Nicron #127 31 августа 2004

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Events - Global Report: 4 th International Festival of Computer Art "Chaos Constructions 2004.

Hello dear readers!


   I have fast internet, viruses are not shlyayutsya, operating
system does not collapse and, most importantly, I never threw
ZX Spectrum. But everything else - CC4 impromptu :-) you
read in the epigraph!

   And all because August 21-22, 2004 in St. Petersburg
held on 4 th International Festival of Computer Art
"Chaos Constructions 2004.


            Again, Peter


   At first it seemed that three years - not the term for which 
you can change habits or to forget a familiar road. It seemed 
that CC1, in the fourth for most moskovityan once blazed

way into the city on the Neva River, was like yesterday.

   At the station, nothing has changed: still the same crazy 
the August heat, the sugary smell of tramps ... 'Stsenovy' 
train stuffy in the compartment, lightly flavored with draughty 
after departure composition. Four-seater coupe - cue: EA, 
Konex, Mitchell, Wlodek, cr0acker, Alone Coder. With the gap in 
half an hour, just like old times, follow us, or vice versa, 
before us, we already know, go Promus, ray_noa, ra_id, Poly ... 
Isolation from each other, even for a short six-hour journey, 
is no more; Konex, EA and Mitchell 'face off' mobiles. Here is 
the first difference with the last trip to St. Petersburg. So, 
now will be immediately and the second: after all the bags are 
removed from the digital camera. Film 'Zenith', too, with me, 
it's not just a tribute tradition, Zenit pulled a powerful 
flash, I will shoot on film in the hall.


                 Rain


   ... I'll shoot the film in the hall. The first of these was 
Hall Hall of the Moscow station :-). Hmm, first met Petersburg 
We wet asphalt and gloomy skies. 

   Mitchell catches in traffic count, and boy is
us: Poly, Dmitry Polyanin, organizer of Life Party in Moscow.
Poly shirt, passing from white to black from top to bottom, 
this is such a design :-). With all the rest who came, we 
already know, stsenovaya tusovka managed to twist in all 
directions, spektrumistov now also recognize the face.


   At the exit of the subway in 'Petrograd' rain was not joking.
Umbrellas, quick step go ... somewhere. Poly glittering heels 
in sandals on bare feet, so reliable, in rainy but not cold. In 
a doorway for a long time studying the city map finally get out 
into the streets of Professor Popov. Leningrad Youth Palace 
opens for the next turn, under the canopy - a few people, CPU 
from Rybinsk. We - the second. 

          Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie


   Palace of Youth - a modern 'box' of
glass and concrete high-rise building on the left - the hotel, 
right itself Hall. In the lobby - a winter garden, even richer 
than in the Voronezh Palace of Pioneers, where the festival 
took place KidSoft. Along the perimeter of the balcony - many 
bars, billiards, etc. And finally, in the the far end - the 
lobby of the auditorium. 

   Some restaurants have already (or still?) Are open. And in 
the audience who is there, the participants of the organizing 
committee of the doors open, few (yet) the audience shake off 
the lobby. Mitchell again dives into the rain on the street - 
it's time to meet Gasman-a, spektrumista from England. 

   'Gasman' - stsenovy alias Matthew Westcott-a. Gasman live in 
Oxford, contains a unique of its kind sayt'Demotopia ' 
(Www.zxdemo.org) with at least a unique collection of works 
stsenovyh (Demo, gfx, etc.) with a different party. He was the 
first English spektrumist who goes on demoparty in Russia, but 
the correspondence he had participated in the nomination 
CAFe'2003 AY-music, and even won prize. Gasman, and now is 
active in the demoscene, he is a member international (mainly 
Polish) creative team HPRG. Thank Konex-in for such a detailed 
biography of the man :-)! 


