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                                            === WHERE AND WHEN ===              
                                                                                
                              ASSEMBLY  '96  will  be  held in Finland's largest
                              conference  centrum,  called  as the Helsinki Fair
                              Centre.   The  Fair  Centre  is located in central
                              Helsinki.   The  street address of the fair centre
                              is Rautatielaisenkatu 3.                          
                                                                                
                              The  party  will  start at 10:00 am on the 16th of
                              August  (Friday)  and  end 20:00 pm on the 18th of
                              August (Sunday).                                  
                              The  party place is very easy to find, if you take
                              any train from the Central Railway station and get
                              off  on the next stop (Pasila) you will be able to
                              see the building complex.                         

                                         HOW TO GET TO THE PARTYPLACE           
                                                                                
                              You  will either arrive by plane, by boat, by bus,
                              by  train  or  by car.  If you are lucky enough to
                              come  by car, you should be able to find the party
                              place  very easily.  If you come by plane and have
                              lots of stuff with you, we would recommend to take
                              a   taxi,   otherwise   you  should  come  by  bus
                              (cheaper).   And  if you come by boat (to Helsinki
                              sea port) and have lots of luggage, take the taxi,
                              or  take  a  tram  or  walk to the Central Railway
                              station and take any local train from there.      
                                                                                
                              Local area bus tickets in Finland vary from around
                              $2   to  $4  US.   The  taxi  is  of  course  more
                              expensive.  For example to take a normal taxi from
                              the  airport  to  the  party  place  will cost one
                              person  around  $30 - $40 US.  But if you take the
                              Airport Taxi, it will be a lot cheaper (about half
                              the price).                                       

                              If you take a local train from the Central railway
                              station,  get  off  at the first stop (Pasila) and
                              you can see the Helsinki Fair Centre from there.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                 COMPETITIONS                   
                                                                                
                              The  organizers  reserve  the  right  to  make any
                              changes   to   the   competition   rules,  and  to
                              disqualify  any  entry  if  it  is not suitable to
                              attend the competitions for some reason.          
                                                                                
                              Atleast  one  of  the  authors  of  a  competiting
                              product  has  to  be present at the party place in
                              order  to  attend  the competitions and to receive
                              possible  prizes.   In  solo  competitions (music,
                              graphics, 4KB) the author has to be present.      
                                                                                
                              A  jury composed of known scene people (maybe even
                              you!)  will select an amount of 15 entries in each

                              competition  to the finals (to be shown on the big
                              screen  to the audience).  There will be different
                              people in the PC and Amiga jurys.                 
                                                                                
                              In  the  graphics  competition, the raytracing and
                              also  in  the  4KB  intro  competition  on PC, the
                              competition  version of the entry must not display
                              the author's name or group in any way.  This is to
                              prevent the author's name from affecting the vote.
                              After   the   announcement  of  the  results,  the
                              versions which are spread can include the author's
                              signature.  In the music competitions, we will not
                              show  the  author's name while we play the song in
                              the  competition.   We  will  show the size of the
                              tune,  the number of channels used and the tracker
                              used on the screen.                               
                                                                                
                              In  the graphics, music, raytracing, animation and
                              4KB  intro  competitions  we will show the name of
                              the  song/picture,  but  only  if it will not give

                              hints on who has made it.                         
                              'Maximum  running length' below is only the amount
                              of  time we will show a particular piece of art on
                              the big screen.                                   
                                                                                
                              The demos/intros will have to run without ANY user
                              interaction  once started (although there can be a
                              setup screen).                                    
                                                                                
                              The  filenames  of  the productions have to comply
                              with  the  ISO-9660 standard.  This means that the
                              only characters allowed in filenames are 'A-Z' and
                              '0-9'.   The maximum length of the filename is 8+3
                              characters as in MS-DOS standard.                 
                                                                                
                              The  productions  MUST  NOT  save  any  files (for
                              example  configuration  files) on the hard disk or
                              the disk.                                         
                                                                                
