Optron #12 22 мая 1998

Демопати

Funtop'98 - Official Information v1.3.

                 FunTop98



  In August this year take place in Moscow
The festival of computer art
FunTop98 - Enlight'a legal successor. After
some thought we decided to publish official information about 
the upcoming Festival.




         International Festival

    computer art 'FunTop98'

          Official Information


             v1.3 on 05/04/1998



  International festival of computer
art "FunTop98" will be held on August 22
Moscow, at the premises of Experimental
secondary school number 91
Russian Academy of Education, located at: ul. Cook,
d. 14.

  This is the first event in Russia this
kind entirely devoted to
computer ZX-Spectrum. The main objectives of the Festival - to 
establish contacts between producers, exchange of ideas, 
presentations new games and software programs, conducting

contests with prizes awarded to winners.

  To visit the Festival, you must first send a request to
one of the addresses specified in Section
"Contact information".

  Entrance to the Festival of charge, estimated cost - 20 
rubles (denominated). For latecomers to the registration - 30 
rubles. The proceeds will be used to reward winners 
competitions. 

  At the Festival will open trading software
where you not only can get old
and new programs, but also to sell its own copyrights (not 
competitive) work. In this case, it is highly desirable to send 
them in advance. Copyright compliance is guaranteed. 



    Common rules of competition



  By tradition, the Festival will be held contests work in the 
following categories: Demo, Music and Graphics, as well as 
competition 4K-Intro.


  From the same author / group of the contest received no more 
than one job in each nomination. If the work is

the result of collective creativity, rather the presence of at 
least one representative of the group. If there are valid 
reasons (difficulty in passing, illness, exams, problems with 
visas and etc.) may be part-time participation in the 
competition - you can send your work to or e-mail or send

with others, with the insistent
wish to pre-register
such works remain in force.

  Work submitted to the contest must send in advance via e-
or regular mail or hand in person, accompanied by information 
about authors and the work itself (see the sample application). 
Privacy and copyright compliance with by the Organizing 
Committee is guaranteed. Last day of registration papers - 
August 8. Sent out later than this date the work will be

adopted only in exceptional cases and
if circumstances permit, except for works
in the category "Demo" - you can bring them
directly to the Festival if the work is gradually completed in 
the last minute. However, this The situation is regarded as an 
extreme case, the price of admission for participants 
privozyaschih their work directly to the Festival, without 
sending them in advance, even with pre-registration will be the 
same as those who are not registered in advance. In the case of 
an excessive amount of work will be carried out their 
pre-selected authoritative jury composed from persons not 
participating in the competitions. Not The selected works will 
be shown out of competition, if the guests and Festival 
participants will express a desire for something, and will be 
included in the collections. Work, participating in contests, 
automatically into being the FREEWARE - subject

free flow, but if the author (s) for whatever reason do not 
wish to inclusion of their works in the collection and 
subsequent distribution, they should notify the Organizing 
Committee in advance, it is desirable to have when applying for 
participation in the contest. 

   During a contest works viewers will have to choose three 
favorite and award them one to three points,

noting it on the form for voting. The photographers who took 
the first three places in number of points will be declared 
winners and awarded valuable prizes.




         Requirements for jobs

        submitted to the competition



  In all categories is not allowed
the submitted papers before
participate in any such events.



             Graphics compo



  Prohibited by a digitized or converted from other platforms 
graphics, as well as proper treatment of foreign works. In the 
event of such a suspicion the author must provide the jury 
milestones compositing.




             4K Intro compo



  The works will be on display
computer, the following configuration: Pentagon 128 (3.5 Mhz, 
128K, TR-DOS 5.03/5.04T, AY-3-8910/12, 5'25 DS / DD FDD).


  Work should be submitted as one file type "C" with a starting 
address coinciding with catalog load address

and are in the range from # 6000 to
# FFFF; file length not more than 16 sectors.

  The program can use any
embedded resources ROM computer base
configuration memory from # 6000 to # FFFF to any pages of 
memory, but the 6 th. Program must return control through RET, 
in 128K main memory configurations (included with page 0); IY = 
# 5C3A standard, with preemption mode IM 1;

intact area of ​​system variables, with muted AY. Clear the 
screen and restore the original color is not required.


  The duration of the demonstration - to 3
minutes, including time spent on the calculation / preparation 
/ decompress the data. 



              Music compo



  Allowed only on interrurt songs for coprocessor
AY-3-8910/12. Digital work will not be accepted for the 
competition because of the complexity of determining their 
originality. 

  Works are accepted in compiled
under the address # C000 (49152) as indicating
music editor, which was written composition.

  Highly desirable to send the original
(Not compiled) version of the song.
It will not be subject to free
distribution (unless otherwise agreed with the
author).

  In the case of non-conventional
means of creating music (for example,
own music editor)
please send them along with the work. They
also not be allowed to freely
proliferation.

  Maximum play time - 3
minutes.



              Demo compo



  The works will be on display
computer, the following configuration: Pentagon 128 (3.5 Mhz, 
128K, TR-DOS 5.03/5.04T, AY-3-8910/12, 5'25 DS / DD FDD). 
Organizing Committee decides to distribute non-competition

analogues of works intended for display at a computer 
configuration (eg, tap-version-CIS). 

