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Official invitation
version 0.1.
General information
Date: second half of summer 2000.
Place: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
walkie-talkie The venue has not yet been determined. Information about
Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan can be found at the following addresses:
http://www.kzn.ru
http://www.kcn.ru/tat_ru/index.htm
http://www.tatar.ru
http://www.tatarstan.ru
http://kazanet.da.ru
Getting there: the venue has not yet been determined.
Time: not yet determined. Approximate order of pro-
conducting competitions (the final schedule of competitions will be
known July 29, 2000, the first day of CAFe'
2000):
Day 1 Day 2
1. Opening 1. Opening of the 2nd day
2. 64K Web page 2. Amiga/PC 4K intro
3. Multi-channel music 3. 4-channel music
4. ZX Spectrum 4K intro 4. BC 4K intro
5. Hand-drawn graphics 5.Simulated graphics
6. BC demo 6. ZX Spectrum demo
7. Wild demo/Funny compos 7. Wild show/Funny compos
8. Amiga/PC 64K intro 8. Amiga/PC demo
9. MP3 music 9. Animation
10. ANSI graphics 10. ASCII graphics
11. Closing of the 1st day 11. Results, awards, closing
Cost: ticket price for 2 competition days is 50
rubles, for 1 competition day - 30 rubles.
Prizes: cash prizes, certificates, symbols.
The latest version of these rules can always be found at:
- http://cafeparty.da.ru
- cafe@knet.ru subj:cafe2000
- 2:5049/96.15 subj:cafe2000
General rules
- works created for
platforms: Amiga, PC, BC, ZX-Spectrum
- works made for the Amiga and PC platforms are evaluated
together
- the competition in each nomination will be held on the condition that
that two or more works will be presented
- the order of display of works in nominations will be determined by nomination
I beat
- all works must be made specifically for the competition
- only works that have not previously been exhibited anywhere are accepted
- works packaged with rar, zip archivers are allowed
lha, lzx
- works for the competition can be submitted by authorized persons,
which bears full responsibility for their correct execution
opinion
- one trusted personcannot represent more than one
author/group
- a participant who took a prize (1-3) in one of the nominations
nations at the competition, receives a prize
- persons who took prizes (1-3), but are not present
prizes are not awarded at the competition (participation through proxies)
- it is advisable to send the work in advance for testing, and
tests on demo machines
- deadline for submitting works is 30 minutes before the competition
- each participant must fill out the registration form
Competition rules
Amiga/PC demo/intro
General rules [Amiga]
- minimum configuration MCb8030/68882/16 MB. fast
- maximum working memory size 32 MB. fast
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- work without user intervention
- exit the demo/intro to the system at any time by clicking
left mouse button
- when exiting the demo/intro, the computer should not overload -
Xia, i.e. exit must occur back to the operating system
topic
- pure animation is prohibited
- work after running SetPatch
General rules [PC]
- minimum configuration P1bbMMX/16 MB.
- maximum working memory size 32 MB.
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
Comrade)
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- work withoutuser intervention
- exit the demo/intro to the system at any time by clicking
ESC
- when exiting the demo/intro, the computer should not overload -
Xia, i.e. exit must occur back to the operating system
topic
- the use of hardware accelerators (ЗDfx and
etc.)
- Windows DirectX, DirectSound, etc. services are prohibited.
- pure animation is prohibited
- the use of the Vesa 2.0 specification (and Uni-
VBE)
Demo
- maximum volume 6 MB. (6,291,456 bytes)
- sound accompaniment is required
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/group
64K intro
- maximum volume 64 KB. (65,536 bytes)
- preferably sound accompaniment
- DOSHGW, DPMI, etc. services for PC will not be provided
- only the first 5 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/two from the group
4K intro
- maximum volume 4 KB. (4,096 bytes)
- DOSHGW, DPMI, etc. services for PC will not be provided
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/two from the group
Music
4 channel music
- maximum module size 1 MB. (1,048,576 bytes)
- only standard MOD file format (ProT-
racker)
- only the first ones4 minutes of melody will be listened to
- only 15 works admitted to the competition will be auditioned
- no more than two works from the author
Multichannel music
- maximum module size 4 MB. (4,194,304 bytes)
- maximum number of channels, including NNA, no more than 32
- allowed formats - xm, it, med, dbm
- the use of packed samples is prohibited
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works admitted to the competition will be auditioned
- no more than two works from the author
MRZ music
- maximum file size 4 MB. (4,194,304 bytes)
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works admitted to the competition will be auditioned
- no more than two works from the author
Graphics and animation
Hand-drawn graphics
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
Comrade)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- accepted formats - iff, png, jpeg, gif
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second fi-
personal viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author
Simulated graphics
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
Comrade)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- allowed formats - iff,png, jpeg, gif
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second fi-
personal viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author
ASCII graphics
- allowed formats - 80x25, 80x50
- standard ROM font or custom font downloader
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second fi-
personal viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author
ANSI graphics
- allowed formats - 80x25, 80x50
- standard ROM font or custom font downloader
- only static works
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second fi-
personal viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author
Animation
- accepted formats - mpg, mov, avi, fli, flc
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author
BC
General rules
- it is allowed to use BC 0011M
- the use of additional RAM 64 KB is allowed.
