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Invitation to CAFe 1999
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version 2.1.
General information
Date: 28, 29 august 1999. The event is timed for day of Independence of
Tatarstan Republic, August 30. Information about the city of Kazan and
Tatarstan Republic is available at:
http://www.kzn.ru
http://www.kcn.ru/tat_ru/index.htm
http://www.tatar.ru
Place: Menjinsky's palace, str. Karl Marks, 26. Total 500 persons, bar,
security.
Time: opening at 13 o'clocks (GMT+3). Order of holding the competitions
(the final schedule will be announced on august 28, 1999, in first day of
CAFe'99):
Day 1 Day 2
1. Official opening ceremony 1. Opening 2nd day
2. Amiga/PC 1k intro 2. Amiga/PC 4k intro
3. Multichannel music 3. 4-channel music
4. ZX Spectrum 4k intro 4. BK 4k intro
5. Hand-drawn graphic 5. Render graphic
6. BK demo 6. ZX Spectrum demo
7. Amiga/PC 64k intro 7. Amiga/PC demo
8. Wild 8. Animation
9. Closing 1st day 9. Count the votes, closing
Price: preliminary price of tickets for 2 days is about 20 roubles (about
$0.8 US), for 1 competitive day - about 15 roubles (about $0.6 US).
Prizes: 1$ USD = 25 ROUBLES, 1 DM = 13 ROUBLES
- Amiga/PC:
Demo 64k intro 4k intro 1k intro
1. - 1. - 1. - 1. -
2. - 2. - 2. - 2. -
3. - 3. - 3. - 3. -
4 channel music Multichannel music Hand-drawn graphic Render graphic
1. - 1. - 1. - 1. -
2. - 2. - 2. - 2. -
3. - 3. - 3. - 3. -
ASCII graphic ANSI graphic Animation Wild
1. - 1. - 1. - 1. -
2. - 2. - 2. - 2. -
3. - 3. - 3. - 3. -
- BK:
Demo 4k intro
1. - 1. -
2. - 2. -
3. - 3. -
- ZX Spectrum:
Demo 4k intro
1. - 1. -
2. - 2. -
3. - 3. -
Last version of rules always available on the addresses:
- PsychoPath BBS (CAFe'99 HQ)
phone: +7-8432-424909 23:00 - 7:00 (GMT+3)
2:5049/94.0 subj:cafe99
- Mario's World BBS (CAFe'99 HQ)
phone: +7-8432-751320 21:00 - 6:30 (GMT+3)
2:5049/86.0 subj:cafe99
- http://cafeparty.da.ru
General rules
- use of drugs is hereby explicitly forbidden
- use of alcohol is also forbidden
- no littering
- smoking is allowed in the places especially allocated only
- for participation in competition, the works are accepted created for the
following platforms: Amiga, PC, BÊ, and ZX Spectrum
- entries created for platforms Amiga and PC are estimated together
- competition in every nomination will be held in the case if two or more
works are submitted in nomination
- order of display of entries in every nomination will be selected randomly
- submitted entries must be created especially for this party
- only the entries previously not exhibited are accepted
- entries packed by archivers rar, zip, lha, lzx are accepted
- presentation of demo, intro, 4-channel music and animation can be done by
trustees. They hold responsibility for correct execution of work
- one trustee can not represent more than one author/group
- for presentation of graphics, multi-channel music, ASCII and ANSI the
presence of author or one member of group is necessary
- participant, who has achieved a prize-winning position (1st to 3rd) in one
of nominations in the competition, receives a prize
- in case of absence of the author the prize will be handed to the trustee
- all entries should be submitted on one of CAFe' 99 addresses before august
23, 1999
- music and graphics will not be accepted after august 26, 1999
- demo, intro and animation can pass registration on day of competition
holding
- all entries should be sent as early as possible, for testing and checking
- each participant should fill in the registration form for each entry,
exposed by him
Competitions
Amiga/PC
Amiga
- must run on MC68030/68882/16 Mb. fast
- maximal memory used - 32 Mb.
- loopable only by choice "-loop" parametr
- exit from demo/intro in system on left mouse-button pressing any time
- not allowed to reboot the machine at exit - must do a "clean exit"
back to the operating system
- pure animation is not allowed
- must work after SetPatch is run
PC
- must run on P133/16 Mb.
- maximal memory used - 32 Mb.
