Think #32 14 августа 1999

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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:

   ~~~~~~~~~~~


     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:

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - 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:


    ------------------------------------
       1. Last Name, First Name: [........]

       2. Nick: [........]

       3. Group: [........]

    L -----------------------------------

     - A ticket with a place for your computer:


    ------------------------------------
       1. Last Name, First Name: [........]

       2. Nick: [........]

       3. Group: [........]

       4. Computer: [........]

       4. How much power you razetok on
           need the?: [.................]

    L ------------------------------------
 -= [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:

     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 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:

   ~~~~~~~

     - 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:

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - Myltimediyny projector (big

        screen)



   Zvykovoe oborydovanie:

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - 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:
 ---------------------------------------
   1. Title: [.................]

   2. Konkyrs: [.................]

   3. Author (s): [.................]

   4. Gryppa: [.................]

   5. Notes: [.................]
 L ---------------------------------------
 -= [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

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    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 ...

-----------------------------------------
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.