   Light in the lobby for some reason not
include. In the dark, dim oasis
distinguished screen someone's laptop.
We are located at the entrance from the balcony
there enters the foyer light from the windows.
Dozhdichek tried not weak, socks
You can squeeze by Nagle hang them on the benches. Only Poly
carelessly flaunting of 'thong'.
:-). He watches with curiosity
my 'badge', withdraws from him my network coordinates, then 
begins chtoto write on their business cards, but to learn I do 
not have ICQ, throws and write extends user to me: 'Dmitry

Polyanin. Ltd. 'Nexx'. The Director-General. " ...
        Poly



                Curtain



            Variegated Ribbon


   By the time the entrance to the hall a crowd of scenery and 
the guests had already impressive. Registration to the table 
long queues. Initially, all barely moves, but through it 
quickly starts to spread rumor that night, the guards beat 
someone from the guests. Soon discover that the victim was Rion 
- looking like a :-), says he is guilty, hit a security guard 
in the bathroom :-). 

   'Nonresident' on CC4 - free entrance! In no passport
looks, Wlodek-and already know everything in the face :-) 
naleplyayut ribbon on the wrist with a checkerboard pattern: 
'You can wash, but cautiously' pass will be valid for a second 
day. 

   900-seat auditorium filled to about half.
Yes, a lot of people, though promises of frog-and about a 
thousand visitors, of course, not true. But another of his 
promise of safety, kept off. Protection inspect bags and not 
let into the hall those who have 'picked up' liquor; overboard 
remains Organism. However, the use of the foyer is not 
forbidden, local staff bar happy.


   I see old friends: Skrju, CPU, 4d, mayhem, Power Amiga ...
From somewhere in the semi-darkness of the hall emerges weIrd: 
hello! But I do not see Vyacheslav Mednonogova, Peters-s. At 
the last moment refused to from a trip to the CC4 Placebo, they 
represent one Crazy. Cusick was getting hitchhiking, in 
principle, with one Lord. Already several people had time to 
ask me to show them Slava Kalinin - it seems that the hot 
issues of the organizers of the ZX-contests many more. Konex 
trying dosdat his work with the same break a few authors; CPU 
looking for where to rewrite Spectrum floppy.


   Occupy space in the center of the room. With us now Flast, 
he came later, but the rain still fell. 

   Petrozavodtsami acquainted with their lot, but in my mind 
only one memorable nickname - Tresh. It turned out, Tresh also 
came here it was, silent and sullen (possibly with a 
hangover:)). Y Max Fomkina white T-shirt with a unique 
inscription '1982 Sinclair Research Ltd. ' - Modestly and 
tastefully. Here's a great group of Belarusian friends from 
afar know Paul'a Pavlov'a and Quasar suit himself. Their trip 
was reportedly on the forum, was under jeopardy, but the 
difficulties overcome. 

                Gifts


   Y Cusick - the thick bundle 'Subpoints' and invitations to 
KidSoft2004. I Alone Coder'a ... Whoa, this is a separate 
issue:). And cr0acker'a - fresh 'piece of iron' for the 
Spectrum: IDE controller and board of the new ATM Turbo. Latest 
so far only in order to manufacturer, but the first - that they 
can touch and buy. Yes, it's true: in Moscow launched a new 
production of devices for ZX! cr0acker - Party 'NedoPC group', 
now involved in a troublesome and not very rewarding job. 
Further in this issue will be an extensive interview Nicron'a 
NedoPC group / team, and yet secure adresochki: 
http://chunin.infpres.com - Chuunin Roman site, the developer 
equipment for the Spectrum; chunin@infpres.com - his e-mail.

However, if you write the address of the newspaper Nicron, the 
letter also reaches its destination. And in the 'Advertising' 
in this room there is a large block of information from NedoPC 
group. 


   Random festival opens, and then starts something that
not recall any previous guest party!



            Yuri Matveev



   First floor is given to Yuri Matveyev, author, known to 
everyone spektrumistu game 'Star Heritage'. Group 'Step' has 
decided to revive old and resuscitated, it seemed, 
half-forgotten project. No, 'Star Heritage 2' on the Spectrum 
did not appear. But for millions of gamers on the PC version is 
the first proposed 'Heritage' - 'Black Cobra'. Yuri Matveyev 
demonstrates some of the episodes of the future of creation. 
Here on the big screen festival hall in all colors pisishnogo 
trukolora spreads Rugged unearthly landscape. On the 
mountainside smoking crashed spaceship - not naive awkward, but 
quite serious, something even resembling our first orbital 
stantsii'Salyut '. And so on ...


