Aspect #05 29 января 1998

Funtop

Fun Top'98 - Official information about the festival v1.0.

 Already many people know that in August
this year's festival will be held in Moscow
Computer Art FunTop98. Today
We publish the official information
festival organizers.



                     International Festival

                     Computer Art

                            "FunTop98"



           Official Information

        about the festival, v1.0


    International festival of computer
art "FunTop98" will be held in Moscow on 22
August in the premises of the Pilot
Secondary School No. 91
Russian Academy of Education,
located at: ul.
Cook, 14.

   This is the first event in Russia this
kind entirely devoted to
computer ZX-Spectrum. The main objectives
Festival - the establishment of contacts between
software vendors, exchanges of ideas,
presentation of new games and system
programs, competitions with
award cash prizes to winners.

   To visit the Festival
must first send a request
one of the addresses specified in Section
"Contact information". Those interested can
upload your picture - it will be
used to design business cards,
you can get at the entrance.

   Entrance to the Festival of charge,
Estimated cost - 30 rubles (in
new money.) For registered
advance the price of admission to 1. 5 times
below. The proceeds will be
used to reward winners
competitions and to meet organizational
costs.

   At the Festival will open trading software
where you not only can get old
and new programs, but also put on
selling its own copyrights (not
competitive) work. In the latter case,
highly desirable to send their
advance. Copyright notice
guaranteed.


    General rules of the competition.



   By tradition, the Festival will be held
Tenders works in the following categories:
demo, music and graphics.

   From the same author / group of the competition
taken no more than one job in each
nomination. If the work is
the result of collective creativity,
rather the presence of at least one
representative of the group.

   Work submitted for the contest,
must be sent in advance by e
or post or transmit personally
accompanied by information about authors and most
paper (see the sample application).
Confidentiality and copyright
rights guaranteed by the Organizing Committee.
Last day of registration papers - 8
August. Sent out later than this date of
will be accepted only in exceptional
cases and if circumstances permit. In
If an excessive amount of work will be
carried out a preliminary selection
authoritative jury from different cities, members of
which do not participate in competitions. Not
The selected works will be
shown out of competition if
guests and participants of the Festival will express the fact
desire, and will be included in the collections.

   During the display of entries
viewers will have to choose three
favorite and award them one to
three stars, noting it on the form for
vote. The photographers have taken the first
Three seats on the number of points,
winners will be announced and awarded
prizes.

 Requirements for work submitted for
Competition:



                         Demo compo



   The works will be on display
computer configuration:
Pentagon 128 (3, 5 Mhz, 128K, TR-DOS 5.
03/5.04T, AY-3-8910/12, 5'25 DS / DD FDD)

   The transition between the parts of the demonstration is not
should require keystrokes, then
While this possibility only
welcome.

   Work must not contain obscene
expressions in any language, or some
otherwise not match the moral
and legal norms.

  "Pure animation has traditionally prohibited.

   Maximum duration
demonstration - 10 minutes.



                       Graphics compo


    Prohibited by a digitized or
converted from other platforms
graphics, as well as their own processing
others' works. In the event of such
suspicion, the author must provide the jury
intermediate phases of the composition.



                         Music compo



   Allowed only on interrurt
musical compositions for coprocessor
AY-3-8910/12. Digital does not work
accepted for the competition because of the complexity
determine their originality.

   Works are accepted in compiled
under the address # C000 (49152) form.

   Maximum play time - 3
minutes.


          Contact information.



   Application, as well as work itself, you can
send to the following addresses:


            E-mail: master@satan.spb.su

           FidoNet: 2:5020 / 689.1

            ZX-Net: 095/462

             Email: 125130, Moscow, POBox 51


   For these addresses, you can also
any additional information.
Correspondence should be contained in the field
To: (or envelope) marked "FunTop98"
and if you do not complicate, Narrow
application (for example: "FunTop98. Demo Compo",
"FunTop98. Info", etc.).

   The example of an application for participation in
competition (if you decide to take
participate in several categories, each
work must be accompanied by
separate application):

Handle: FireSoft
Real Name: Ivan Ivanov
Group: Firefighters CHG
Address: 123080, city ECT, 101 I Street, 10-2-102
Phone: (001) 123-4567
E-mail Address (es): 2:345 / 133.1, firer@dialup.ru
Competition: Demo compo
Name: The Help!
Filename (s): thehelp.B, thehelp.C


 If you are going to attend the
Festival as a spectator, leave three
the last blank.


  These rules are not final and may
be amended or supplemented.


         Organizing Committee MFKI "FunTop98"


                  Chairman of Organizing Committee

                         Vladimir Bulchukey



               From the Editor.
 Well, it 's the alternative
Enlight'u. Many probably already nachili
prepare for the festival. As the saying goes -
Prepare sleighs in summer ... ;)
 Urge you to: promote
dissemination of this information! Such
Activities promote the development of a
Spectrum! And the more people know about
FunTop, the better! :)))