Invitation to The Computer Crossroad '93

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THE COMPUTER CROSSROAD '93  



                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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                    C O M P U T E R  C R O S S R O A D  '9 3                    
                                Party-invitation                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Created in a few days of March 1993 by Iceman, Zodiak, Delsion and O'Hara.  
                                                                                
                                Writer: Zodiak                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                



                             General Information:                               
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    The Computer Crossroad '93! The first in a series of parties to be held     
      by the very elite of Swedish demoproducers with the best facilities       
   possible in an ideal place: Gothenburg, the second largest city of Sweden    
    with connections to the rest of Europe by boat, airplane and whatsoever.    
                                                                                
    We are proud to be one of the two PC organizers and together with our       
     friends in The CodeBlasters we will try to make this party the best        
    in PC history. Of course how fun any party can be all depends on who        
         and how many come. So please consider going to this party !            
                                                                                
     The PC scene had its biggest gathering in Denmark at The Party 1992.       
    The main reason why everyone came seems to be that Aars was quite easy      
     to travel to. With the ferry/road/plane-connections to Gothenburg it       
     couldn't be much worse for most people travelling to Gothenburg than       
     travelling to Aars. If you live on the continent, check out the ferry      
       connections. There are so many ways of travelling to Gothenburg!         
                   Some more and some much less expensive.                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                



            The Computer Crossroad '93 official invitation text                 
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You are welcome to The Computer Crossroad, which is the first of a new          
generation of demo parties arranged by the top groups on the Amiga, PC, Atari   
and C64 scenes. With 'a new generation' we mean that these parties are for      
all computer brands, therefore the witty name 'The Computer Crossroad'.         
This is the party for ALL hackers. We mention only the four brands              
Amiga, PC, Atari and C64, because we believe that they are the most popular     
computers in Europe. With 'the first', we mean that there will be a party       
here in Gothenburg even next year, and every year from now on.                  
                                                                                
There will be competitions for demo programmers, music composers and graphic    
artists. These competitions will only be for the above mentioned computers.     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Where and when?                                                                 
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The party starts on Saturday 29th of May and ends on Monday the 31st, and       
is located at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg, which is the         
main exhibition centre in Sweden. The party place is right in the heart of      



Gothenburg, right next to Liseberg, an amusement park with masses of            
exciting rides, artists, restaurants and the largest arcade hall in the         
world.  All visitors have a free entrance fee to Liseberg.  A few minutes       
walk or a tram ride away you find Kungsportsavenyn with pubs, restaurants,      
cinemas and discoteques.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Competitions                                                                    
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General rules for all competitions:                                             
                                                                                
- The competitors must be present at the party.                                 
- Only one contribution from each group/composer/artist.                        
- All contributions must be 100% finished.                                      
- We will copy and spread all contributions except for the PC demos.            
- All entries must be delivered IN TIME at the information counter near the     
  entrance.                                                                     
- All disks must be marked with a name and an address, so we can contact        
  the competitors, this because one of the sponsors may want to have a word     
  with the competitors about using their masterpiece.                           
- Different from other parties, the deadlines are actually DEADLINES. Since     



  this party is a rather big event, the schedule is tight and we cannot         
  afford pushing any deadlines, so please be ready in time...                   
- If a demo requires any user interaction, we want ONE of the competitors       
  to run the demo in the control room.                                          
- All contributions will be looked at by a committ‚e of 10 people, and the      
  best ones will be shown/played on the big screen/sound equipment. This is     
  done because of the limited time we have to show/play all the                 
  contributions. 5 hours per computer only for watching demos is quite          
  a lot...                                                                      
- In the demo compos, the prize money will be shared by the three winning       
  demos, counted at a percentage of their votes. The more votes you get, the    
  more money you win.                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                



Amiga demo - Prize money: 20000 SEK ($2800)                                     
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- We will run the demo on a A500+ machine with 1M memory.                       
- The disk must start from the boot, even if it is a one-file demo.             
- We will show the demo for 15 minutes absolute maximum.                        
- 10 demos will be selected by the committe.                                    
                                                                                
Amiga graphics                                                                  
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- The picture must be loadable from DeluxePaint 4.0.                            
- 30 pictures will be selected by the committe.                                 
                                                                                
Amiga music                                                                     
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- The tune must be an executable file.                                          
- We will play the tune for max. 3 minutes.                                     
- 20 tunes will be selected by the committe.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                



Atari demo - Prize money: 10000 SEK ($1400)                                     
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- We will run the demo on a 1040STE with 1M memory.                             
- The disk must start from the boot, even if it is a one-file demo.             
- 10 demos will be selected by the committe.                                    
                                                                                