   The hall applauded by all, and spektrumisty, and less than 
the mass other people do. And Yuri Matveev suddenly turns to 
spektrumistam and heartfelt thanks - you could say, for 
everything! And for your attention and for your support, and 
even for an era when the Spectrum was in almost every house. 
For their loyalty and enthusiasm enthusiastic people, 
exchanging the third millennium. 

   Ovation does not seem to fade ever ...



   Dima Bystrov
(Alone Coder) is also not weak
gift. No trial version -
full-scale game!
Wolfenstein, 2004, on the whole
TR DOS disk. Several copies have been sold before the festival, 
but Now the game will see it!

Spekovsky 'Wolf 3D' sample of 2004 - present
three-dimensional thriller with a complex plot ... Say
almost no explanation of Shtirlitsa :-). Dima made his
Eight years! Applause,
applause.

   Where was the 'pisyuk' eight
years ago and where he will
even after eight? And on
Spectrum can be like that,
alone, to do for years
and get no result out of date!
        Alone Coder


   Let's have more applause, and I almost forgot, 'Respect' on 
the sidelines:)! 



            Wolfenstein 2004



   Generally play a lot of unexpected nomination gathered 
participants. Yes, four major works - a lot. Anime Story by Sam

Style 'Tasman - good make and very nicely done text
adventure - in second place, which effectively divided with
Ceitnot by Vega - modem chess for two players, who were 
announced as the demo. With a large backlog in third place, 
Words by Znahar - Anglo-Russian-German Trainer interpreter. 
Even if we close our eyes to the predefined success Wolf-and 
three other papers were not in the role of extras. And the 
competition game has proved its right to exist is also 
important. 


   But the nine works in the schedule - just the failure of 
some sort. Whether nobody dared to challenge the 'eternal' top 
three leaders (Pheel, Paracels and Rion), except that Diver, is 
there not a destiny in this time ... Pheel and Paracels not 
submitted work, work Rion'a - in the first place. However, I am 
at this time will change the tradition and place in Nicron 
silver medalist - 'KidSoft' KASik'a. Here's this nice and in 
its own strong image. 



            'KidSoft' by Cusick



   AY-music continues to play a classic case;
from one year to the audience listen to twenty consecutive 
three-minute tracks, in part using the contest for smoking 
breaks and small talk ... At CC4 in AY-music pieces were three 
or four nice tunes - in my course, the exquisite taste :-). One 
of the them, as it turned out, belonged to the Gasman-y. Mouzon 
EA bit has not held up to third place. Incomprehensible music 
by VEGA in ninth place. Here are my addiction now, and

objective assessment will let someone else :-).


            Square of Antares



   ... The competition Intro 512 bytes prizes already divided -
work only three. Konex silent, but it gives Pegas's inscription 
on the screen. Angular tunnel, barely swung in an apparent 
three-dimensionality, suddenly disappears, the demonstration 
stops. Andrew is rapidly disappearing in the direction of the 
scene, near the table information and at the entrance to the 
backstage starts some sort of indistinct fuss, hassle ... 
Clear: show the work failed. Attempt number two ... Three ... 
Unsuccessfully. The people, obviously, under cover of darkness 
disappointment sets 'steering wheel' black square that for 
which was to follow - is unclear. cr0acker of the best feelings

chant: 'Square Antares - rulez! " - And ... gets on top of a 
full two-liter plastic bottle. Konex upset. Intro and then 
still manage to show as a whole, but the audience something 
already voted. Furious box raspolzshiysya by a stranger 
Clusters vzglyuknuvshego Hard Disk kompomashine arises again 
and again on the screen, and people did not know whether to 
laugh or cry ... Konex swears more than ever, would not 
participate in contests! Bummer! 


          I live with my grandmother, my grandfather, I live ...



