ZX-News #46 01 марта 1999

Funtop

Event - FunTop'98 - an event last year ...

                Event



  We present to you an article about the most important events 
of the year - FunTop'98, created based on stories from the 
organizers, participants and spectators. This material is the 
result of certain publications articles in many newspapers and 
magazines, that is, when everything calmed down heated 
arguments, You are invited to learn "how it was"

really. :) The subjectivity of opinions
excluded because paper embodies
FunTop look at from different points of view,
that will allow the reader to draw
picture of the party, the first fully dedicated to the Spectrum.
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 (C) 1998 by Lexus.


             -= FunTop'98 =

  August 22, 1998 in Moscow, has died down
Event of the Year - International Festival
Computer Art FunTop'98.


  Unfortunately, the representative of the newspaper
unable to attend this unprecedented action. I decided that St. 
Petersburg's Newspaper have to tell you about

"how it was." Through newsgroups and e-mail I wrote to
Festival organizers and those who present on FunTop'e as a 
spectator or party. As it may seem to you

strange, responded to my request for a lot of people! =)) In 
this article I give almost all the answers. 



  So, where did it all start ...

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  Says Andrew Savichev:


  In autumn 1997, immediately after the notorious events of the 
second day Enlight'97, Muscovites began to raise the issue of 
holding DEMO-party in 1998 in Moscow. Petrograders resisted 
weakly, only Sobolev forbidden to hold it under the name of 
Enlight. Once received consent from the director of the Lyceum 
to conduct party and formed the organizing committee headed by 
Vladimir Bulchukeya (Wlodek Black), in ehokonferentsii 
ZX.SPECTRUM was responsible stated about the upcoming 
FunTop'98. By initiative of Sergey Novikov (Spirit's) and

involving Alexey Ivanov was a secret echo Organizer FunTop'a. I 
drove then active correspondence with Sergei and Dimitri 
Grigoriev (Oldman'om) about publishing on the Spectrum. 


  We talked with Dimitri, which I
to get acquainted Sergei, many aspects
upcoming party. Then he offered me
join the organizers and began to post
My messagi in "689funtop" and all the information
out to me. So I met with other organizers.


  In autumn 1997, during my visit
in Moscow, I talked a lot on the phone with
Sergei and Vladimir, and the winter of 1998 and
personally met with Muscovites on sisopnike
ZX-Net095 ...


  According to his "command line" I - "ideas generator" that is 
somewhat similar to Sergei, but he is young, more talented

than I, and erudite. Critics in our team
were Dmitry Grigoryev and Alex flies
Vladimir was in his hands, Alexei Ivanov realized ultimately 
basic plans. This, of course, conditional division, but was 
basically a "specialization". Dmitry and Vladimir belonged the 
largest role in the final acceptance responsible decisions. The 
idea of ​​pre-registration is mine, I offered himself for the 
job. In my plan, it should be, inter alia, to work on the 
"promotion" FunTop'98. C On the other hand, the same, each in 
its own way, doing everything Organizers FunTop'a. Team spirit 
and discipline in conducting "general line" were simply

awesome. A huge role in disseminating information about 
FunTop'98 belongs e-newspaper "Nicron" and personally Vladimir 
Bulchukeyu. 


  Very helpful FunTop'u Antares-s, and
many other Moscow spektrumisty.

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  But not everything went smoothly ...
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  People registered with a very sluggish up
until mid-July 1998, so that if
would not be encouraging letters Vladimir that
among the brick and mortar spektrumistov Activity
significantly higher, it could
would panic and despair. But now and then
"Burst" and the network. :) Most of the works
sent to Moscow and to my address, so
what had happened and then hit exactly lining, Lviv, Nizhny 
Tagil, a little Peter and ... I can not say who, at the request 
of the authors. It turned out that a "manual" process is a lot 
of information to one person, answering letters and walking to 
work, very difficult ... And then I got "knocked down"

bronchitis, but I still brought the job to
end by August 20, sitting at the computer with
temperature, sweating ...


  Unfortunately, August 20, "Moscow was silent: my letter did 
not meet either Vladimir or Alex, no, Dmitry ... And in the 
night Aug. 22 ceased to connect and the server

"Nevalinka (my Internet-provider).
On my furious phone calls to the service round the clock 
technical support At first vaguely answered, and then cut down 
and the phone (see clients "get it"). Normal operation resumed 
only after August 24. 


  Yet I am very happy for the success of including
and my offspring called FunTop and I wish him to continue to 
contribute to the prosperity and development of the Spectrum. 
Many thanks to all spektrumistam, supported by his creativity 
of this initiative. I'm also very grateful to my Moscow friends 
who gave me the opportunity to participate in such an 
interesting case. 