Atari graphics                                                                  
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- The picture must be an executable file.                                       
- All formats are allowed.                                                      
- Only the picture must be seen on the screen, no scrolls or other moving       
  things.                                                                       
- 30 pictures will be selected by the committe.                                 
                                                                                
Atari music (modules)                                                           
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- The tune must be an executable file.                                          
- We will play the tune for max. 3 minutes.                                     
- 20 tunes will be selected by the committe.                                    



PC demo - Prize money: 10000SEK ($1400)                                         
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- We will run the demo on a standard 486-33MHz with ET4000, Soundblaster Pro.   
- The demo must be able to run from hard disk.                                  
- 10 demos will be selected by the committe.                                    
- We know from the earlier PC gatherings that the competition demos are         
  often not bugfixed and sometimes run through batchfiles. Therefor, the        
  PC demos will only be shown on the big screen, not spread like the others.    
  You will be allowed to test your demo on the machine connected to the         
  bigscreen (but not ON the bigscreen) before we show them to the audience.     
                                                                                
                                                                                
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                             [   PC NOTE!   ]                                   
[  We are plannning PC gfx competition and perhaps other competitons also.  ]   
[   Information about these will be published in the Creativity Demo Net.   ]   
[       For the latest information please contact the party staff.          ]   
                                                                                
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C64 demo - Prize money: 5000SEK ($700)                                          
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- We will run the demo on a standard C64 with the old VIC and SID chips and     
  the old 6526 timer chips, a 1541 drive, and an Action Replay MK6              
  cartridge.                                                                    
- 10 demos will be selected by the committe.                                    
                                                                                
C64 graphics                                                                    
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- The picture must be an executable file.                                       
- All formats are allowed.                                                      
- Only the picture must be seen on the screen, no scrolls etc.                  
- 30 pictures will be selected by the committe.                                 
                                                                                
C64 music                                                                       
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- The tune must be an executable file.                                          
- We will play the tune for max. 3 minutes (phew!).                             
- 20 tunes will be selected by the committe.                                    
                                                                                
We didn't mention the prizes in the music and graphics compos, because          
these are donated by the sponsors, and are subject to change.                   



Please help us                                                                  
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As the walls of the exhibition hall is rather naked, we would want all the      
groups to decorate it with posters, banners, pictures and other stuff.          
Note that we are NOT talking about painting the walls for us!!!                 
The best decoration wins a prize.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
What is there?                                                                  
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Normally, this is where we start bragging about the size of the hall, the size  
of the video screen and how many dogs we can kill with the sound equipment.     
We find the equipment sufficient for our needs, and we don't want to brag       
about it. We take things like that for granted. There is room for at least      
2500-3000 people, so don't worry.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                



How to get there                                                                
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As the party place is in the heart of Gothenburg, there is no need for a        
detailed description. Just take the car, ferry, bus, train, plane or            
whatever to Gothenburg and find the Swedish Exhibition Centre (Svenska          
Massan). More detailed information on how to get there is in the folder,        
which we will send to you when you contact us.                                  
                                                                                
There are busses going from Stockholm - Gothenburg. Price 225 SEK round trip.   
Contact Mattias af Jocknick (Goblin of Light), phone: +46(0)171-56402           
                                                                                
                                                                                
How to contact us                                                               
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If you have any questions, and want us to send you the invitation folder,       
there are many ways to get in contact with us.                                  
                                                                                
Write a letter to:             Ove Oldberg (Bappalander of Light)               
                               Sveagatan 23                                     
                               44132 Alingsas                                   
                               Sweden                                           
Or call him:                   +46 (0)322-14846 (The official info line)        



You can also call:             Jorgen Andersson (Joe of LCG)                    
                               +46(0)322-15335                                  
                                                                                
Or send an email to:           Linus Nielsen (Boogaloo of Horizon)              
                               erenie@moere.ericsson.se                         
                                                                                
If you want the latest information about the party, these are the BBS:s to call:
                                                                                
The Ultimate Hallucination     Cascada            +46(0)8-54025353    PC        
Twilight Garden                Cascada            +46(0)8-51050925    PC        
TCB Code Center                The CodeBlasters   +46(0)35-62332      PC        
The Holy Grail                 Horizon            +46(0)8-6121258     Amiga     
Somewhere In Time              Silents            +46(0)40-423039     Amiga     
Lynx BBS                       Lynx/Electra       +46(0)8-6444957     Atari     
The Future Zone                Light              +46(0)8-371300      C64       
                                                                                
That was all for now, but we hope to see you all at the Crossroad.              
                                                                                
           Cascada                   The CodeBlasters                           
           Silents                   Phenomena                                  
           Omega                     Electra                                    
           Light                     Horizon