- the use of a hard drive is allowed
- work without user intervention
- pure animation is prohibited
- exiting the demo/intro to the system is not necessary
- works are allowed in the form of a disk image file *.bkd or
*.imgDemo
- maximum volume 800 KB. (1 disc)
- sound accompaniment is required
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/group
4K intro
- maximum file size 4 KB. (4,096 bytes)
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/two from the group
ZX-Spectrum
General rules
- work without user intervention
- pure animation is prohibited
- exiting the demo/intro to the system is not necessary
- works in the form of a disk image file *.trd are allowed
Demo
- maximum volume 640 KB. (1 disc)
- sound accompaniment is required
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/group
4K intro
- maximum file size 4 KB. (4,096 bytes)
- only the first 3 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/two from the group
Other competitions
Wild demo
- maximum volume 8 MB. (8,388,608 bytes)
- no rules
- everything you need for listening/viewing software and
hardwareprovided by participants
- pure animation is prohibited
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/group
64K Web page
- maximum volume 64 KB. (65,536 bytes)
- correct display of basic configurations in IE 4.x and NN 4.xx
gurations
- Flash 4.0 is allowed
- only the main page (index.html) will be shown
- each work will be shown for 90 seconds
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author
Entertaining competitions for spectators are provided
(funny compo). Such as Coca-Cola- (Fanta-, Sprite-) compo,
Wild show, etc. Anyone can participate in such competitions
willing.
Technique
Preliminary characteristics of demo machines (possible due to
changes towards improving the configuration).
Amiga
A1200, Blizzard MCб8060/50
RAM 2 MB/32 MB.
AmigaOS 3.0/3.1/3.5
PC
Celeron 333
RAM 610 KB./128 MB.
Gravis Ultrasound 1 MB./Sound Blaster 16
S3 Virge 4 MB.
uniVBE (if required)
DOS 7.10/Win95, himem,
emmЗ86 (if required)
BC
BK 0011M
RAM 128Kb./64 Kb. (ALTPRO SMKbCh)
YM2149F/Covox/Sound Drive
HDD 240 MB. (Samsung)
MK-DOS v3.17/ANDOS v3.30/CSI-DOS v3.30
5.25"/3.5" fdd
ZX Spectrum
Pentagon 128 Z80A/3.5
RAM 128 KB.
AY-3-8910A (ACB)/Covox (port #FB)
TR-DOS v5.04
5.25"/3.5" fdd
Light/sound equipment - multimedia projector
(large screen), powerful club stereo system, etc.
Registration
Each CAFe'2000 participant must register.
You must send the completed registration form one by one
to any of the official addresses of CAFe'2000 or to any organizer
CAFe'2000. All information provided by the participant in the re-
the registration form must correspond to reality
and will be strictly confidential (not distributed).
The participant who took the prize (1-3) in one of the nominations
nations, but who has not completed the form may have some difficulty
problems when receiving a prize.
Registration form
Full name: ...................................................
Mail: ....................................................
Country: .....................................................
City: ..................................................... Street: ....................................................
Age: .....................................................
E-mail: ....................................................
Fido: .....................................................
Nick: ...................................................
Group: .....................................................
Preselect
Due to the preselection, all work must be registered
in advance. It is necessary to send the work to one of the official
CAFe'2000 addresses, taking into account all required requirements
bovaniya.
Under equal conditions, preference is given to work, author
who is personally present at the competition.
mail: 420066, Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan,
Kazan, PO Box 190
(send work at least 2-3 weeks before the start
competition)
e-mail: cafe@knet.ru
ftp: ftp.knet.ru login:cafeguest password:123456
fido: 2:5049/96.15
bbs: +7-8432-private opening hours: xx:xx - xx:xx (Moscow)
The tasks of the pre-selection committee include selecting the best works
for competitions in accordance with the rules. Only the best
In the opinion of the preselectors, the works will be admitted to the competition. Ta-
how each work presented atthere will be a competition
pass through the preselect, regardless of the number of pa-
bot in one category or another. Competitive works of members of the pre-
selection committee, as well as persons involved in one way or another in the organization
CAFe'2000 organizations undergo preselection on a general basis.
Current composition of the Preselek Committee:
Music:...
Graphics: ...
ASCII/ANSI: ...
Demo/Intro: ...
Organizers
Vysokogorsk Computer Center
Director: Larisa Vladimirovana Bikmullina
mail: 422700, Russian Federation, Republic
Tatarstan, village railway station Vysokaya Gora, st. Shkolnaya, house 17
tel.: +7-84365-21076
e-mail: root@vcc.kcn.ru
root@vcc.v-gora.tatarstan.ru
http: www.kcn.ru/school/vcc
pasha / Excess team / PAVIT corporation / Secular
Pavel Vladimirov
tel.: +7-8432-578974
e-mail: excess_team@mail.ru
psh_@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15
Lasoft/Excess team
Alexander Levin
tel.: +7-8432-930722
e-mail: lasoft@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/42.42
Paparazzi/Excess team
Pavel Yarmolchuk
tel.: +7-8432-315583
e-mail: pavel@ksu.ru
pavel@ipian.kazan.ru
fido: 2:5049/46.185
Vitaly / Excess team / PAVIT corporation
Vitaly Nikeshin
tel.: +7-8432-440949
e-mail: pavit@mail.ru
ZK System/Excessteam
Konstantin Zuikov
tel.: +7-8432-110053
ZL Soft
Lenar Zakirov
e-mail: zlsoft@mail.ru
Information pad
Magazine "ComputerWorld-Kazan"
/ Journal "Hi-TECH for all"
See editor: Alexander Andreev / Mikhail Volokitin
Postal: 420111, Russian Federation,
Republic of Tatarstan, city Kazan, a/a 704
tel.: +7-8432-386673
+7-8432-642963
e-mail: root@cwk.kazan.ru
hitech@bancorp.ru
http: www.cwk.kazan.ru
www.cwk.kazan.ru/hitech
www.hitech.knet.ru
Program "System 104" (Radio "Volga" FM104.0)
Host: Bulat Karimov - sys104
e-mail: sys104@bancorp.ru
sys104@knet.ru
http: sys104.knet.ru
fido: 2:5049/79.0
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