C-Net Week #20 31 января 2000

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Demopati - Mega Kvazar'a report on the visit to the Computer Festival "CHAOS CONSTRUCTIONS'999".

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And now actually
material, because of which
beyond this number. So the word
author ...

Explanatory note on
regarding the placement of my
reporting from the festival in CC'999
Gazette C-NET WEEK
-----------------------------

    This material is about
held in July last
year, the festival of computer
Arts


  "CHAOS CONSTRUCTIONS'999"

originally anticipated
place in the journal Movement-2 ".
However, it passed me
report being subjected to
abused by
edition of the latter. In connection with the
this, and taking into account
referred to the importance of
material, it was decided
transfer all rights
Hrodna newspaper publishing
"C-net Week", so that
facilitate the early
the release of her next issue.

    In the preparation of reporting to
publications were used
photos of Vladimir Bulchukeya
(C) Wlodek Black. Express
appreciation to all who
assisted me in collecting
materials, personally, Vladimir, and
also the newspaper "C-net
Week ".


Kvazar / Rush
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

   COMPUTER ART


  "CHAOS CONSTRUCTIONS'999"


   (Special version for

        C-NET WEEK # 20)



(C) KVAZAR / RUSH



<-KVAZAR/RUSH


    Decision to travel to
St. Petersburg, the festival
"CONSTRUCTION HAOSA'999"
I have matured more in the winter,
when it became clear
that no FunTOP'a not
be. This was facilitated not
Only my direct responsibilities
special correspondent of the journal
"RU (s) H" and the newspaper "Polesie"
and a commitment to support
honor of Gomel on the Spectrum
graphics, which was about
ralsya
to expose our artist
MONARCH. In addition, it was
desire to see again with
old friends and acquaintances,
many of whom I knew
only by correspondence or by
correspondence. Visited in the past
by Moscow demopati
"FunTOP", I felt
Now curiosity, what is the
lives Spectrum Scene
today, what new
masterpieces of us are going to
shake? I wanted to see all
with my own eyes, and
opportunistically case
compare our Spectrum
scene with pisishnoy and Amiga.


    As preparations for
trip, I began
in advance, at the right
time we were fully armed.
Pre-purchased tickets,
prepared recorder (thanks
THINKER'u), and several blank
cassettes, in anticipation of
interesting interview. As
posited, the camera and all
the rest. A few weeks
It took a large-scale
campaign Festival
among Belarusian scenery.
More time and money
was spent on
Numerous calls to
Chernihiv, and Cherkasy, their
colleagues on RUSH, with
urgent requests
come on CC'999, or
send back bids
work.


    Firstly, to go along with
me going, and some
friends from Gomel. But, as
it always is, the closer
it is time for the trip, the
there were more different
causes, reasons and excuses. In
Eventually, out of all this
People remain hopeful
Only one FLY - Representative
Homel ZX-NET.

<-FLY aka FLY;)


    Decided to go the day before
festival, because All trains from
Homel, Peter has come in
after 11 o'clock,
hence we are hopelessly
late to the discovery of what
admit it does not.
Problems with accommodation we are not
particularly worried - will decide on
place on arrival.


    Train "Gomel-St.Petersburg"
set off July 1 in 16.20.
Somewhere, at 23.00, passing
through Vitebsk, on the platform, I
SAVAGE met from POWER
GROUP. Of course, our
meeting has been scheduled
advance. As long as the next coach
drank beer, Nicholas
reported that the most likely to
Peter he will go until tomorrow,
as soon as the issue will be resolved with
session. Unfortunately, this
PG times nothing at all had
do, but in vain. Their past
demo "CRASY LOVE" looked
the general background fantopovskih
works very badsome ...
A few minutes later buzzed
whistle of the locomotive, and we
parted ways with the hope of
emergency meeting tomorrow.


    Arrival to St. Petersburg
held at 11 am.
Contrary to expectations, no
front of start of the city not
observed. Everything happened at
surprise too casually and
trivial: not too clean
ramp, dirt in the streets, the smell
moisture in the air, frowning
faces of passersby. Yes, it is
not Moscow. :)

    Within ten minutes we
together with a fly standing on
Square near Vitebsk Station,
feverishly wondering where
to go and whom to call. K
Unfortunately, acquaintances in St. Petersburg in
We did not have. Without hesitation,
decided to call on
The only known
phone MERLIN'a. Russian
rubles have been few, and all
payphones within the line
appeared to have been
expected for the card.
At first, we tried in vain to
find a place where they sell these
most cards. Not finding
anything like that, through
some time, I do the same
gained possession thereof;
asked a passer, but with
the other end of the line we
answered only long beeps.

    Do nothing, we must
move to the school, the benefit that
I kind of remember the address
good enough. And here
we had to deal with
number of truly fantastic
difficulties.
 First: the direct route avtobusnotrolleybusnogo
to the citizen in this day
was and had to go to
Metro. Tokens cost 3 rubles -
terribly expensive, especially for
We - the residents of Belarus, where
travel in any mode of transport
worth, respectively, about
twenty cents (!). Piterskoy
Metro - it is generally a separate
conversation. Accustomed to
Moscow and Minsk
Metro, I was somewhat
struck by a strange kind
turnstiles with swivel
barrier. The purpose of this
devaysa - knock
luckless pedestrian, if
He (God forbid) try
go free then. Stinger
knees can throw a
feet of anyone. :)

    Successfully passing this
horror and descending the
escalator down, we find ourselves in
Realm of Chaos, with a large
letters. Where are the strict
and clear signs and billboards?
Completely incomprehensible, where
go? People rushing shaft, and we
go with the flow forward.
We got to the station area
Courage "and it is here that
began the most interesting.
The fact that nobody in
within half an hour we could not
clearly explain where the same
stops the one
referred to the organizers
"Free" bus?
Struck by how bad the indigenous
St. Petersburg people who know their city.
Only ten people could
more or less correctly identify
location of the ill-fated
stop. It turned out that this
Bus number 80, about what,
Of course, I forgot to inform
committee.