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  Thank you, Andrew, and thank you for the work you hard work. 
=) 


  Unfortunately, there were [biiip], which
personally accused of Andrew in that their work
do not get to the festival. :-((( Course,
in something they're right, but sometimes circumstances are 
stronger than us ... 


  But we digress. ;-) At the same time,
when Peter inflamed the above
passion in Moscow was in full swing preparing for the festival 
... -----------------------------------------


  Boris tells Sharapov:


  Initial zapysk apparatyry scheduled for Thursday 13 avgysta. 
We are waiting for cool, "bummer." For the payment of debts 
Power School No.91 (venue FunTop'98) was disconnected from the 
city mains. We are well aware that

otmeny festival, no one will forgive.
People are prepared, many finally arrived kypili train tickets 
... But what can I say - failure event of the year ... :-( The 
mood was On nyle, simply pyki opyskalis ...



  It was decided to "problemy power" to hold in strict 
confidence and all possible and impossible ways to continue 
organizing the festival. Organizing Committee Chairman Vladimir 
Bulchykey (Wlodek Black) sent by facsimile to all governmental 
stryktyry able to solve ety problemy, headmaster interrupted 
his otpysk, involved "influential" parents ychenikov school ... 
Despite slozhivshyyusya sityatsiyu, organizers have continued 
to their dealer service tools. Were wired cables, brought 
monitors (thanks to Ilya Abrosimovy / EA), GPV viewers wrote to 
myzonov and images, ZX-SHADOW (Ilia Ivanov) and KONEX

(Andrei juices) fytbolki ordered with the logo of the festival 
... And while neither one of y We did not have yverennosti that 
FunTop generally held. :-(



  In sredy 19 August I called Vladimiry Bulchykeyu, and the 
conversation it became clear that no electricity and no bydet! 
Decided tomorrow get ready for school to explore the 
surrounding area to unauthorized electrical connections. At 
14:00 I was on the spot. Volodya was in a very depressed state 
(k slovy, this man bydychi seriously ill, and continued to 
perform dealer service tools organizer !!!). Chyt later came 
ZX-SHADOW, KONEX, FIL and EA with dvymya fytbolok bags. 
Inspection neighborhoods showed that there was no place to 
connect.  Electric, powered from housing department, said:



        "I'd like to help, BUT DO NOT WANT TO LOSE WORK ..."


  A day later FunTop, and y have no electricity! Full "scribe"! 
Thursday evening 20 August Wlodek Black was able to negotiate

with one of the tenants of the house next door - we
provided rozetky on sybboty 22 August pybley for 200 + meter! 
The matter was left to the small - kypit 130 meters wire. Y 
money we do not have. I phoned all ZXNet095 - nobody gave a 
penny! Vyrychili FIL and Wlodek Black. In pyatnitsy after the 
call switching firms torgyyuschih wires, we FIL'om finally 
kypili these ill-fated 130 meters "life line" FunTop'a!



    I recall that it was all done the day before the festival!


  At 17:00 was produced by a verification pysk
Engineering (first and last rehearsal) -
Luckily, it worked fine.
Only then can we believe that FunTop place!


          Sybbota 22 August.


  At 8:00 y shkoly crowded the entrance to the man
thirty potihonky suck beer.


  9:00 am - registration begins. On the stairs
before the entrance to the fifth floor is quite
vnyshitelnaya crowd. On the floor, only two
organizers - I ZX-SHADOW. Others
stretch cable - master sockets allowed to connect until 9:00. 
Poskolky people need as quickly as possible in propystit

room, I grab the first available in Moscow
spektrymistov (FIL, SANDER and MPR), and soot
them for registration.


  9:15 - Life Line earned!


  We have not (yet) electricity! "Lifeline" was a 130-meter 
cable, protyanyty from the fifth floor school on the first 
floor of a neighboring apartment house. Sight, I'll skazhy just 
yzhasayuschee - like us no one "hit," I have to still do not 
understand ... 


  To protect the cable has been allocated three men: Jason, 
Klim and Marilyn. True, closer to kontsy FunTop'a guards' line

Life was not observed in the immediate vicinity, but quite 
clearly observed two pystye bytylki of vodka :-). Work still y 
they had a hard ... 


  I do not retell the whole bydy detail
course of the festival will focus only on the highlights.


  In the hall were four well-spaced monitor - it was evident to 
all. True, sometimes KANO (Isayev) was hung on one of the 
monitors, thus blocking the review drygim (thus also pykami 
waving :-). 


  Sound can also been high quality - used for apparatyra
discos.


  Registration continues chyt more than an hour. Then went on 
stseny Alexei Ivanov (Alex) and said groznyyu speech:



     "Drinking alcohol is forbidden ... all yroem!


  Was to provide us the word "Peters, who once again provided
my Sprinter, zapystiv it WINDOWS'95
(Just kidding, apparently ... =) - Note. edition).


