CAFe'99. Rules ver2.0.

ZXNet echo conference «real.speccy»

From Pavel Vladimiroff To All 8 June 1999

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Общая информация

Дата проведения: 28, 29 августа 1999year. The event is timed to coincide with the Independence Day of the Republic of Tatarstan, August 30.
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

Venue: to be confirmed.

Time: to be confirmed (the actual schedule will be known no later than 1-2 weeks before the competition)

Cost of visiting: the preliminary ticket price for 2 competition days
is 50 rubles, for 1 competition day - 30 rubles. All girls
receive a 50% discount on tickets.

The latest version of these rules can always be found at:

- PsychoPathBBS (CAFe'99 WHQ)
tel.: +7-8432-424909 23:00 - 7:00 (Moscow)

- FidoNet Robot
2:5049/94.0 subj:cafe99

- http://cafeparty.da.ru

General rules

- drug use is prohibited funds
- alcohol consumption is prohibited
- littering is prohibited
- smoking is allowed only in specially designated areas
- works created for the platform are accepted to participate in the competition: 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 there will be
three or more works submitted
- order 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
- for the presentation of demos, intros, 4-channel music and animation, works can
be presented by authorized persons, at whombears full responsibility for
the correct execution of the work
- one authorized person cannot represent more than one author/group
- for the presentation of graphics, multi-channel music, ascii and ansi, the presence of the author/one member of the group is required
- the participant who takes a prize (1-3) in one of the nominations in the
competition receives a prize
- in the absence of the author, the prize will be awarded to the authorized person
- all works must be submitted to one of the CAFe'99 addresses before August 23
1999
- music and graphics will not be accepted after August 26, 1999
- demos, intros and animations can be registered on the day of the
competition
- it is advisable to send works in advance, for testing and checking on
demo machines
- each the participant must fill out a registration form for each
work exhibited by him
- the order of the competitions (the final competition schedule will be
known on August 28, 1999, the first day of CAFe'99):

Day 1 Day 2

1. Opening 1. Opening of the 2nd day
2. Amiga/PC 1K intro 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. Amiga/PC 64K intro 7. Amiga/PC demo
8. Wild 8. Animation
9. Closing of the 1st day 9. Results, awards, closing

Competitions

Amiga/PC

Amiga
- minimum configuration: MC68030/68882/16 MB. fast
- maximum working memory size 32 MB. fast
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- 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 launching SetPatch

PC
- minimum configuration: P133/16 MB.
- maximum working memory size 32 MB.
- looping only using the "-loop" parameter
- exit from the demo/intro to the system at any time by pressing ESC
- when When exiting the demo/intro, the computer should not be overloaded, i.e. output
must occur back to the operating system
- pure animation is prohibited
- the use of hardware accelerators (3Dfx, etc.) is prohibited
- Windows DirectX, DirectSound, etc. services are prohibited
- the use of the Vesa 2.0 specification (and UniVBE) is allowed

Demo

- the total volume of all files or one file in unpacked form on
the hard drive should not exceed 4 MB. (4,194,304 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)
- DOS4GW, DPMI, etc. services will not be provided
- audio is preferred
- 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 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

1K intro

- maximum volume 1 KB. (1,024 bytes)
- DOS4GW, DPMI, etc. services will not be provided
- only the first 90 seconds will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author / two from the group

4-channel music

- maximum module size is 1 MB. (1,048,576 bytes)
- only the 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
- only two works from the author

Multi-channel music

- maximum module size 4 MB. (4,194,304 bytes)
- maximum number of channels: 32
- allowed formats: s3m, xm, it, med, dbm
- the use of packed samples is prohibited
- the use of more than 32 NNA channels is prohibited
- only the first 4 minutes of the melody will be listened to
- only 15 works admitted to the competition will be listened to
- only two works from the author

Hand-drawn graphics

- maximum resolution 800x600
- maximum color depth 24 bits (16.7 million colors)
- the use of scanned images is prohibited
- only formats: iff, png, jpeg, gif, ham
- the author must submit two versions of the work - with a signature and without a signature
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only 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
- only formats: iff, png, jpeg, gif, ham
- the author must submit two versions of the work - withsigned and unsigned
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only two works from the author

Ascii

- accepted formats: 80x25 and 80x50
- only standard ROM font
- only 32-127 ascii codes
- the author must submit two versions of the work - with and without signature
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author