                              In  the  music, graphics, raytracing and 4KB intro

                              competitions only one of the authors (if there are
                              more  than  one) can be the official author of the
                              competing  piece  of  art.   For  example,  if two
                              coders  work  on  the  same 4KB intro, only one of
                              them  can  receive  the  prize and his name in the
                              party    results.     After   all,   these   three
                              competitions are meant to be solo competitions.   
                                                                                
                              The  authors  have to have all copyrights to their
                              production.                                       
                                                                                
                              If  you have any questions about the rules, kindly
                              contact ASSEMBLY Organizing.                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                              THE VOTING SYSTEM:                
                                                                                
                              We  will use a disk voting system.  Once you enter
                              the  party  place,  you  will  be given the voting
                              disk,  which  will include the voting program.  We

                              are  going  to have PC formatted DD disk with both
                              Amiga  and  PC  including both Amiga and PC voting
                              program.                                          
                                                                                
                              You  will be able to give your opinion on The Five
                              Best  in  all competitions,  both on the Amiga and
                              PC.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                     JURY                       
                                                                                
                              Before  you can give your opinion, a jury composed
                              of known scene people will qualify the products to
                              the  finals.   The members of the jury give points
                              from  1  to 10 for each product and the average of
                              the  points  will  be  its  final  score.  15 best
                              scoring products will qualify to finals.  If there
                              is  more  than  one product that qualified as 15th
                              the  jury  will  commonly decide which one of them
                              will qualify.                                     

                                           AMIGA COMPETITION RULES:             
                                                                                
                              The  competition  machine  is  a A1200 with 2 megs
                              chip + 4 megs fast with 68030 50MHz processor.    
                                                                                
                              One  must  be  able  to  exit from Amiga demos and
                              intros at any time by pressing left mousebutton.  
                                                                                
                              DEMO   - Maximum size is 4 megabytes              
                                     - Must by harddisk installable             
                                     - Maximum running length is 8 minutes      
                                     - The names of the  files have to comply to
                                       the  ISO-9660  standard (i.e. NO  special
                                       characters are allowed).                 
                                     - The maximum length of the file name is 8+
                                       3 characters                             
                                     - The  demo  MUST  NOT save anything on the
                                       disk                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                

                              INTRO   - Maximum size in executable form is 64 KB
                                      - Maximum running length is 5 minutes     
                                      - The  names  of the  files have to comply
                                        to   the  ISO-9660   standard (i. e.  NO
                                        special characters are allowed).        
                                      - The maximum length of the file name is 8
                                        +3 characters                           
                                      - The intro  MUST NOT save anything on the
                                        disk                                    
                                                                                
                                          THE GRAPHICS COMPETITIONS:            
                                                                                
                              GRAPHICS   - The  maximum  resolution  allowed  is
                                           640x480                              
                                         - The  maximum  amount  of simultaneous
                                           onscreen colors is 256               
                                         - The  palette  is  the  standard  16,7
                                           million color true color palette     
                                         - Pictures  drawn  with  Amiga  will be
                                           shown  with Amiga Brilliance (no exe-

                                           cutables!)                           
                                         - Scanned, ripped or raytraced pictures
                                           will be disqualified                 
                                         - In  addition, you  must submit a ver-
                                           sion   of  the  final  picture  which
                                           doesn't  have  your  signature  on it
                                           (which  will  be  shown  on  the  big
                                           screen)                              
                                         - Only  one  picture  by  one  graphics
                                           artist                               
                                         - The  names of the  files have to com-
                                           ply  to the  ISO-9660  standard (i.e.
                                           NO special characters are allowed).  
                                         - The  maximum  length of the file name
                                           is 8+3 characters                    
                                                                                
                              RAYTRACING   - The  maximum  resolution allowed is
                                             640x480                            
                                           - The  maximum amount of simultaneous
                                             onscreen colors is 16.7 million    