  In the area of ​​eleven ytra began GraphicsCompo. At this 
time appeared NEMO, setyya on the "strange Moscow payphones.

He said he wanted to show the work of
KAY-1024, but this did not proizoidet "due to technical 
trydnostyam who created the Timothy Lapo.



  After a short break began showing
4K-Intro. Occasionally heard the thunder of applause, as 
intryhi now and then dumped in BASIC 48. :-)



  During breaks granted by the author of software to display 
their creations. In general, trade was brisk. Besides the fact 
that soft-selling author, has been trading

point the firm WELCOME. Literatyra sold by Spektrymy, fytbolki 
with emblem festival, General Sound ...



  After showing intryshek on stseny out
NEMO, and the minute digits twenty he "gryzil" people
answering questions of curious spektrymistov.


  Hyzhno noted that the hall is not drunk
was, and shkoly no thugs.


  Before entering the hall hung bymazhny sheet
at which any of the guests and ychastnikov
could write whatever he wanted.


  Break for lunch, and here began MusicCompo. 2.5 hours of 
AY-shnoy myzyki it .. Hmm .. An hour later some people so zonked

"Dragged" that ystroila dancing. :-)


  16:30 - ny now and it is a welcome
Demo Compo! Everyone who was serving a musical
competition ylitse, vernylis - crowded hall!


  The reaction was different. From whistle to rapturous cheers 
and applause oglyshitelnyh. And what happened in the hall when 
Bill Gates on feysy They take a cake! .. 


  18:30 - 20:30 - count the votes.


  20:30 - Award ceremony. Kazhdomy
medalist vrychalsya diploma pylno Alex'om printed, and a cash 
prize. And the authors lychshey demos and more motherboard 
KAY1024! 


  The Organizing Committee expresses its gratitude to the firm 
ogromnyyu WELCOME - "dedyshka Welcome" conveyed to the prize 
fund in 1000 (!!!), pybley and Vyacheslavy Skytiny (NEMO) for 
KAY-1024! 


      ON THIS OFFICIAL PART OF THE FESTIVAL OVER.


  At sledyyuschy day everyone was invited to
sisopnik ZXNet095 in Izmailovo Park.


  Men passed navernyaka dymali,
that ran away from the nearest part of psihyshki
patients. ;-))) Imagine: molodyh crowd of people pouring rain 
periodically there were cries of "mazday" and "rylez" ... Ny, 
in general, normal people do not understand ... ;-) 


  I dymayu, you were interesting look at
FunTop "iznytri" by the organizers.


                   With nailychshimi wishes, Boris Sharapov 
(OPER) 

                                One of the organizers FunTop'98.

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  Yes, but ... I assumed that the organization
International Festival of difficult, but
What's so ... ;-)


  Here's another letter from the organizers
FunTop'a. Hopefully, it will seem you do not
less interesting. =)
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  At the festival was a very good organization - everything 
went exactly grafiky even slightly ahead of posledny. Register

was no conflict and very
quickly, but the problems still were: Most of ychastnikov 
brought to work right to the festival, especially grafiky and 
myzyky (besides nekompilirovannye modyli). Also, some 
approaches to register has finally arrived after the compo, and 
we had dopokazyvat work. But everything else was OK. 


  All interested persons could submit their
software. Was shown Sprinter.


  No narysheny order and hyliganstva
was observed.

 Now directly on konkyrsah.


  GraphicsCompo: lots of pictures done really on a high
yrovne - srazy shows that people have tried.
Although there has been and skanning ...


  MusicCompo: this konkyrs ytomil all -
has finally arrived on the first myzonah people began to engage 
in all that ygodno, not proslyshivaniem music. Most of the 
songs were exclusively nydnymi and executed on

low yrovne, and them to the same tomy was 40
shtyk, each with three minute digits - "To get! AND
In general, I dymayu (and not only me)
bydyschim that the organizers have this ybrat
konkyrs or radically change it.


  4K-Intro: were presented to deserving
work.


  DemoCompo: RULEZ! But! Not that radyet
fact that many got out not to krytom code, design or a good 
imagination, and the _dranoy_ with drygih platforms and 
_animatsii_ "Fun" associated with the PC. Some

(Bydy not point the finger) was very
big gryppa support, which was accompanied by applause, shouting 
and, more importantly, points of their candidate. And yet - 
Much has been ditteringovyh effects even more than Enlight'97 
plasma! A Plasma here, too, was, with all one

face, and almost no one new. And generally the people of almost 
all fights with Amigo and PC ... 


  Not poradovalo that gryppa ANTARES
demy brought in the form of assembly code.
Began to assemble it there, something in her eyes podgryzhat y 
ofigevshey pybliki, and this case to throw in shymom AY

on the second part. Too bad that - it happens again _dva_ times 
in a row, never reaching to the third part ...



