CAFe'2000 rules

ZXNet echo conference «real.speccy»

From Pavel Vladimiroff To All 11 May 2000

General information

Date: July 29, 30, 2000.

Venue: the venue has not yet been determined.

Directions: the venue has not yet been determined, wait for additional
information.

Time: opening at 10 o'clock (Moscow). Approximate order of the competitions (the final schedule of the competitions will be known on 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.

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Results of the following range of devices: Amiga,
PC, Movie and ZX-Spectrum
- free download for Amiga and PC desktop phones
- price at If you want to get a smile on your face, please
Pictures of snow and ice cream
- snowflake snowflakes in snowflakes Do not be afraid
- you can get a smile on your face конкурса
- I'm not sureonly works that have not previously been exhibited anywhere
- works packaged with rar, zip, lha, lzx archivers are allowed
- works for the competition can be submitted by authorized persons who bear
all responsibility for their correct execution
- one authorized person cannot represent more than one author/group
- the participant who takes a prize place (1-3) in one of the nominations in
the competition receives a prize
- persons who take prizes (1-3), but are not present at the competition
(participation through proxies) do not receive prizes
- it is advisable to send works in advance for testing and checking on
demo machines
- the deadline for submitting works is 60 minutes before the competition
- each participant must fill out a registration form for each
submitted by him work

Competition rules

Amiga/PC demo/intro

General rules [Amiga]

- minimum configuration MC68030/68882/16 MB. fast
- maximum working memory size 32 MB. fast
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- work without user intervention
- exit from the demo/intro to the system at any time by pressing the left mouse button
- when exiting the demo/intro the computer should not be rebooted, i.e. exit
must occur back to the operating system
- pure animation is prohibited
- workafter running SetPatch

General rules [PC]

- minimum configuration P166MMX/16 MB.
- maximum working memory size 32 MB.
- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- operation without user intervention
- exit from the demo/intro to the system at any time by pressing ESC
- when exiting the demo/intro the computer should not be rebooted, i.e. exit
must occur back to the operating system
- the use of hardware accelerators (3Dfx, etc.) is prohibited
- Windows DirectX, DirectSound, etc. services are prohibited
- pure animation is prohibited
- the use of the Vesa 2.0 specification (and UniVBE) is allowed

Demo

- maximum volume 6 MB. (6,291,456 bytes)
- audio 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)
- audio is desirable
- DOS4GW, 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)
- DOS4GW, 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 (ProTracker) is allowed
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be listened to
- no more than two works from the author

Multi-channel 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, mod
- the use of packed samples is prohibited
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be listened to
- no more than two works from the author

MP3 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 accepted for the competition will be listened to
- only one work from the author

Graphics and animation

Hand-drawn graphics

- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- acceptable formats -gif, iff, jpeg, png
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second final 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)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited images
- acceptable formats - gif, iff, jpeg, png
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second final viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author

ASCII graphics

- acceptable formats - 80x25, 80x50
- standard ROM font or your own font launcher
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second final 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 your own font launcher
- only static ones works
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second final viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more than two works from the author

Animation

- acceptable formats - mpg, mov, avi, fli, flc
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shownshown
- only one work from the author

General rules

- the use of BC 0011M is allowed
- 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
- work in the form of an image file is allowed disk *.bkd or *.img

Demo

- maximum volume 800 KB. (1 disc)
- sound 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 required
- works in the form of disk image file *.trd

Demo

- maximum volume 640 KB. (1 disc)
- sound 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 size 8 MB. (8,388,608 bytes)
- no rules
- all necessary software and hardware
for listening/viewing are provided by the participants
- 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
- the use of Flash 4.0 technology 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

Provided entertaining competitions for spectators (funny compo). Such
as Coca-Cola- (Fanta-, Sprite-) compo, Wild show, etc. Anyone can participate in
such competitions.

Equipment

Preliminary characteristics of demo machines (changes are possible towards
improving the configuration).

Amiga

A1200, Blizzard MC68060/50
RAM 2 MB/32 MB
AmigaOS 3.0/3.1/3.5

AMD K6-2 400
RAM 610 KB./128 MB.
Gravis Ultrasound 1 MB./Sound Blaster 16
S3 Virge 4 MB.
uniVBE (if required)
DOS 7.10/Win9x, himem, emm386 (if required)

BC 0011M
RAM 128 KB./64 KB. (ALTPRO SMK64)
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

Lighting/sound equipment - multimedia projector (large screen),
powerful club stereo system, etc.

Registration

connection with the preselect, all work must be registered in advance.
It is necessary to send the work with a completed registration form to one of the
official addresses of CAFe'2000, taking into account all the requirements.

Registration form

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Work: .........................................................................
Compo: .........................................................................
Group(s): ...................................................................
Author(s):..........................................................
Contact: ..................................................................
Comment: ..................................................
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mail: 420066, Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan,
Kazan, PO Box 190
Vladimirov Pavel Vyacheslavovich
(send work at least 2-3 weeks before the start competition)
e-mail: ca...@knet.ru
ftp: ftp.knet.ru login:cafeguest password:123456
fido: 2:5049/96.15
bbs: +7-8432-private working hours: xx:xx - xx:xx (Moscow)

The tasks of the pre-selection committee include selecting the best works for competitions in
according to the rules. Only the best, in the opinion of the preselectors, works will be admitted to the competition. Thus, each work submitted to the competition will go through a preselection, regardless of the number of works in a particular nomination. Competitive works of members of the preselection committee,
as well as persons involved in one way or anotherCAFe'2000 organizations pass
preselection on a general basis.
Under equal conditions, preference is given to work whose author is personally
present at the competition.

Organizers

pasha / Excess team / PAVIT corporation / Secular
Pavel Vladimirov
tel.: +7-8432-578974
e-mail: exces...@mail.ru
ps...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15

Lasoft / Excess team
Alexander Levin
tel.: +7-8432-930722
e-mail: las...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/42.42

Paparazzi / Excess team
Pavel Yarmolchuk
tel.: +7-8432-315583
e-mail: pa...@ksu.ru
pa...@ipian.kazan.ru

Vitaly / Excess team / PAVIT corporation
Vitaly Nikeshin
tel.: +7-8432-440949
e-mail: pa...@mail.ru

ZK System / Excess team
Konstantin Zuikov
tel.: +7-8432-110053
e-mail: zk_s...@mail.ru

ZL Soft
Lenar Zakirov
e-mail: zls...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/116.66

Information support

Magazine "Hi-TECH for everyone"
Ch. editor: Mikhail Volokitin
mail: 420111, Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan,
Kazan, PO Box 704
tel.: +7-8432-386673
+7-8432-642963
e-mail: ro...@cwk.kazan.ru
hit...@bancorp.ru
http: www.cwk.kazan.ru/hitech
www.hitech.knet.ru

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Amiga Download
Web-master: Влиимир Чиков - DJV
Влим Аствв - Vad
e-mail: d...@lek.ru
ami...@atlant.ru
http: www.atlant.ru/amiga

ENLiGHT Project
Web-master: Petr Sobolev
e-mail: fr...@enlight.ru
http: www.enlight.ru