                                           - Pictures  will be shown  on PC with
                                             true color card (no executables!)  
                                           - Pictures have to be in JPG or TARGA
                                             format                             
                                           - In addition, you must submit a ver-
                                             sion  of  the  final  picture which
                                             doesn't  have  your signature on it
                                             (which  will  be  shown  on the big
                                             screen)                            
                                           - Only  one  picture  by one graphics
                                             artist                             
                                           - The name  of the file has to comply
                                             to  the  ISO-9660 standard (i.e. NO
                                             special characters are allowed).   
                                           - The maximum length of the file name
                                             is 8+3 characters                  
                                                                                
                              ANIMATION   - The  maximum  running  length  is  3
                                            minutes                             
                                          - The  frame  rate  of  the  animation

                                            has to be 12.5 pics/sec             
                                          - The  animation  itself  must  be  in
                                            MPEG-1 format without any sound     
                                          - The  maximum  amount of simultaneous
                                            onscreen colors is 16.7 million     
                                          - The maximum resolution is 320x200   
                                          - Please  use  CMPEG 1.0  for creating
                                            MPEG-file for maximum compatibility.
                                            Use parameters:  -v1 -d0 -m0 ipb.ctl
                                            [list] [mpeg.mpg]                   
                                            (you can download  the file from our
                                            WWW-site on from any major FTP-site)
                                          - The  animation will   be played with
                                            ASSEMBLY Organizing MPEG player (you
                                            can download it from our WWW-site)  
                                          - You  can also  supply an audio track
                                            for  the animation.  The audio track
                                            must have following characteristics:
                                            RAW  (unsigned 8 bit, mono)  format,
                                            playback rate 12288                 

                                          - The  animation  must be delivered to
                                            us on hard drive or on CD-ROM       
                                          - The  name  of the file has to comply
                                            to  the  ISO-9660  standard (i.e. NO
                                            special characters are allowed).    
                                          - The  maximum length of the file name
                                            is 8+3 characters                   
                                                                                
                                           THE MUSIC COMPETITIONS:              
                                                                                
                              We will not show the name of author on the screen,
                              but  we will show the size of the tune, the number
                              of  channels  used  and  the  tracker  used on the
                              screen while playing the tune.                    
                                                                                
                              4CHANNEL   - Maximum  size  is 880 KB (= one Amiga
                                           disk)                                
                                         - Maximum amount of channels is 4      
                                         - Maximum running length is 3 minutes  
                                         - All  songs  will  be  played with the

                                           Amiga ProTracker v2.x (MOD)          
                                         - Entries  must  be  in  MOD-format (no
                                           executables,  no  renamed,  no power-
                                           packed)                              
                                         - Only one song by one musician        
                                         - The name of the file has to comply to
                                           the   ISO-9660   standard  (i. e.  NO
                                           special characters are allowed).     
                                         - The  maximum  length of the file name
                                           is 8+3 characters                    
                                                                                
                              MULTICHANNEL   - Maximum amount of channels is 32 
                                             - Maximum  size of the song is 1024
                                               KB  in a  playable format (inclu-
                                               ding  all  samples, pattern data,
                                               etc.)                            
                                             - Maximum   running   length  is  3
                                               minutes                          
                                             - the  format has to be some of the
                                               following:  S3M, MOD, XM, MTM and

                                               ULT                              
                                             - All  songs  will be played with a
                                               PC  compatible player using a 1MB
                                               Gravis UltraSound                
                                             - Only one song by one musician    
                                             - The  name of the file has to com-
                                               ply  to the ISO-9660 standard (i.
                                               e.   NO  special  characters  are
                                               allowed).                        
                                             - The  maximum  length  of the file
                                               name is 8+3 characters           
                                                                                