  Despite all this, the people left happy (including me). I am 
dissatisfied not noticed.



                                           With yvazheniem, 
GPV-SOFT 

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  So, organizers said you have read. And now we know what 
impressions were participants in the festival. 
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  Tells a group of Real Masters:


  In our opinion, the organizers FunTop'98 all was well: the 
room good enough monitors, video and

sound at a decent level. The only
that we are not satisfied with - is biased
voting for different numbers of representatives from various 
groups. As a result, High Country took DEMO, in our opinion, 
not very high quality (except for the first place). 


  There were minor violations - in demos
used a "pure animation," which
was originally banned, but this circumstance did not affect the 
vote. 


                               Yours, Konstantin, Sergey, Vlad!

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  As you can see, not everyone enjoyed it ...
= (But, imho, need to know the opinion of other people. I think 
it's time to give the floor "Mere mortals" ;-) that is 
independent viewers. -----------------------------------------


  I was the one who fell on FunTop'e
head curtain (to blame) ...


  Now, about his impressions. It is a pity that
Mosenergo put the festival in extreme conditions - probably 
clear to all what they mean. Hence the following -

the inevitable rush to demonstrate the competition works.


  But I will say the main thing that I think if
not entirely, then at least half undermined all the positive 
impressions of the festival. 


  So, let's remember. After a long vote count went up on stage, 
festival organizers to announce the list of winners. So what? 
Dull colorless voice names were announced, namely names of 
winners. From the audience came requirements call numbers under 
which took the prize works because of the estimated spectators, 
and in the cards do not put down the names and the names of the 
authors, namely, the bare numbers. 


  So, these requirements were literally n p and r n a p and p 
on a and n s! It looked ugly!



  What can I say positive - it ourselves <---- curve turnover
work. In the end, we've assembled just for
In order to show them to each other. Thank you so much
organizers, who provided us this opportunity.


                                Alexander.

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  Thank you, Alexander. =)) Well, now you
see that each of those present have seen happening in many 
ways. To emphasize this, I present to you another a letter from 
Ivan Makarchenko. :-)) -----------------------------------------


  The organization was at altitude. Compared
with Enlight - day and night. FunTop arrived at only by those 
to whom it really was necessary, but not to get drunk with 
beer. Sufficiently high pay an entrance fee has done its job. 
Organizers need to raise monument. What was worth only one 
organization of electricity supply, when the whole school was 
turned off! 


  The only flaw organizers
was not clear in the announcement of the winning works. 
Everyone has seen the work under the numbers, and awarded by 
the names of the authors and Names. We left, never knowing 
exactly what the work which took place. 

A wish for one thing only:

                       Give FunTop'99!!!

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  =) Hopefully, the organizers decide to fulfill this wish. :-))


  As you see, were the organizers FunTop'a and puncture. = 
(Unfortunately, zaputka with announcement of the results is not 
the only one They ... Too many think that the main

omission was the crude about
organizing accommodation for foreign participants of the 
festival. Certainly, the Muscovites did not _obyazany_ were to 
do something - and so they worked hard. But somehow I think 
that those who spent the night with the 22-th to 23rd August 
Kursk station will not be just as picky in terms that I ...



  But, though not all went smoothly, the festival,
certainly was a success. =)


  It only remains to tell how all this
ended, that is, announce the results.



                 4K Compo

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1. GOA

   Exploder / Extreme

  Prize of 351 rubles!

2. DIZZY

   Sergei Kolotov / Serzh
 The prize of 234 rubles!

3. NEVERLAND

   Eternity Industry
 The prize was 117 rubles!



              Graphics Compo

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1. XTREMLY?

   TeeRay / Extreme
 Prize of 175 rubles!

2. PRAY!

   Eugene Golyakov / Spencer
 The prize was 117 rubles!

3. ALF

   Alexei Shirokov / Demiurg Ash
 The prize of 58 rubles!



               Music Compo

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1. I MUST WIN A COMPO

   Ilya Abrosimov / EA / Antares
 Prize of 175 rubles!

2. ZX-SOS

   Igor Shevelev / Igoval
 The prize was 117 rubles!

3. IMP49

   Vladimir Hropov / IMP
 The prize of 58 rubles!



                Demo Compo

                ==========

1. REFRESH

   Exploder / Extreme
 Prize of 1,053 rubles!

2. FOREVER

   Digital Reality
 Prize of 702 rubles!

3. BLAME

   Extreme + Stars of Keladan
 Prize of 351 rubles!


      Congratulations to the winners! =)))


  Here's how it was. =) With the help of our readers, I told 
you, our readers (pun, a pancake ... ;-)) as it was "... Many 
thanks to all those who responded at my request and wrote to 
us! =) 

P.S. I would like to sincerely thank the organizers of the 
party for their hard work! =)



    See you at FunTop'99! ;-)

                                May be ...


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