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Paradox - An invitation and a story about the trip.
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* Otforvazheno Irina Silvestrova
* Echo: Z7.MIXED (Z7.MIXED)
* From: DAN Belonozhkin
* Komy: ALL
* On kakyyu temy: did you hear? paradox'99
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Hello ALL!
Hey All, pleased to meetcha.
Paradox'99 party infofile v1.01
(Released the 7th jule 1999)
7,8 august, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
PC, ZX summer party.
Contents:
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1. General Information
2. Tickets
3. Prizes
4. Konkyrsy
5. Technical oborydovanie
6. Procedure for konkyrsov
7. Acceptance of papers
8. Contact Addresses
-= [1. General information ]--------------
Date:
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- 7-8 August, 1999
Venue:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Rostov-na-Dony, Russia.
- Venue: Palais des Sports,
great room, where raschitanoe
that by 4000 thousands of people.
- Two PC platform and the ZX Spectrum.
-= [2. Tickets ]------------------------
- Tickets are played at the party reserved for those who
wish to prisytstvovat party as a guest and have the opportunity
to vote for demonstriryyuschiesya work. Log bydet absolutely
free, but vote smogyt Only those who pre-ordered ticket.
Booking:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Syschestvyyut 2 tickets:
just the ticket, and ticket reservation
space for a computer (ie, for those people
Who was going to come to the party with his
computers).
Forms to reserve tickets:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Just the ticket:
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1. Last Name, First Name: [........]
2. Nick: [........]
3. Group: [........]
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- A ticket with a place for your computer:
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1. Last Name, First Name: [........]
2. Nick: [........]
3. Group: [........]
4. Computer: [........]
4. How much power you razetok on
need the?: [.................]
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-= [3. Prizes ]-------------------------
- Prizes - how will resyrsy such
for first place in the PC and ZX demo compo
approximately 1000-1500 pybley not for
independently of the number who came to the party.
- In any slychae prizes are played very
good.
-= [4. Konkyrsy ]----------------------
a. PC compos:
~~~~~~~~~~
256bytes intro compo:
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- The maximum size of 256 bytes intro.
- No extenders are not provided.
- The maximum duration of the show - 30 sec.
- Only 15 entries.
512bytes intro compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The maximum size of 512 bytes intro.
- No extenders are not provided.
- The maximum duration of the show - 60 sec.
- Only 15 entries.
4kb intro compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The maximum size of 4096 bytes intro.
- Provided DPMI.
- Maximum duration of display-3 min.
- Only 15 entries.
64kb intro compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The maximum size of 65536 bytes intro.
- Provided DPMI and DirectX.
- The maximum duration of the show-5 min.
- Only 15 entries.
8mb demo compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Provided DPMI and DirectX.
- The maximum duration of the show to 15 minutes.
- Size of file in a compressed form (zip) not to
lzhen privyshat 8mb.
- Total 20 papers.
Note to all PC intro / demo compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The maximum allowed memory - 32 mb.
- Do not use 3dfx or dopyskaetsya
drygih hardware yskoriteley.
- Permit the use of specifications
Vesa 2.0 (UniVBE).
- Maximum resolution 800x600x24bit.
- All demos / intros should work with the GUS
or SB16, if you need sound can.
- Net animation is prohibited.
- In all the demos / intros should be possible
sequence output by Escape.
Traditional music compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Zaprescheny ypakovannye cemply (in Impulse
Tracker).
- Permit the use of no more than 32 NNA
channels (Impulse Tracker).
- Maximum size neypakovannogo model
dylya 4 mb.
- Dopyckaemye myzykalnye formaty: S3M,
XM, IT
- The maximum playing time 4 minutes.
- Only 15 entries.
Alternative music compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Zaprescheny ypakovannye cemply (in Impulse
Tracker).
- Permit the use of no more than 32 NNA
channels (Impulse Tracker).
- Maximum size neypakovannogo model
dylya 4 mb.
- Dopyckaemye myzykalnye formaty: S3M, XM,
IT
- The maximum playing time 4 minutes.
- Only 15 entries.
MP3 music compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Maximum file size 4 mb.
- The maximum playing time 4 minutes.
- Only 15 entries.