- loopable only by choice "-loop" parametr
- exit from demo/intro in system on ESC pressing any time
- not allowed to reboot the machine at exit - must do a "clean exit"
back to the operating system
- pure animation is not allowed
- use of hardware accelerators (3Dfx or others) is not allowed
- use of services DirectX, DirectSound or others is not allowed
- VESA2 (and UniVBE) services are allowed
Demo
- not more than 4 Mb. on HDD in uncompressed form (4,194,304 bytes)
- soundtrack must be presented
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry for one author/group
64k intro
- not more than 64 Kb. in one file (65,536 bytes)
- no memory extenders (DOS4GW, DPMI) are provided
- soundtrack is desirable.
- only the first 5 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry for one author/two from group
4k intro
- not more than 4 Kb. in one file (4,096 bytes)
- no memory extenders (DOS4GW, DPMI) are provided
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry for one author/two from group
1k intro
- not more than 1 Kb. in one file (1,024 bytes)
- no memory extenders (DOS4GW, DPMI) are provided
- only the first 90 seconds will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry for one author/two from group
4-channel music
- not more than 1 Mb. (1,048,576 bytes)
- allowed only standard format MOD files (ProTracker)
- only the first 3 minutes will be played
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be played
- only two entries for one author
Multichannel music
- not more than 4 Mb. (4,194,304 bytes)
- maximum 32 channels tunes
- allowed formats s3m, xm, it, med, dbm
- the use of packed samples is forbidden
- maximum 32 NNA channels tunes
- only the first 3 minutes will be played
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be played
- only two entries for one author
Hand-drawn graphics
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximal color depth 24 bit (16,7 million colors)
- the use of scanned images is not allowed
- iff, png, jpeg, gif, ham format only
- author must present two versions of entry - with will sign and without
signature
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only two entries for one author
Render graphics
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximal color depth 24 bit (16,7 million colors)
- the use of scanned images is not allowed
- iff, png, jpeg, gif, ham format only
- author must present two versions of entry - with will sign and without
signature
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only two entries for one author
ASCII graphic
- 80x25 and 80x50 formats only
- standard ROM font only
- 32-127 ASCII codes only
- author must present two versions of entry - with will sign and without
signature
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only two entries for one author
ANSI graphic
- 80x25 and 80x50 formats only
- standard ROM font only
- static pictures only
- author must present two versions of entry - with will sign and without
signature
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only two entries for one author
Animation
- any kind of animation, in any standard format (videocassettes as well)
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry from author/group
Wild
- no rules (all necessary info for listening/review program and hardware is
given by the participants)
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before contest, will be shown
- only one entry from author/group
BK
- the use of BK 0011M is allowed
- the use of hard drive is also allowed
- pure animation is not allowed.
- exit from demo/intro is not required
- the entries such as file-image of the disk are allowed #?.bkd or #?.img
Demo
- not more than 800 Kb. (one DD floppy disk)
- soundtrack must be presented (AY, Covox, Sound Drive)
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry from author/group
4k intro
- not more than 4 Kb. in one file (4,096 bytes)
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry from author/two from group
ZX Spectrum
- ROM functions are not allowed
- pure animation is not allowed
- exit from demo/into in operating system by commands:
DI
LD BC,(#7FFD)
LD A,#10
OUT (C),A
IN A,(#FB)
LD HL,#3FFE
LD A,(HL)
CP "E"
JR NZ,NOBOOT
INC HL
LD A,(HL)
CP "T"
JP Z,#000
NOBOOT IN A,(#7B)
EI
RET
- the entries such as file-image of the disk are allowed #?.trd or #?.fdi
Demo
- not more than 640 Kb. (one DD floppy disk)
- soundtrack must be presented (AY, Covox, Sound Drive)
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry from author/group
4k intro
- not more than 4 Kb. in one file (4,096 bytes)
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 entries, allowed before competition, will be shown
- only one entry from author/two from group
Provided recreational competitions for spectators. Such as Coca-Cola-
Fanta-, Sprite- compo and others. To participate in similar competitions can
any desirous.
Equipment
The preliminary characteristics of demo-computers (it's possible the
changes in improvement of the equipment).
Amiga
A1200, Blizzard MC68040/40
RAM 2 Mb./32 Mb.
PC
P-II 266
RAM 610 Kb./32 Mb.