  The transition between the parts of the demonstration is not
should require keystrokes, while the availability of such 
opportunities only welcome.


  Work must not contain obscene
expressions in any language, or some
other manner inconsistent with the moral or legal norms.

  "Pure animation has traditionally prohibited.
The demo should dominate realtime effects.

  The maximum duration of the demonstration - 10 minutes.

  Maximum size - a TR-DOS disk.

  Prohibited to protect the disk from being copied. Any other 
restrictions in within the TR-DOS 5.03, not (for example, music

during loading, etc. allowed).

  Allowed protection code from view,
hacking button "Magic" and others, but also for
compliance with the conditions of a free copy.



          Contact Information



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


       E-mail: master@satan.spb.su

          FidoNet: 2:5020 / 689.1

  ZXNet: Wladimir Bulchukey (500:95 / 462)

                  Email:

  1) 125130, Moscow, POBox 51

  2) 107241, Moscow, Schelkovskoe highway 31,
square. 7. VV Bulchukey.


  For these addresses, you can also get
any additional information. Correspondence should include in 
the To: (or on the envelope) marked "FunTop98" and, if

You do not complicate, Narrow application
(Example: "FunTop98. Demo Compo", "FunTop98. Info", etc.).

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


               SAMPLE
Alias ​​(Handle): FireSoft
Name, author's name (Real name): Ivan Ivanov
Group (Group): Firefighters CHG
Mailing address (Address): 123456,
g.Elektroshok, 666 I Street, 13, Apt. 911
Telephone (Phone): (001) 123-4567
E-mail Address (es): 2:345 / 133.1,
firer@dialup.ru
Competition (Compo): Demo compo
Title of work (Work name): The Help!
Filename (s): thehelp.B, thehelp.C

               SAMPLE


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



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


                Organizing Committee MFKI "FunTop98"


                  Chairman of Organizing Committee

                         Vladimir Bulchukey



              Attachment # 1

   Directions to the venue of the Festival


Venue of the Festival "FunTop98" -
st. Cook, 14 (School 91). Directions: Metro "Arbat", "Library 
of them. Lenin" "Borovitskaya. The yield on the street. Novy 
Arbat to "Moscow House of Books." At the corner of Arbat Square 
in front of the facade Cinema "Art" to enter the underground 
passage, after entering the transition to turn in right tunnel, 
go shopping along a number of "Paninter" and go to the opposite 
side of the street New Arbat, from the underground transition - 
to the left, go approximately 150 m st. Novy Arbat street by 
the post office and telegraph (which was formerly "Staff 
Inforkoma") to fork streets; in front of you will be the 
church, street, branching to the right diagonally - Cook. The 
white five-story school building about 100 yards from the turn 
to st. Cook with the Novy Arbat street. Graphical layout of 
traffic from the metro Arbatskaya to the school building in 
1991 will be included in subsequent informational 
mini-demonstrations and published in the newspaper "Nicron".




              Attachment # 2

  Approximate schedule of the Festival


Saturday, August 22

10.00. Grand opening MFKI

        "FunTop98".
10.00 - 11.00. Final registration

               works; parallel - show

               non-competitive activities, higher
               tupleniya authors of software and

               Hardware, to solve the current

               organizational issues please, etc.
11.00 - 11.45. Contest of graphic works.
11.45 - 12.00. Adjournment.
12.00 - 12.45. Competition 4K-Intro.
12.45 - 13.00. Adjournment.
13.00 - 16.00. Competition of musical works.
16.00 - 16.30. Adjournment.
16.30 - 19.00. Contest Demo.
19.00 - 20.00. Counting of votes, parallel
               parallel with speech

               authors communicate with the press;

               a rerun of the best dem

               etc.
20.00 - 20.30. Awarding of the winners,

               closing ceremony of Fez
               Tiwal.

Sunday, August 23 - informal communication, cultural events 
outside the official framework of the Festival. 



              Attachment # 3

       Members of the Organizing Committee FunTop98:


Alex Ivanov Alex (R)
Alex Letaev Asder FFC
Dmitry Grigoryev Oldman
Sergei Novikov Spirit Digital

                                Reality
Ilya Ivanov ZX-Shadow Z-Factor
Andrew Savichev m @ s Census

                                Group SPB
(Head of the pre-registration papers)

Vladimir Bulchukey (Wlodek Black) - Chairman of the Organizing 
Committee 



              Attachment # 4

     Additional channel of information


Chairman of the Organizing Committee
"FunTop98" Vladimir Bulchukey:

e-mail: wlblack@ns.91.ru
ZXNet: 500:95 / 462
Phone: (095) 462-89-02
postal address: 107241 Moscow, Schelkovskoe
Highway 31, Apt. 7.

You can contact us with any questions
the theme of the Festival and are sure to get an answer.



               From the Editor



  In addition, with questions about the upcoming
festival you can contact the editors
"OPTRON" - or the answers themselves, or give your questions 
for the organizing committee.