                                               WILD COMPETITION                 
                                                                                
                              - The  productions  can  be anything from computer
                                generated animations, demos on ancient or exotic
                                computers to plain video art.  The only require-
                                ment is that the productions are cool.          
                              - Maximum   showing   time   is  15  minutes,  the
                                production itself can be longer                 

                              - The production has to be delivered on a VHS cas-
                                sette  (european PAL format).  The cassette will
                                not be returned.                                
                              - No  copyrighted  material  or material that vio-
                                lates  Finnish  or international laws is allowed
                                in the production.                              
                              - Maximum  30 productions will be shown on the big
                                screen  during  the  night  between Saturday and
                                Sunday.                                         
                                                                                
                                            SPECIAL COMPETITIONS:               
                                                                                
                              We  will  have  all  traditional  ASSEMBLY special
                              competitions.    The   competitions   include  for
                              example soccer, disk throwing and modem throwing. 
                                                                                
                                                    PRIZES                      
                              The  total  value  of all the prizes in US dollars
                              will be over US $35.000 (not including software). 
                                                                                

                              All damages to the Fair centre, other surroundings
                              and other damages caused by party visitors will be
                              REDUCED  from  the  prizes  before  any prizes are
                              paid.   This  is  because of previous trouble with
                              people  breaking up places, furniture and spraying
                              the walls and thus causing damage of many thousand
                              dollars.                                          
                                                                                
                              The  actual  prizes  may  be software, hardware or
                              pure  cash.   This  depends  on our sponsors.  The
                              following  list includes only the preliminary list
                              of  the  prizes (the final lists will be published
                              at  the  party place).  Also keep in mind that the
                              money exchange rates also affect this list (at the
                              time  of  the  writing  of  this  text file one US
                              dollar was 4.85 finnish marks).                   
                                                                                
                              We  will  try  to  give  cash prizes in the PC and
                              Amiga  demo competitions.  The prizes in the other
                              competitions  may be more or less various hardware

                              and software.                                     
                              All  the  cash  prizes  will  be  paid  in Finnish
                              currency.                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                        AMIGA COMPETITION PRIZE VALUES          
                                          (not including software):             
                                                                                
                                           AMIGA DEMO:        64KB INTRO:       
                                       #:  -----------        -----------       
                                                                                
                                       1.  $4100              $1600             
                                       2.  $1400              $500              
                                       3.  $700               $300              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                         ART COMPETITION PRIZE VALUES           
                                          (not including software):             
                                                                                
                                                                                

                                MUSIC 4/32 CH:  GFX/RAYTRACE:  ANIMATION:  WILD:
                              #:--------------  -------------  ----------  -----
                                                                                
                              1.  $450           $450           $1600       $450
                              2.  $350           $350           $800        $250
                              3.  $250           $250           $500        $100
                              4.  $150           $150           $300            
                              5.  $100           $100           $200            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              Next  is  a list of most important features at our
                              party:                                            
                                                                                
                                             * Audio and Video *                
                                                                                
                              The main hall is is equipped with a powerful sound
                              system.   The  system  supports  stereo output and
                              will  be  a  real kicker with 10.000 watts of pure
                              sound power.                                      
                              The  big  screen in the main hall is over 8 meters

                              wide and supports the 640x480 resolution!         
                                                                                
                                                  * Halls *                     
                                                                                
                              The  party  area  is  composed  of two halls.  The
                              halls  are separated by a heavy curtain.  The main
                              area  is  4500 square meters (equals 1500 computer
                              places).                                          
                                                                                
                              The  sleeping hall is on the first floor this year
                              (the   sleeping  hall  used  last  year  is  being
                              repaired  this year).  The sound proofing isn't as
                              good as last year, but sleeping isn't mandatory at
                              parties  =).   Sleeping  area  is almost as big as
                              last  year.   Remember  to bring your own sleeping
                              bags.                                             
                                                                                
                              Neither  of  the  halls  have windows so the video
                              screens  will  look  absolutely  fabulous  at  the
                              competitions and it will dark enough to sleep.    

