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Invitation to Assembly 1996
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  | Packdisk AGA Chipset required |   SyndromeAngelwings - Codac - Kestrel | a7/96 added 8/10 |
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| A S S E M B L Y ' 9 6 |
| read all Amiga relevant information here |
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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.