Preview
Symposium '96
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The Official Invitation
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1.> WHAT
This file wants to tell you that there will be a quite delicious
computer demo festival this year, involving all the platforms which are
important in the guild of the demomakers, namely Amiga, PC, C-64,
Archimedes and the Atari ST/Falcon. Think twice before missing it!
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2.> WHO
This event is held by three of the most experienced party-organizer
teams in Germany: the people behind the 680XX-Convention (1993), the
Black Box Symposium (1995) and the Fried Bits. For the Symposium '96,
which we plan to become the best German party so far, these three teams
fusioned for not standing in competition to each other but joining
forces and making everything better than ever!
The groups involved are: Polka Brothers, Lego Club, Phantasm (for
Amiga), Avena, Absence (for Atari) and Oxyron (for C-64).
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3.> WHY
We, the organizers, observed that the amount of poorly organized and too
commercial parties increased during the last years, even outside of
Germany. Our country has always been well known for low-standard
parties, but 1995 has been the most disappointing year.
We (and probably the rest of the scene, too) felt that it was time for a
party where you could have fun again, a party that would be well
organized, and NOT a party at which you feel that not you is what
counts, but the money.
We don't want to rent huge congress centres, we don't want to organize a
party with hundreds of super-duper hyper interactive virtual multimedia
features, we don't want to make money - we all just want a party where
you are welcome to have a nice time; which is, after all, what a party
is ought to be.
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4.> WHEN
Eastern 1996. Four days of fun and experience:
START 5th April, 1200 CET
END 8th April, 1200 CET
The entrace fee will amount to 35DM. We will not accept foreign
currencies.
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5.> WHERE
A nice convention center called "Veranstaltungszentrum Burg Seevetal",
which is located in the very near south of Hamburg, Germany. It offers
place for about 1000 people including computers, a really big screen and
surround sound. You don't have to be afraid of 24h of loud music,
though...
You can reach it via everything. If you're going to come by train, you
first have to reach Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (main station) and take the S3
or S31 (on Gleis 4, HVV price 4DM) to "Harburg", where we will pick you
up with the Symposium shuttle service. Alternatively, you can use of
the hourly public busses to "Seevetal".
Coming by plane, you will use the bus shuttle service to the station
"Ohlsdorf", wait for the U1, get out at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and, again,
take the S3/S31 to reach "Harburg".
If you arrive by ship, then you'll have to take the U3 at
"Landungsbrücken" to reach the Hauptbahnhof.
If you come by spaceship, there is a big area on the other side of the
Symposium convention center; please try to land it there (parking is of
course free).
For the case that you own a car, you have two possibilities to arrive:
The A1 ("Autobahn 1") and the A7. Coming from the north or south via
A7/B4, you have to leave at Abfahrt "Fleestedt". Then roll down the
"Hittfelder Landstraße" (part of the B4) southwards and follow the sign
"Veranstaltungszentrum". Coming from east or west via A1, take the
Abfahrt "Hittfeld" and follow the signs.
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6.> COMPETITIONS
Yes, a lot! Not only demo and intro competitions for all the computer
systems and the usual module, multichannel and graphics compos are
included. There will also be compos for video demos, a wild compo, a
coding compo (4K-intro) etc. We will even hold an Acorn
Archimedes/RISC-PC competition, if there will be enough entries present.
Or a Silicon Graphics democompo, if more than one entry exists... No
limits!
** CONDITIONS FOR COMPETITION ENTRIES (brief overview)
PREFACE:
ANONYMOUS means that the entries may not give a hint to who the
author is. You may of course deliver a version with name tags,
which will be the spread one.
Graphics: max. 640x512 24bit, 1.4MB. IFF(-24), PNG or JPEG.
(ANONYMOUS!)
ProTracker Module: We will show 3 minutes, max. 1MB unpacked.
(ANONYMOUS!)
Music: max. 1.4MB executable. We will show 3 minutes.
(ANONYMOUS!)
Coding: No music, one effect, 4KB max., We will show 2 minutes.
(ANONYMOUS!)
Intro: 40K Amiga, 64K PC, 96K Falcon. We will show 5 minutes.
Demo: 4MB, no Assigns or similar installation. We will show
15minutes max.
Video: VHS or S-VHS cassette in PAL format. 10 minutes max.
Wild: No rules! ;-)
** CONFIGURATIONS
Amiga: must run on AGA, 020, 2+4MB. Will be shown on a 030/50MHz.
PC: must run on a '486 8MB. Will be shown on a P75.
Archimedes: RISC PC 600.
C64/Falcon: Standard configuration.
The prizes will entirely consist of sponsored stuff, as was the case at
the former Symposiums. For more detailed info concerning them or
the competition rules, see MORE INFO...
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7.> PLUS
A number of surprises like prominent guests from software houses and
computer companies, Internet connection, quiz games, nude girls and much
more attractions ;-)
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8.> MORE INFO
** in upcoming invitation intros, at least for the Amiga system,
** on our extensive World Wide Web page,
http://193.59.3.15/~rawstyle/Sym96/
** directly from the organizers,
gandalf@blackbox.shnet.org (Gandalf/Phantasm)
rawstyle@online.fire.dbn.dinet.com (Raw Style/Lego)
chaos@blackbox.shnet.org (Chaos)
crashpolka@aol.com (Crash/Polka Brothers)
decca@people-x.people.de (Decca/Lego)
** on the Black Box BBS,
+49 4105 84619 (v34)
+49 4105 669011 (ISDN)
** or snail-mail Gandalf at
Frank Schliefer - Am Musterplatz 27 - 21220 Seevetal, GERMANY
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Sire * Raw Style
Le Lego Club
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SYMPOSIUM '96
The Official Invitation
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Polka Brothers * Lego * Phantasm
Avena * Absence
Oxyron
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