                                                 * Services *                   
                                                                                
                              The  party  place  is  the  biggest fair centre in
                              Finland.   It  will feature 24h food service (yes,
                              we   have  Coke!),  24h  security  personnel,  24h
                              professional electrician, 24h luggage preservation
                              service  and  cleaning  personnel.   Also 24h help
                              desk  with friendly personnel will be available to
                              help   you   out   with  any  problems  you  might
                              encounter.                                        
                                                                                
                              Plenty   of  toilets  and  some  showers  will  be
                              available.   Cool  party T-shirts will be sold for
                              low price.                                        
                                                                                
                                               * Parking fee *                  
                                                                                
                              Unfortunately  the  ASSEMBLY  '96 visitors have to
                              pay  for  their  weekend parking.  The cost is not
                              much  thou, it is 40 FIM for weekend parking.  You

                              will  have  a weekend parking ticket and a special
                              Assembly parking area at your use.                
                                                                                
                                           * Network information *              
                                                                                
                              The  network information will be released later on
                              when  the  details  of  the  party network will be
                              clear.                                            
                                                                                
                              The PartyNet will feature full Internet access and
                              a party server with all releases on line.         
                                                                                
                                                ASM'96 CD-ROM                   
                                                                                
                              All  the  participating  pieces  of  art  from the
                              competitions   will   be  assembled  to  a  single
                              ASSEMBLY  '96  CD-ROM.   This  will  be  a  unique
                              possibility   for  everyone  to  get  hundreds  of
                              megabytes data containing ALL demos, intros, pics,
                              mods,  etc.   published  at  ASM  '96.  THERE'S NO

                              OTHER EASY WAY TO COLLECT THEM ALL.               
                                                                                
                              We  will  pay  royalties of the net revenue of the
                              CD-ROM  disks  to  the  winners  (which  sign  the
                              exclusive  CD-ROM  distribution  agreement) in the
                              competitions  (except  for  the  Amiga and C64) as
                              follows (in percents):                            
                                                                                
                                              CODE COMPETITIONS                 
                                                                                
                                  DEMO:           INTRO:              4KB INTRO:
                              #:  -----           ------              ----------
                                                                                
                              1.  2.5%            0.7%                0.4%      
                              2.  2.0%            0.5%                0.3%      
                              2.  2.0%            0.5%                0.3%      
                                                                                
                                               ART COMPETITIONS                 
                                                                                
                                                                                

                                  MUSIC 4/32 CH:  GRAPHICS/RAYTRACE:  ANIMATION:
                              #:  --------------  ------------------  ----------
                                                                                
                              1.  0.4%            0.4%                0.7%      
                              2.  0.3%            0.3%                0.5%      
                              3.  0.1%            0.1%                0.4%      
                                                                                
                              If you do a fix for the production after the party
                              and  you  wish  to include it on the CD-ROM kindly
                              send  it  to  any  places  listed  in  the contact
                              addresses.   In  case  of problems, please contact
                              ASSEMBLY Organizing.                              
                                                                                
                              All  productions which wish to have possibility of
                              receiving  royalties  have  to include a statement
                              that the author(s) retain all copyrights.  See the
                              RIGHTS.TXT  for an adequate copyright license.  We
                              suggest  that  you  include  the copyright license
                              into  the  software  (into  the demo's/intro's end
                              screen,  to  the  pattern  names of music tune for

                              example) to ensure that it is not removed.        
                                                                                
                              The   biggest   reason   for  requiring  exclusive
                              distribution  contracts for winning productions is
                              to   ensure   that   nobody  else  will  sell  the
                              production  on a CD-ROM.  What has happened before
                              is  that  companies just put your productions on a
                              CD-ROM  and  pay  no royalties what so ever to the
                              author.    This  way  they  can  sell  the  CD-ROM
                              cheaper.  Because ASSEMBLY Organizing is dedicated
                              to  work with the scene we want to stop this.  The
                              only  way  to  do  is  to  have adequate copyright
                              licenses  (see  the  RIGHTS.TXT  and INFO.TXT) and
                              exclusive distribution agreements.                
                                                                                
                              The  royalties will be paid twice in the period of
                              one  year  after the release of the CD-ROM disk in
                              the form of a cheque by mail.  This means the last
                              royalties for the ASSEMBLY '96 CD-ROM disk will be
                              paid around ASSEMBLY '97 time.                    