   Title - schyutka humor, perhaps, bad ... 'Father' by
Skrju prodemonstriroval endless stream of consciousness sq, the 
previous eruption which was observed clearly in the journal 
Adventurer 15. 'Mother' have shown out of competition. Someone 
joked bitterly: 'screamer, probably in the cabbage found ...'. 
And it was on In fact, ask sq my tongue is not turned. 
Seriously, and me, we can write the same words, as in this 
Deme, only years. dtsat before. sq, do not be offended, I too 
sometimes over-run. A deme ... The same vector construct at 
surreal backdrop konvertnutyh photos, the same constant mesh 
cacophony of sound AY. Low, the lowest score spectators, raised 
over absolute zero, perhaps only friends, borrowed per sq, not 
noticed by others. 

   Scream, won the next year!


            Rouge et noir



   ... On CAFe'2003 dude in serpasto molotkastoy-shirt 
attracted attention, and for the past year, this fashion has 
grown so rapidly and widely, that people speak about it, even 
politicians. And leave them to judge what it is: a fashion, 
nostalgia whether or no longer restrained by anything 
deliberate challenge. 

   ... 2004, CC4. Demo compo, sixth paper, 'R' from the CPU. C
Screen boldly and without equivocation strikes red: Lenin, 
budennovets with a rifle, a worker with a hammer. Black columns 
and black loops for the black bourgeoisie. Text in English, 
according to the traditions demoscene. Or to be more 
understandable for those for whom Russia as she was, remained 
'the country'. Competitive work not nashtampuesh in a factory 
pattern. It's a challenge! And the prize-winning third place. 


                'R' by CPU



  Demo compo: 7 works in competition, all authors - well-known 
groups, Placebo did not participate, the difference scores for 
busy places small and uniform, attention to the contest scene 
and noticed, my opinion is the ultimate authority is not:). See 
the work and the results table! 


                  Sun



   Rain ends before noon. He did his job - soaked us. Ugh, in 
the sense of wet. Still under the summer sun quickly dry out 
and asphalt, and the earth. You can look around: LDM is on the 
'marginalized in' to the nearest house saw walking to the 
nearest store ... Well, a little farther, shop in the next 
house. And yet, in the county on some plants or something else 
out there. Stsenovaya crowd sweeps away everything from store 
shelves within hours, a saleswoman ofigevayut, Coca-Cola ends, 
there is only 'light'. Beer is, but in a hall with a beer can, 
people consume in the yard, around the shops - dump. Bottles 
quickly surrendered persons b.o.m.zh., cans and plastic 
containers remain. Someone decrypts LDM as the 'Leningrad House 
of majors. " Shoot on a digital camera: Belarusians here, here 
petrozavodtsy, here's the Flies on the bench:). In the hall - 
break, a contest on - I do not remember the chronology of worn, 
the story of the hall is already written above:). And so a few 
times ... In sense of several breaks: the courtyard, to the 
store and back into the room :). Evening ...



            Iron Felix



   The right of the scene - an exhibition retrokompyuterov. You 
can play in the Arcade Volleyball for ES1841 or sit on the 
Internet with modern Amiga. Even accounting calculator in 1968 
correctly shining neon numerals. And only a mechanical adding 
machine sadly silent ... 


            Yellow stripe



   The first day of CC4 was even ahead of schedule. We hang out 
quite a long time in the yard of LDM, nevertheless subsequently 
pro We will say that we are after the first day ... went back 
to Moscow! But we will not leave. Leads us Vasya (DJ I-Kick).

   Pasha (Flast-a) fotik nemeryanaya memory card, Pasha
removes everything: the river, and bridge and street ... Reach 
the Metro. Here we were, that 'Shaurma' ... 'Shaverma' ... Ugh, 
as right? Vasya at the same time said that white bread should 
be called buns, and access at home - the parade. Otherwise be 
killed. Schyutka. 

   At one of the countless bridges across Canal. Griboyedov
Pasha enjoys photography so much that on both sides
... are going to turn the channel pedestrians wishing to pass 
the bridge. Jam! People wait patiently until the Pasha will fly 
another birdie, wait, you do not accidentally get into the 
frame! This is St. Petersburg, respect!


   Evening sun historic Petersburg is magnificent. Normal, not 
stridently, an affected, as in the center of Moscow, old 
houses, sometimes ragged, bare-brick wall. Live soul without 
makeup, undisturbed trowel gastarbeiter, converting the age-old 
'communal' in the mansion of a millionaire. In zakoulistom 
parade Vasya gives a tricky question: 'Guess what floor I live. 
" Clearly, the latter, otherwise why ask such questions ;-)! 

