 Aalborg                                   
                              Denmark                                           
                              Phone: +45 70 2000 96                             
                              Fax: +45 98 15 44 57                              
                                                                                
                              On the net:                                       
                              WWW: http://www.theparty.dk <- available from 5th 

                              of may.                                           
                              E-Mail: theparty@vip.cybercity.dk                 
                              Fidonet: theparty 2:238/67.1                      
                                                                                
                              -----------------------------------------         
                              REGISTRATION FORM - THE SUMMER PARTY 1996         
                              -----------------------------------------         
                              Name......:                                       
                              Handle....:                                       
                              Group.....:                                       
                              Address...:                                       
                              Zip.......:                                       
                              City......:                                       
                              Persons...:                                       
                              Computers.: Pc's:     Amiga's:     Other:         
                                                                                
                              Reserve tables.....: Yes / No                     
                              Where in the hall..:                              
                                                                                
                                                                                

                              To sign up,  fill out this slip and mail it to The
                              Party. If you want  to save some  money on the en-
                              trance, then  pay in  advance.  Note: only  danish
                              currency is accepted.  You may also sign up on the
                              internet at our web site, or by E-mail.           
                                                                                
                               -ed: The Registration Form  should be found  as a
                                    text-file in the Bonus-directory on disc.   
                                    Hope to meet you all at the summer Party'96.
                                                                                
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