Gravis Ultrasound 1 Mb./Sound Blaster 16
S3 Virge 4 Mb.
uniVBE (if required)
DOS 7.10/Win95, himem, emm386 (if required)
BK
BK 0011M
RAM 128 Kb./64 Kb. (ALTPRO SMK64)
YM2149F/Covox/Sound Drive
HDD 240 Mb. (Samsung)
MK-DOS v3.17/ANDOS v3.30/CSI-DOS v3.30
5.25"/3.5" fdd
ZX Spectrum
Pentagon 128 Z80A/3.5
RAM 128 Kb.
AY-3-8910A (ACB)/Covox (#FB port)
TR-DOS v5.04
5.25"/3.5" fdd
Light/acoustic - multimedia projector (large screen), power acoustic
systems, electronic system of votes calculating etc.)
Registration
Due to preliminary selection, all works should be registered beforehand.
It is necessary to send works to one of the official addresses CAFe'99, having
filled the registration form.
snail: P.O. box 190, 420066 Kazan, Russian Federation
e-mail: pavel@ksu.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15
bbs #1: +7-8432-424909 23:00 - 7:00 (GMT+3)
bbs #2: +7-8432-751320 21:00 - 6:30 (GMT+3)
Registration pattern
Work: ......................................
Compo: ......................................
Group(s): ......................................
Author(s): ......................................
Contact: ......................................
Comment: ......................................
Tasks of pre-selection committee include selection of the best works for
competitions according to the rules. Only the best works, according to the
pre-selectors, will be allowed for competition. The works by the members of
pre-selecting committee, and as well as individuals associated with the
organization of CAFe'99, will pass pre-selection on the general bases.
Structure of the pre-selection committee:
Demo/Intro: Lasoft/Excess, SIV BLADER/Excess, Pasha/Excess^PAVIT
Graphic: ZK System/Excess, Lion/Excess, Maxi GC/Adelaida
Music: Lasoft/Excess, Casio/Excess, Maxi GC/Adelaida
Organizers
Vysokaj Gora Computer Center
Director: Larisa Vladimirovna Bikmullina
snail: str. Shkolnaj 17, 422700 Vysokaj Gora, Russian Federation
phone: +7-84365-21076
e-mail: root@vcc.kcn.ru
root@vcc.v-gora.tatarstan.ru
Pasha / Excess Team / PAVIT corporation
Pavel Vladimiroff
phone: +7-8432-578974
e-mail: pavit@mi.ru
excess_team@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15
2:5049/72.4
Lasoft / Excess Team
Alexander Lyovin
e-mail: lasoft@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/42.42
Pasha / Excess Team
Pavel Yarmolchuk
phone: +7-8432-315583
e-mail: pavel@ksu.ru
pavel@ipian.kazan.ru
fido: 2:5049/46.185
ZK System / Excess Team
Konstantin Zuykov
Vitaly / PAVIT corporation
Vitaly Nickeshin
phone: +7-8432-440949
Adam
Damir Nasyroff
phone: +7-8432-754485
e-mail: adam_bazaroff@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/86.17
ZLsoft
Lenar Zakirov
e-mail: zlsoft@mail.ru
Information Support
The magazine "ComputerWorld-Kazan" / "HiTECH for all"
Editor: Alexander Andreyev / Michael Volokitin
snail: P.O. box 704, 420111 Kazan, Russian Federation
phone: +7-8432-386673
+7-8432-642963
e-mail: root@cwk.kazan.ru; hitech@bancorp.ru
http: www.cwk.kazan.ru
www.cwk.kazan.ru/hitech
The magazine "New Amiga"
Editor: Boris Volkoff
snail: P.O. box 10, 164514 Severodvinsk, Russian Federation
e-mail: tok@severodvinsk.ru
http: tok.severodvinsk.ru/amiga.htm
Russian ZX Spectrum
Web-master: Alex Shalin - Bishop
http: speccy.isCool.net
e-mail: shalin@mail.ru
fido: 2:5030/332.25
PsychoPath BBS (CAFe'99 HQ)
Sys. Operator: Shaun Bogdanov - Psycho / OutSiders Group
phone: +7-8432-424909
time: 23:00 - 7:00 (GMT+3)
e-mail: pirx@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/94.0
Mario's World BBS (CAFe'99 HQ)
Sys. Operator: Vit Dunaev - Mario the Santekhnik
phone: +7-8432-751320
time: 21:00 - 6:30 (GMT+3)
e-mail: mario_world@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/86.0
Sponsors
At present time we have negotiations with several firms on granting the
financial help for realization CAFe'99.