Pixeled (Hand-Drawn) GFX compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Maximum resolution 1024x768x24bit.
- Graphics should not have any logos
Brokers or ypominany group '/ author.
- All formats are supported SEA.
- Total 25 papers.
Rendered GFX compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Maximum resolution 1024x768x24bit.
- Graphics should not have any logos
Brokers or ypominany group '/ author.
- All formats are supported SEA.
- Total 25 papers.
ASCII / ANSI compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Two size 80/25 and 80/50.
- Standard PC or your own font
zaryzchik font.
- Only 20 and 20 of ANSI ASCII works.
Animation compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Formats: AVI, MPG, MOV
- Possibility to show with Video Tape
- Duration - 15 minute digits.
- Only 15 entries.
b. ZX Spectrum compos:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4kb intro compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Code size 4096 bytes maksimym + BASIC
zagryzchik.
- Duration of the show for 3 minutes.
- You can use lyubyyu memory area
except Bank # 06 and the region with 23,552
(# 5C00) - 24,320 (# 5F00).
- Only 15 entries.
16kb intro compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Code size 16384 bytes maksimym + BASIC
zagryzchik.
- Duration of the show for 5 minutes.
- You can use lyubyyu memory area
except Bank # 06 and the region with 23,552
(# 5C00) - 24,320 (# 5F00).
- Only 15 entries.
640kb demo compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The size of the demonstration - the standard tr-dos
disk (636kb).
- Duration of show 15 minutes.
- Support AY, Covox on request.
- Total 20 papers.
Requirements for all ZX intro / demo compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Intro / demo should be given to
Standard 5.25 ~ DD ~, or 3.5 disk, which
tory can be copied to the program
teledisk and translated into a format TRD.
- Zagryzchik to 4kb intro and 16kb intro, USD
wives to be like this:
1 RANDOMIZE USR 15619: REM: LOAD "xxxxx"
CODE adres
2 RENDOMIZE USR start
where: xxxxx - the name of the code block on the disk,
adres - address zagryzki code block
start - address zapyska intro.
! No drygih data zagryzchike be
should not be!
- Allowed to use OUT (# FD), A
- This work should be fully
work on the computer sledyyuschey concentration
figyratsiey: Pentagon 128kb RAM, AY, Covox,
5.25fdd.
- When ispolzovnii covox'a desirable listings
growing port number.
- Demo must operate without human ychastiya
ka, to switch sides without mezhdy on
zhatiya on kakyyu any klavishy. On completion
sheniyu not cause reset the computer.
ZX AY music compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Modyl must be compiled with pro
igryvatelem the address 49152 (# C000).
- The maximum playback time 3 min.
- Total 20 papers.
ZX Digital music compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Ready modyl should be granted
compiled in the form of a BASIC
zagryzchikom and with his player.
Must play on covox, on computer
Uther memory 128kb.
- The maximum playback time 3 min.
- Only 15 entries.
- Zagryzchik must be of the form:
1 CLEAR clear
2 OUT 32765, page: RANDOZMIZE USR 15619:
REM: LOAD "blok1" CODE adres1
3 OUT 32765, page: RANDOZMIZE USR 15619:
REM: LOAD "blok2" CODE adres2
.......................................
etc.
.......................................
100 RANDIZMIZE USR init:
RANDOMIZE USR start
where: clear - Set Up the stack address (if
nyzhno)
page - nyzhnaya page
blok1, 2 - names on the disk zagryzhaemyh
code blocks,
adres1, 2 - addresses zagryzki blocks
init - initialize the address of the Player
ryvatelya,
start - address of playing.
! No drygih data zagryzchike be
should not be!
ZX Graphics compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Standard Spektrymovsky screen (6912
bytes).
- Graphics should not have not any logos
Brokers or ypominany group '/ author.
- Staggered work not dopyskayutsya.
Ie provided the work should be
performed in pychnyyu. To resolve the ACT
rnyh issues carry with them promezhytoch
nye stage risynka.
- Total 25 papers.
c. Special compos:
Coca-cola drinking compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Called by 3-4 people and are given 2
bytylka liter Coke kazhdomy.
- Winner of one who in time faster
All drinks ety b.ytylk.y.