                                   * ASSEMBLY '95 CD-ROM (eRAVE 1) is out *     
                                                                                
                              The   complete  collection  of  ALL  ASSEMBLY  '95
                              releases  is  now  available.  With over 100 great
                              demos,  more  than  350  different music tunes and
                              much  much  more it is the coolest ever production
                              by  ASSEMBLY  Organizing.   And  the CD-ROM is the
                              extremely  easy  to  use:   just active our custom
                              built  GUI  and warp into the world of demos!  The
                              thrilling  ASSEMBLY '95 compilation is cheap!  The
                              price for a single item is only 25 US dollars!    
                                                                                
                              ASSEMBLY  Organizing  is  dedicated to the scene -
                              ASSEMBLY   Organizing  is  the  only  demo  CD-ROM
                              manufacturer  that  gives  royalties  to  the best
                              productions  on  the CD-ROM.  Up to 20% of the net
                              revenue  of the CD-ROM is handed back to the scene
                              as royalties!                                     
                                                                                
                              To   order  your  copy  please  use  some  of  the

                              following methods:                                
                                                                                
                              WWW: http://www.assembly.org/cdroms/cdroms.html   
                                                                                
                              Finnish  ASSEMBLY Organizing  voice: (90) 777 3741
                              orders:  Läkkisepäntie 13       fax: (90) 757 3115
                                       00620 Helsinki                           
                                                    email: assembly@assembly.org
                                                                                
                              Other    Romware GmbH                             
                              orders:  Gottlieb-Daimler Strasse 12              
                                       D-24568 Kaltenkirchen                    
                                       Germany, Europe                          
                                                                                
                                voice: +49-4191-9984-0                          
                                fax  : +49-4191-9984-11                         
                                email: 100421.1772@compuserve.com               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

                                              * Buying tickets *                
                                                                                
                              There  are  two  kind of tickets for ASSEMBLY '96.
                              Normal  240,-  ($50USD)  ticket and 260,- ($54USD)
                              ticket  which  includes computerplace reservation.
                              You can buy the 240,- ticket either at the door at
                              the  happening  or  you  can  buy  it  in advance.
                              Reservation tickets are only sold in advance.  The
                              sales of the reservation tickets will be closed at
                              8th of August, 1996.                              
                                                                                
                                        * Where can I buy my tickets *          
                                                                                
                              You  can  buy  your  advance  ticket from ASSEMBLY
                              Organizing.   Groups  that  want  to get the group
                              discount and computerplace reservations have to be
                              bought  in  advance  from ASSEMBLY Organizing.  If
                              your  group  buys  10  or more tickets at the same
                              time  you will receive the 10% group discount from
                              the ticket prizes.                                

                              To  order a ticket you have to pay directly to the
                              account of ASSEMBLY Organizing (see contact info).
                              Make  sure,  when  you pay directly to the account
                              that   ASSEMBLY   Organizing   doesn't   get   any
                              additional  costs  and  the amount of money covers
                              the  costs  of the ordered ticket.  Also make sure
                              that we get the information who has sent the money
                              and  where  we can send the tickets.  After making
                              the  payment, please make an official order at our
                                                                                
                              WWW-site           (http://www.assembly.org/asm96/
                              ordertix.html).                                   
                                                                                