    Second: in any
normal city in the presence of
bus-trolleybus
stopping points,
if not shed, at least, would
appropriate sign.
Oblazy within ten minutes
all roadway and
found neither the one nor the other,
quite by accident on the eye
comes across a small, barely
visible sign, suspended
in the middle of the carriageway.
Bus number 80 brings us
back to the subway and then have to
pay money to go
through these terrible turnstiles ...


  "Secondary
School-79, is this inscription
We read on a sign at the
entrance. To our mutual
joy door was open.
Once inside, I immediately noticed
near the entrance to a large,
printed on a printer
poster "ZX-SPECTRUM", and
sitting beneath a young
rights. When he saw us he
rose to meet us and
gently asked not
Have we arrived at SS'999.
After hearing a positive response,
he was terribly happy and
told that his name
Alexander Filippov, he is from
Vladivostok, was riding on a train
eight days (!) <:-() and
three days to wander by Peter
looking for organizers
festival. After our
mutual acquaintance
revealed that on the eve of
school to make repairs and
came to some sort of commission and
here, is now itself
Vsevolod Potapov aka RANDOM.



<-RANDOM/CC


    A few minutes later
We have already spoken with Seva and its
ottsom who offered us
Directions to the office of theirs, in passing
kindly provided to our
disposal of personal
vehicles. Leaving
office at Potapov their stuff
three of us went straight
the firm "Scorpion" ...

    Unfortunately, Sergey Zonov
absent and we had
satisfied by
Sergei and Andrei Zerova
Larchenko. Alexander Filippov
interested boards SMUC
to connect the HDD, but we
Mucha began to study
proprietary price lists. Whatever
say, the prices have skorpionschikov
really crazy.
After interviews with staff
firms and Zatar on
farewell to two key of
com (for a bottle of beer
which promised to put down their
tomorrow!), the three of us wandered
back to the office. There are already
slowly began to gather
people. Boiling away work:
printed sheets
voting and entrance fees.
We are involved in the work.
Completely invisible to us,
arrived at the office VOVA
HEX / BYTEX, 4D group from Perm
a soon, and he ARTY / DR with
companions. As it turned out,
the latter stopped at
Vyacheslav Mednonogova and already
had time to look at
preparing "BLACK
RAVEN-2 "...


    I, in turn,
decided not to waste unnecessarily
time and pulling the tape recorder
went in search of
potential victims. ARTY,
seeing the tape recorder immediately
waved his hands and said that
He gave no interviews
now will not. In my
question about the fate of their global
projects Artem replied that
Journal "SCENERGY", finally,
completely finished, and they
brought him here, to the party.
As for the "DOOM" and
"MEGABALL", these toys,
albeit very slowly, but still
is appended.



    Once all the tickets and
lists for the voting was
printed and gently us
cut, we all crowd
went back to the street
Bryantseva in school.

    Here we were
main job: to bring in
procedure room, and bring
arrange the rows of chairs, etc.
Immediately struck by the
small size of the auditorium,
which hardly would bring together those
250 members and guests at
which were stored
tickets. Once all
chairs in the room were arranged
in its place, these
suspicion only strengthened.
It was decided to bring out
school gymnasium and lobby
long benches and place
behind their chairs at the
If the number of guests
exceeds expected
minimum. From the director's office
School brought the proper
equipment and apparatus: two
TV's "Horizon"
amplifier and speakers. Somewhere
there were several
"Scorpion" with monitors,
several coils
electric cable.

    Until late in the evening
room was provided in
divine form. From the bowels of the school
cabinets, chairs and dragged
bench. Since
Most of the premises
was under the alarm,
had to comply
caution. RANDOM
putting up signs everywhere
like: "smoking area"
"Toilet" and so I somehow
noticed that in
Indoor completely
No bins wherever
could throw garbage -
absolutely necessary thing.
Together with ARTY We went
looking for litter boxes.
Finding impressive size
cardboard box from under the
refrigerator, we voodruzili
this makeshift urn in
posterior wall of the hall. Several
cardboard boxes smaller
size was placed in
corridors, and "smoking room". As
showed the next day -
absolutely all the boxes were
top to bottom for - bits of gobies,
plastic and beer
bottles, paper and other
debris. FLY, voluntarily
playing the role of security, all
this time guarding the entrance of school
from unwanted visitors.

    Someone from the Organizer
went to the nearest store
for mineral water and other
refreshments.
Appeared after a
time the bottles were
immediately emptied and
sent to the already mentioned
urn.

To be continued ...

MAN> A couple of comments with me
:) Although I was personally at the CC, I
did not see what was going on behind
the scenes and was still davolno
interesting to read about all the
events ... Even rereading
Now (when it is necessary
preparing for CC'000) this
material received by such
feeling that it was
yesterday ... :) Also, I would
advised to read this
material to those varying all
whether to go to CC'000 or
No: (I want to assure you,
it's worth! and how! because
such party is not forgotten!
The material is very voluminous and
will have to allocate at
several numbers. Also with
material sent KVAZAR
mnozhetvo photos here
will be issued only to those
who has to otnoschenie
call (text), others
can be found in annex ...