Disk throwing compo:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-= [5. Technical oborydovanie ]------
IBM PC:
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- Intel Pentium II 450, 128 Mb RAM,
Gravis Ultrasound PnP 4mb,
Sound Blaster 16.
ZX Spectrum:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Pentagon, 3.5mhz, 128 Kb RAM,
AY Yamaha, Covox, 5.25fdd.
Light oborydovanie:
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- Myltimediyny projector (big
screen)
Zvykovoe oborydovanie:
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- Powerful zvykovaya system (15-20 Quat)
-= [6. Procedure for konkyrsov] -
First day:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- PC 64kb intro compo
- ZX AY music
- Hand-Drawn GFX compo
- Traditional Music compo
- Disk throwing compo
- ZX 4kb intro compo
- ZX GFX compo
- ZX Digitial music compo
- PC 256bytes intro compo
- PC 512bytes intro compo
- MP3 music compo
Second day:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ZX demo compo
- Render GFX compo
- ZX 16kb intro compo
- Alternative music compo
- PC demo compo
- Coca-cola drinking compo
- Animation compo
- PC 4kb intro compo
- ASCII / ANSI compo
-= [7. Acceptance of works ]-------------------
e-mail: warhawk@t-rex.org
fido: 2:5061 / 5.31
In the very near bydyschem bydet and ftp.
Nyzhno fill dannyyu formy and invest
to archive the work:
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1. Title: [.................]
2. Konkyrs: [.................]
3. Author (s): [.................]
4. Gryppa: [.................]
5. Notes: [.................]
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-= [8. Contact addresses ]-------------
Common questions and PC platform:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
warhawk / t-rex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e-mail: warhawk@t-rex.org
fido: 2:5061 / 105.55
phone: (8632) 34-26-18 (Alex)
twinsen / nrg / merlin group
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e-mail: twinzen@mail.ru
fido: 2:5061 / 5.31
phone: (8632) 38-89-92 (Kirill)
ZX platform:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
jocker / ohg
~~~~~~~~~~~~
fido: 2:5061 / 33.32
phone: (8632) 31-05-49 (Andy)
screecher / ohg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fido: 2:5061 / 57.23
phone: (8632) 57-07-97 (Viktor)
* Also sent to SU.GRAPHICS
* Also sent to SU.RENDER
* Also sent to SU.PASCAL.MODULA.ADA
* Also sent to RU.HRG.SCENE
-*- Don't ever give up -*
twinsen / / NrG / / Merlin Group
... It's a Dark Night.
As far as I know, from our
none of the city on sinkleristov PARADOX not
ridden. But PC'shniki were there. Therefore,
this issue, we offer you a report on this
summer party, written by programmers
other platform - but he still
You can understand how and what happened there ...
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Accept report;)
Paradox: a view from the inside;)
***** Day one. *****
In the general case. We arrived with Max in Rostov on
Saturday at 7 am and went to look for DC "Empils. The first
trouble was that that the published map quite neprhodila
on reality. So we like fools
walked through the back streets of Rostov, while not vsezh
found this object, overjoyed, and immediately
were broken. DK some strange,
main entrance is closed and littered with trash. Êàî, generally
it is not clear where to go, but main nowhere signage, though
kostvenno mentioning Paradox. We walked a couple of times
DK finally entered into a single door with
DK-labeled "Empils" bar. It turned out that
the bar is not there, and this side entrance. There was
Auntie, who said that like some one negotiated a sort of
holiday, but neither of which has not agreed to. We have
wait ...
Came another guy, it turned out
came from Voronezh nahalyavu on trains. We battered him, it
became clear that He vehemently spektrumist such an artist.
Then came another man in August - they were boys from Armavir,
they were up all night at the station spent the night, and were
terribly tortured. Then approached some rostovchanin with
systemic block, and was zhyutko surprised that no organizers.
Then he immediately suggested how they appear current, fill
muzzle the Joker. This type of one of the organizers
PTsplatformy. Gradually, people are going, somewhere in the
floor appeared to twelfth organizers.
Immediately the people told them a couple of nasty things
about the lack of announced at the door, they warning in
advance, and hung a poster and distributed all the posters.