Ansi

- accepted formats: 80x25 and 80x50
- only standard ROM font
- only static works
- the author must submit two versions of the work - with a signature and without a signature
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from author

Animation

- any animation, in any standard format, including videotapes
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works accepted for the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/two from the group

Wild

- no rules (all software
and hardware necessary for listening/viewing are provided participants)
- only the first 10 minutes will be shown
- only 15 works admitted to the competition will be shown
- only one work from the author/group

-the use of BC 0011M is allowed
- the use of a hard drive is allowed
- pure animation is prohibited
- exiting the demo/intro to the system is not required
- works in the form of a disk image file are allowed #?.bkd or #?.img

Demo

- maximum volume 800 KB. (1 disc)
- sound accompaniment is required (AY, Covox, Sound Drive)
- 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 volume 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

- access to the ROM is prohibited
- pure animation is prohibited
- exit from the demo/intro to the system using the commands:
DI
LD BC,(#7FFD)
LD A,#10
OUT (C),A
IN A,(#FB)
LD HL,#3FFE
LD A,(HL)
CP "E"
JR NZ,NOBOOT
INC HL
LD A,(HL)
CP "T"
JP Z,#000
NOBOOT IN A,(#7B)
EI
RET
- works in the form of a disk image file #?.trd or #?.fdi

are allowedDemo

- maximum size 640 KB. (1 disc)
- sound accompaniment is required (AY, Covox, Sound Drive)
- 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 volume 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

Equipment

Preliminary characteristics of demo machines (changes in the direction
improvement of the configuration are possible).

Amiga

A1200, Blizzard MC68040/40
RAM 2 MB./32 MB.

P-II 266
RAM 610 KB./32 MB.
Gravis Ultrasound 1 MB./Sound Blaster 16
S3 Virge 4 MB.
uniVBE (if required)
DOS 7.10/Win95, himem, emm386 (if required)

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

Light/sound equipment - multimediaprojector (large screen),
powerful club stereo system, electronic vote counting system
etc.

Registration

In connection with the preselection, all works must be registered in advance.
It is necessary to send the work to one of the official addresses of CAFe'99, filling out
the registration form.

mail: 420066, Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan,
Kazan, PO Box 190
e-mail: pa...@ksu.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15
bbs: +7-8432-424909 23:00 - 7:00 (Moscow)

Registration form

Work: ......................................
nomination: ......................................
Group(s): ......................................
Author(s): ....................................
Contact: .....................................
Comment: .....................................

The tasks of the preselection 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. Competitive works of members of the preselection committee, as well as persons involved in one way or another in the organization of CAFe'99 are preselected
to generalgrounds.

Composition of the preselection committee:

Demo/Intro: Lasoft/Excess, SIV BLADER/Excess, Pasha/Excess^PAVIT
Graphics: ZK System/Excess, Lion/Excess, Maxi GC/Adelaida
Music: Lasoft/Excess, Casio/Excess, Maxi GC/Adelaida

Organizers

Pasha / Excess Team / PAVIT corporation
Pavel Vladimirov
tel.: +7-8432-578974
e-mail: pa...@mi.ru
exces...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/96.15
2:5049/72.4

Lasoft / Excess Team
Alexander Levin
e-mail: las...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/42.42

xPasha / Excess Team
Pavel Yarmolchuk
tel.: +7-8432-315583
e-mail: pa...@ksu.ru
pa...@ipian.kazan.ru
fido: 2:5049/46.185

ZK System / Excess Team
Konstantin Zuikov

ZLsoft
Lenar Zakirov
e-mail: zls...@mail.ru

Information support

Magazine "ComputerWorld-Kazan" / Magazine "Hi-TECH for everyone"
Ch. editor: Andrey Andreev / 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
http: www.cwk.kazan.ru
www.cwk.kazan.ru/hitech

Magazine " ovaya Amiga"
Ch. editor: Boris Volkov

mail: 164514, Russian Federation, Severodvinsk, PO Box 10
e-mail: t...@severodvinsk.ru
http: tok.severodvinsk.ru/amiga.htm

PsychoPath BBS (CAFe'99 WHQ)
Syst. operator: Sean Bogdanov - Psycho / OutSiders Group

tel.: +7-8432-424909
e-mail: pi...@mail.ru
fido: 2:5049/94.0