                              Groups in Finland can order their tickets directly
                              from                  our                 WWW-site
                              (http://www.assembly.org/asm96/ordertix.html).    
                              The    tickets    will    be    shipped   as   COD
                              ('postiennakko').  Please allow 20 FIM for postage
                              costs.                                            
                                                                                

                                  * Why I should buy a ticket in advance? *     
                                                                                
                              If  you  buy  your  ticket in advance you have the
                              possibility  to  use  group  discount of 10%.  You
                              have the possibility for group discount if you buy
                              more  than  10  tickets at a time.  Also the table
                              reservation is possible only by buying reservation
                              ticket.   You  don't  have  to  reserve  table for
                              yourself,   but   the   best   places   near   the
                              videoprojector  screen  go  to the reservers.  The
                              earlier  you  reserve  your place the better place
                              you  get.   We  will  organize special door in the
                              first  day  of ASSEMBLY '96 where you can get your
                              computer in most conviniently.                    
                                                                                
                                                   SCHEDULE                     
                                                                                
                              Partyplace will be open 24 hours / day.           
                                                                                
                              16th of August 1996 (FRIDAY)                      

                               - 1000 ASSEMBLY doors open                       
                               - 1900 C64 competition deadline                  
                               - 2100 C64 competitions                          
                               - 2300 Deadline for all competitions             
                                                                                
                              17th of August 1996 (SATURDAY)                    
                               - 1300 4 channel competition                     
                               - 1400 Graphics competition                      
                               - 1430 32 channel competition                    
                               - 1530 Raytrace competition                      
                               - 1600 PC 4KB intro                              
                               - 1700 AMIGA 64KB intro                          
                               - 1830 PC 64KB INTRO                             
                                                                                
                              18th of August 1996 (SUNDAY)                      
                               - 0900 AMIGA DEMO competition                    
                               - 1130 Animation competition                     
                               - 1230 PC DEMO competition                       
                               - 1500 Vote counting                             
                               - 1600 Announcement  of  winners and prize giving

                                 ceremony                                       
                               - 1700 Prize giving ceremony ends                
                               - 2000 Doors close - ASSEMBLY '96 is over        
                                                                                
                                                  DISCLAIMER                    
                                                                                
                              We  don't take any responsibility on the safety of
                              the equipment people bring to the party place.  We
                              suggest  you  take an insurance for your equipment
                              from  some  insurance  company.  And remember, you
                              can  store  your  equipment  by  using the luggage
                              preservation  service  which  will be available at
                              the party place.                                  
                                                                                
                              If   you  have  ANY  suggestions  or  ideas  about
                              anything written in this text file, don't hesitate
                              to contact us!                                    
                                                                                
                              All damages to the fair centre, other surroundings
                              and  other  damages will be reduced from the total

                              prize money.                                      
                                                                                
                               >  NO  ALCOHOL/DRUGS/SMOKING  NOR SOFTWARE PIRACY
                              ALLOWED IN THE PARTY PLACE <                      
                                                                                
                                             CONTACT INFORMATION                
                                                                                
                              You  can  reach  us by many means according to the
                              following list:                                   
                                                                                
                              Voice:   ASSEMBLY Org.   +358-0-777 3741          
                                                                                
                              WWW:     http://www.assembly.org/assembly96       
                                                                                
                              E-mail:  assembly@assembly.org                    
                                                                                
                              IRC:     #asm96                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

                              Normal mail:               ASSEMBLY '96           
                                                         Läkkisepäntie 13       
                                                         00620 Helsinki         
                                                         FINLAND                
                                                                                
                              Bank account for international money transfers:   
                                                                                
                                                          ASSEMBLY Organizing   
                                                          208918-28217          
                                                          Merita Helsinki-WTC   
                                                          FINLAND               
                                                          SWIFT CODE: MRITFIHH  
                                                                                
                              Please  include  your  address  with  the payment,
                              where  you want the tickets to be sent.  Also make
                              sure that there are no additional expenses for the
                              receiver of the payment.