   From the window of a room in a communal apartment on the 
fifth floor of the dome is visible St. Isaac's Cathedral. Pasha 
has again flies the bird:). Throw their belongings and decide 
to walk a little light. 

   Despite the deepening twilight, the countless channels and
rivers continue to scurry pleasure boats and a such large
open boat, as they are called?

   It seems that all the theaters and concert halls of the 
world are concentrated in this corner of the old Peter. With 
posters like with advertising, looks Photo infamous ballerina; 
Vasya contemptuously pokes his finger: 'Fie, ...!' 

   Step to the sinks, then dismantled tramway, street blocked 
by, cars do not drive, silence. Vasya sipping beer from a 
bottle, zazhevyvaya some delicious dried fish, the civilized 
bag written 'Yellow stripe'. Good half-hour sitting at a table 
in outdoor cafe, with its beer, no booking, no one will chase, 
a saleswoman stared indifferently at the TV. Then wander around 
the city again and again ... Night. The first stall in which 
there is a yellow whale. Vasya the disorder begins to 'cast' in 
a foreign car parked near the bridge ... And then to us with 
Pasha finally comes that, in fact, begins to loom before us the 
prospect korotaniya night on the street! Energetic exhortations 
(can not help but recall the infamous 'dancing with a 
tambourine'!) run Vasin autopilot! Get to home is not without 
incident: the path found Vasin first acquaintance, then friend 
Vasin; autopilot system service crashes (in the next cafe) to 
restart the service is not a joke:). 

   ... Morning, find myself on the couch in the living room and 
even under blanket. Side by side in chairs in the waiting room, 
Pasha and Vasya ... Oil Painting ... 

   And Basil, of course, thanks for the hospitality and tour!

       "To see the lakes and die," Paris is resting.
              'Pimp' - rulez.


  Second day in St. Petersburg begins with the sun. Tradition
observed on the fifth time, the rain yesterday morning did not 
count (fast dried wet socks do not count). While we Vasya near

Metro devours shavermu in pita bread, Pasha manages to inflict 
material damage :-) 'elektroproigryvatelyu' (slot machines) - 
manipulator pulls out a teddy tiger. Tiger is like a zebra: 
white as snow, with black stripes. Likely, the albino :-); 
Ribbon on my wrist and then the yellow, although the true 
yellow ribbons were given only to the organizers :-). 

   Near the LDM meet EA and Konex-a, near the shop - Organisma
with friends in the yard, yesterday, on the bench - m00h-a. In 
the hall is not pulls, while Mitchell and his friends were 
glued to the screen. 

   Towards evening, when it announced the time of announcement 
of results of competitions, Konex offers to drive in the small 
lakes. And what a day warm, Vodicka, probably too nice ... I've 
never been there, but Andrew is a place long familiar. We go on 
foot to the 'Black River' - Like not close, but going to the 
subway three stops - like a little bit. However, on the beach, 
looking at the clock, we conclude that to summarize CC4 remains 
of some forty minutes! Konex happy to bathe, a place is really 
beautiful. The left from the tower bungee jumping on, or how 
this thing is called when upside down, tied his feet. And we 
have with the EA and Mitchell, adrenaline, and so is missing: 
the finale of the festival soon, and we're, you know, sunbathe. 
Andryukha as calm: do not piss, catch a wheelbarrow ... 

   Catch for about five minutes, I suppose. In St. Petersburg 
man with arm raised perceived by drivers clearly different; 
rather, ignored. In eventually hamper 'Lada', the woman behind 
the wheel. The road suddenly turns out to be not so short as it 
seemed. First, learn high-rises on the right side of the road 
and woods on the left; I saw it in a picture with some former 
CC or even Enlighta, which shows two of the Digital Reality on 
the background of the house and signature, that picture was 
taken in Ozerki. Next we see an accident on highway and the 
man, fiercely pictures of the 'soap box' their broken Laibach. 
Leave on the quay in front of two bridges that near LDM, just 
behind foreign car Vadik Akimov, also packed sceners. 