Then came voysformy and there have been indications that these
people are gaining voting slips much more than
must ... I have had something in parallel, because in most of
them were spektrumisty. I took myself two rubles -
to vote and go home a take away.
Later in the crowd I was talking with some
lads - they were from Voronezh, as he
artist, the current came as a white man on
train. They called themselves demogruppoy
DoublePlus. y, and we constantly with Max
they have to hang out. This group, later proved to be very
strong. I have not yet I know the results Paradoxa, but I think
that are the first places to be at least 3
nominations. True, they are safe and
agreed with the turn-spektrumistami,
about what they put them to maximum
scores of their works, and those in turn to them.
In fact, all of the many groups of so-
arrived, so I would not be surprised that
competitions, only one (or two, because
competition), work will have a crazy amount of points, and all
other would be like totally slop.
In the hall hung a few rags Komputerry with advertising,
computer science, yet chegoto, and the organization
"Fatherland." This youth organization and was the main sponsor.
They've got to Rostov on this front their political games, such
as we have Paholkova deployed operations. Brought the cardboard
caps with blyamboy "Fatherland", tried everything to hand, but
are themselves know - fidoshniki apolitical people, so
that soon the whole board was lying on the floor. In
baseball caps ran only children of kindergarten age who were
recruited packs some Komputerra edition of the newspaper, which
lying on the stage holyavu, and somewhere they carried away ...
In general, while hardware and put
set up the whole thing, it took quite
a lot of time. About three o'clock in the afternoon the people
gathered to the top of the first competition. People have to
time your patience is coming to an end, but almost all were
glad that the show begins.
The first contest started doing competition like Spectrum
AY-music. Spectators especially pisishniki became pinned,
but all got flyers for voting
and began to listen to the first melody. Of course,
AY-listen music - this in itself is pretty terrible lesson, but
when she played "once-not-so", the ears simply fold into neat
little tubes and the mood is slowly moving out exponentially.
Strangely enough, the organizers have not noticed, and the kerf
second melody. But by its end, even they began to suspect
something. When you start the third melody author, who was in
the room, ran to organizers and said he did not hear
One of the three channels AY-card. They stopped the contest and
began tinkering with a spectral and the mixing desk. Then he
found a sort of break the sound wires, but they did not have
soldering iron. They sent someone for a soldering iron,
until he went, they continued to torment the spectrum
the presence of music. Brought a soldering iron - they
something to solder, reported that all fine and again renewed
the contest. Began to sound a little better, but on the third
ring same kompozer went back to the organizers and said that
the channel is heard, but very, very quiet. The contest was
interrupted again. Again went long minutes picking, then
send the person for another Spectrum.
When they brought him and kerf, it turned
that it is the same garbage.
*****
Êàî in half of the sixth, it became clear that
Today the sound of the cake is not and sweet, and
oranizatory decided to hold the competition on the spectral
plots. But everyone here was waiting bummer. Speck suddenly
began to show in black and white images, even on your color
monitor, not to mention the projector. So after another half an
hour the people were informed that today, with a spectral
zakoncheno.Naskoro conducted a contest of traditional music on
PCs and announced that the first day is over ...
Promised the next day, all to prepare and correct, tell the
people that after half an hour to start dancing, which will
last is unclear to what time, so do not expenses. We have to
sit in the butt Hall and decided to walk for a while
in Rostov. The guys from DoublePlus-a beer is not wanted, and
we went with armavirtsami and several Rostov proshmugnutsya to
stalls. On the road normal stalls something does not come
across and we walked and walked, reached up of a large market.
While up to him reached, all Rostov gradually resorbed, and the
market was only one kid, who is studying at Rostov, and lives
in a half-empty in the summer of a student dormitory. He
offered to buy grub, and then go to him to cook, eat, and if
possible, stay the night.
New Alphabet was on the outskirts of Rostov, and
manageress complete bitch. She refused to let anyone,
especially the night. Earn hundreds a night she did not wanted.
