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Official invitation
version 0.1.
General information
Date: second half of summer 2000.
Place: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. The venue has not yet been determined. Information about the city of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan
can be found at:
http://www.kzn.ru
http://www.kcn.ru/tat_ru/index.htm
http://www.tatar.ru
http://www.tatarstan.ru
http://kazanet.da.ru
Проезд: место проведения пока не определено.
Время: пока не определено. Ориентировочный пopядoк пpoвeдeнияcompetitions
(the final schedule of 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, rewarding, 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:
- ca...@knet.ru subj:cafe2000
- 2:5049/96.15 subj:cafe2000
General rules
- works created for the platforms are accepted to participate in the competition: Amiga,
PC, BC, ZX-Spectrum
- works made for platforms Amiga and PC are evaluated together
- the competition in each nomination will be held on the condition that there will be
two or more works submitted
- the order of display of works in the nominations will be determined by lot
- 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, lha, lzx archivers are allowed
- works can be submitted to the competition 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 prize places (1-3), but are not present at the competition
(participation through proxies) do not receive prizes
- works are desirable send in advance for testing and checking on
demo machines
- the deadline for submitting work 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 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
- work after 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
- work 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)
- audioaccompaniment 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
- use of packed samples is prohibited
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works,those admitted to the competition will be heard
- 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
- 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)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- acceptable formats - iff, png, jpeg, gif
- 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 bit (16.7 million colors)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- acceptable formats - iff, png, jpeg, gif
- 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
- allowed formats - 80x25, 80x50
- standard ROM font or your own font downloader
- each work will be shown for 30 seconds + 10 second final viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will beshown
- 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 final viewing
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- no more two works from the author
Animation
- allowed 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
- the use of BC 0011M is allowed
- the use of additional RAM 64 is allowed KB.
- 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 required
- work in the form of a disk image file *.bkd or *.img
Demo
is allowed - 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/twofrom the group
ZX-Spectrum
General rules
- work without user intervention
- pure animation is prohibited
- exiting the demo/intro to the system is not required
- work is allowed in the form of a 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
- 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
- Flash 4.0 is allowed
- only the main page (index.html) will be shown
- each work will be shown for 90 seconds
- only 15works admitted to the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author
Entertaining competitions for spectators (funny compo) are provided. 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
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, emm386 (if required)
BK
BK 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
Each participant CAFe'2000 must register. necessarysend
the completed registration form to one of the official CAFe'2000
addresses or to any CAFe'2000 organizer. All information provided by the participant
in the registration form must be true
and will be strictly confidential (not distributed).
A participant who has won a prize place (1-3) in one of the nominations, but has not
filled out the form may have some difficulties in receiving the prize.
Registration form
Full name: .........................................
Postal code: .........................................................
Country: .........................................
City: .................................................
Street: .................................................
Age: ..........................................
E-mail: .........................................
Fido: .........................................
Nickname: .........................................
Group: .........................................
Preselect
Due to the preselect, all works must be registered in advance.
You must send your work via one of the officialCAFe'2000 addresses, taking into account
all requirements.
Under equal conditions, preference is given to work whose author 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 of the 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 in one way or another involved in the CAFe'2000 organization are subject to preselection on a general basis.
Current composition of the preselection committee:
Music: ...
Graphics: ...
ASCII/ANSI: ...
Demo/Intro:...
Organizers
Vysokogorsk Computer Center
Director: Larisa Vladimirovana Bikmullina
mail: 422700, Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan,
village. railway station Vysokaya Gora, st. Shkolnaya, house 17
tel.: +7-84365-21076
e-mail: ro...@vcc.kcn.ru
ro...@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: 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
Павел Ярмольчук
тел.: +7-8432-315583
e-mail: pa...@ksu.ru
pa...@ipian.kazan.ru
fido: 2:5049/46.185
Vitaly / Excess team / PAVIT corporation
Виталий Hикешин
тел.: +7-8432-440949
e-mail: pa...@mail.ru
ZK System / Excess team
Константин Зуйков
тел.: +7-8432-110053
ZL Soft
Ленар Закиров
e-mail: zls...@mail.ru
Информационная поддержка
Журнал "ComputerWorld-Казань" / Журнал "Hi-TECH для всех"
Гл. редактор: Александр Андреев / Михаил Волокитин
почта: 420111, Российская Федерация, Республика Татарстан,
г. Казань, а/я 704
тел.:
+7-8432-642963
e-mail: ro...@cwk.kazan.ru
hit...@bancorp.ru
http: www.cwk.kazan.ru
www.cwk.kazan.ru/hitech
www.hitech.knet.ru
Программа "Система 104" (Радио "Волга" FM104.0)
Ведущий: Булат Каримов - sys104
e-mail: sys...@bancorp.ru
sys...@knet.ru
http: sys104.knet.ru
fido: 2:5049/79.0