   Before the announcement of the awards ceremony - three 
minutes but it looks like the beginning and does not smell. In 
the foyer of the revival: people are catching jtn-a and now 
uchinyaet over it body art, describing markers from head to 
toe, especially girls try:). 

   EA also caught and Konex Gasmana and solemnly handed to him
Gifts from the group Antares: T-shirt with the logo of Zilog 
and floppy with the work of the group.



      EA / Antares (left) presenting gifts Gasman-y


 ... And we have a train in half an hour, and the awards 
ceremony tolkoraskruchivaetsya, with a delay. Her first victim 
is c-jeff, receive a diploma following Mitchell and ... that's 
all, darts off and with all your luggage at the ready rushing 
out of the room. 

             'Pimp' - rulez - 2


   On the raised hand EA stops 'Ford', when we are already in
half a kilometer from the Palace of Youth. The driver asks for a
modest amount, Ilya even surprised this unexpected bounty.

   Flit past the Hermitage, the cruiser 'Aurora' with burning 
side lights, central avenue, and ... stick machine in the dead 
of the cork. Ahead redden fire engines, gleaming raised ladders 
... Fire and smoke are no longer visible, but on the square in 
front of Moscow Railway Station is almost no travel, GAI wraps 
all somewhat to the left, in front of a wide ass 'Gazelle' 
quickly jumps out of the car - and the train. Six minutes 
before departure ... 


        'Yes, I am, knocking on' Asya'...'



   With the first jerk moves off toward Moscow ended ended
Currently, CC4 and
my story and
started in the past - and
time, and comprehension.

   In the compartment quickly silence; affected,
probably tired - not
how the two are not too jerky days
how many of unconcealed
hassle of a delay in the closing ceremony and the subsequent 
autocross to the station. 

   Sleep, sleep. Although
six hours, so our ...

   'Do not sleep. Does not deserve '- St. Petersburg final 
dazzling evening stop-overs return

I was at the foyer area, Daedmen from [DLC] team,
in sustaining stsenerskuyu shot Vadik Akimova
crowd, flock to
no longer protected by the door of the auditorium towards 
prizes and diplomas. Who is this guy, whom I at that moment 
bewildered and helpless replied: "No, I can not remove the 
videos - Card in the apparatus of a small ... No photograph can 
not - he'll be on the 'Zenith' shoot ... No, these batteries 
will not do - in your camera more ...?


   I wish I'd fallen through the floor with his 'Zenith'.
I said 'no' Daedmen-y from [DLC] team. I said 'can not'
reckless naughty Lehi, whose smile warmed up the dripping
the first line of visitors CC4 gloomy Saturday morning. This 
Lehina shaggy shadow in the beam projector calling buried in 
the sheets of music competition the audience: Why sit here 
invented, it is better jump here! In the end, it was his laptop 
for two day through dozens of hands and rescued from oblivion, 
probably not a single creative work has absorbed more than one 
hundred photographs. 

   Lying with his eyes open on the bottom shelf for nearly 
teplyaschimsya spot lights on duty, I was tormented with the 
idea that in this trip to St. Petersburg the only thing I did 
was disgusting a good man.


   I still do not know what the next day for the Internet will 
make my letter to the only correct address and received I know 
the answer and will always remember a nontransferable Lehinu 
patter: "Yeah, I do. Knock in 'Asya'!.." 

   What's in the middle of summer-like warm September meet 
unprecedented in recent years, great 'sisopnik'-poyntovka 
spektrumistov ... No, now the general stsenerskoy parties, 
where I Keep the Promise and the 'featured' beer in 
retaliation:) for the case in St. Petersburg. 

   What else is a couple of weeks we will celebrate the 
birthday Vasey - DJ I-Kick'a together as friends. That one day 
good-naturedly Konex laugh and nod according to hearing from me 
naive, perhaps, phrase: 'worth a trip to St. Petersburg to find 
a friend ... in Moscow! " 


 The people (at the moment - Alone Coder) yuzaet laptop 
Daedmen-a. 

     Color photos of the transformation performed Alone 
Coder-ohm. 


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