Then we razmeslilis near the hostel on the tables for table
tennis, and sent to the host cook bought pasta and season them
with paste. Already was for nine o'clock, and return to DC
did not make sense, at least until the
sing. Still with us was a guy from Armavir
who served in Rostov, and knew the local
moonshiners, from which it an hour later brought two liters of
Sam. By this time, our cook pritarabanil whole pot of noodles
a la pasta nautically. We were scared
hungry, and immediately pounced on her, leaving the brew in
afterwards. When eaten, it was found that drinking almost no
one wants.
In the dorm, however begged, was not allowed to sleep, and
sleep on the street was uncomfortable, because it was pretty
cool, and in the morning can be quite zadubet. The whole crowd
went to a halt, deciding spend the night at the station -
although there is warmer, though it is impossible to sleep
there - a group with Armavir already spent the night, and did
not want place else to go. There will need all night
koryachitsya on chairs with armrests, and every five minutes to
listen to what train come, but for those who have not heard or
not time to wake up again, train number so and so came ottudova
... On offer Accommodation in DC, rostovchanin said (and
as it turned out, was absolutely right)
that no one in DC is not empty, because the organizers of the
night for nonresidents do not agree, and in general they are
complete assholes. On reaching the station, I'm Max, and
another guy do decide to go to DC - Suddenly there may be a
night? - And if not, go back to the station.
Miraculously found in the dark nooks and Rostov DK Empils, we
began looking at windows on the presence of light. Lighted
window of administration, and barely lit box adjacent to the
stage - apparently worked there monitor. Discos, naturally
there was no. (As we later were told it was not in general.
After we went to drink beer, people waiting for discos, and
then was broken off stated that nothing would all have
leave the hall.) We knocked on the window of the administration
looked Auntie, we asked her to admit, but it is not opened,
stating that it is enough of a drunken programmer, who was
lying in a closet. And left. We, the reasoning that does not
fall under the category of drunken computer geeks, because it
was completely sober, prepared just in case money, and knocked
again. Auntie came again, we have it beg to get money, and it
sort of agreed. But said he would go and ask our organizers,
let us, or no. Gone and never returned.
As then Clarifying, ORGAIZATORY DECISION
Up nobody spent the night in DC, THOUGH
ADMIISTRATSIYA was not opposed.
This aunt and us otshila several
people, organizers and told her "not
start - and my aunt just and peaceful. All
satisfied.
At the station we went - on the bus does not
want to spend, and go to the stop
was too far away - we were zamuchanye and
tired.
We went to a neighboring yard, where
afternoon snack, there was a nepolomannaya bench. Tried to
accommodate on it. But it was inconvenient and cool - we
did not have warm clothes were in what
arrived. Half-hour pomuchalis, it bothered me that I went to
the staircase hruschebnoy five-story building, look at the
window sills - there may be more convenient. Then he climbed to
the fifth floor, and saw that there is another passage,
which leads to an additional floor with
low ceiling and downtrodden door to the attic. There was clean
- well, anyway not namusoreno and shit in the corners were not.
AND It was warm from a pipe that runs along the
wall.
I went down and said boys, what can be
bad lie there on the papers. We quietly stood up, spread out
there newspapers, this guy was visiting a small
veil, which he used as
softener for the screw. We put it on
newspapers, and just three fit only
feet on the concrete. In general, I used to sleep on
hard without a pillow, and I was on a high.
Boys also proved to be unpretentious, and
after a while we slept. Then I
something woke up from a long crunch - it's Max under his head
a plastic bottle and tossed. I do not understand Why feel
relaxed and looked in the window - there like daylight, and
decided that already morning. Max did not sleep, I asked lope
time. He glanced at the clock (I do not know how
He looked at them) and said that half past six. We decided to
meet. Began to wake up the third guy, he woke up, we did speak
to get up, and he looked at his watch, terribly surprised:
- Guys, you che, ohreneli? Sex-and third-
night!
Max looked at her - exactly half past two. We again laid and
I passed out before am. In general, the night we spent more or
less normal, and almost slept.
Summary: The first day was scary paradoha
disorganized, and people felt sorry that
generally came from. Organizers except zakidyvaniya info about
paradohe in ekhi and finding the money at the festival are no
longer do - everything was done on the fly. Nothing
pro contests on the first day I really can not tell, because
was chaotic and uninteresting.
<With all sorts of wishes, Sergey>
PS: The style of presentation, spelling and
Other errors are not corrected.
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