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.
