============================================================================== SILIconvention'97 - Germany//Bremen - http://www.siliconvention.com OFFICIAL INFO TEXTFILE v4.0a ============================================================================== The Organizers of the FRIED BITS I-III,SILICONVENTION94,BB SYMPOSIUM'96, YELLING JAM PARTY and INTERCON'96 Party bring you the biggest computer- party at Easter 1997. The Siliconvention follows the very successful Fried Bits partys that were held during the last years on the same time and location. All Systems are welcome! That means we have lots of Competitions for the following computers: ACORN, AMIGA, ATARI, C64, PC. The SILIconvention should be seen as an alternative to the usual style of taking parties. In our opinion just renting a hall and putting a video-beamer and some music-boxes into it isn't enough, there should be something more about it. Therefore we decided to organize a party which offers what we missed at other parties so far : Seperated competition-hall and sleeping rooms. Showers, live acts, food and drinks at reasonable prices. The seperation of rooms has the advantage that you may : Sleep when you want to, watch any competition you like, go shopping, or stay at the party-area and enjoy the great spirit of the demo-scene. We think that having fun is much more important than stupid warfares between groups, systems, parties, people ... We don't like the arrogant attitude some groups and organizers of other parties exhibit towards other people, groups, systems, ... So our party will differ in that ! There are some rumours about the SILIconvention being a "commercial" party, this is not the case. Of course we have sponsors (all other partys we know of have sponsors) because without them it wouldn't be possible to keep the entrance-fee as small as possible and have nice competition-prizes as well. But there will be NO sales on the SILIconvention ! It is not a sales exhibition but a demo-party where people from all systems may have fun together. All of our sponsors are only providing equipment for the party, or prizes for the competitions. So we have excellent prizes,as you can see in the list below. Our prizes will fit the competitions, so there won't be any PC-group winning an Amiga turbo-card and no Amiga-crew will win software for the PC. We have either prizes that fit the system, or things everyone can use (for example video-game-consoles). Some people wonder why they haven't heard of the main-organizers, the reason for this may be that we are from the Acorn and Atari Falcon scene , if you are involved in one of these scenes you know us , otherwise you probably don't. But we are not unexperienced in organizing parties (the list at the top is not exaggerated) since we organized many parties and took part in much more, so we know what we are doing. And we have well known organizers from all systems, so you can be sure no system will be neglected. As you can see, we are keeping the promises other parties make (and made) ! Who? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Organizers are: ADM (Atari) Arsenic (Amiga) Blank (PC) Complex (PC) Fairlight (C64) Icebird (Acorn) Inter (Atari) Plush (C64) Talent (C64) TSCC (Atari) Where? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gemeinschaftszentrum Obervieland Alfred-Faust-Str.4 28277 Bremen // Germany Check out the best partyplace you've ever been to. How about a big building complex with showers, kitchens, lots of party halls and rooms and a nice presentation hall with the greatest video beam and brainblasting sound equipment ? Nice,isnt it ?! There also is a seperate disco-room on the partyplace. There will be a great RAVE-Act and SID-Act during the SILIconvention'97! No entrance fee will be charged from party guests. Have a nice Rave?! When? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...at Easter 1997... Begin: 28.03.1997 12:00 CET End: 31.03.1997 12:00 CET What do you need? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All you need is a computer(including Monitor), a warm sleeping bag, extension leads with multiple sockets(!) and 30 DM entry. If you wanna save money, then reserve your coming until March 20th 1997: transfer 20 DM (for each person) to: Bank : SPARKASSE Bremen (Germany) Account number : 1247 0308 Bank code number : 290 501 01 DONT FORGET TO STATE YOUR FULL NAME ON THE TRANSFER FORM!!! IF you have problems or questions dial this number: +0049-421-8498236. From 19:00 to 23:00 (CET). What can you expect? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Room for 2000 people -Quiet, seperate halls for sleeping -Extremely powerful PA equipment -Competitions presented with 2 videobeamers, we have 3 videobeamers on the party -RAVER's NIGHT: 10 hours RAVE with 2 DJ's and one hour liveact in our seperate disco (entry free for party visitors) -C64-Tune disco -Internet terminals with 24h access -A room full of brainblasting videogame-consoles like N64,PSX,Saturn.. where you can play the latest games.. -Pizza-Service (in the evening) -We will offer fair prices for food and drinks. You can also bring your own food to the party. -Discount shops, about 200m from the partyplace, McDonalds 1.5km -A big easterfire next to the partyplace -Party T-Shirt's. The best T-Shirt printing techniques you've ever seen. The shirts will glow in the dark ! Prizes you may expect: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -9 Nintendo 64 game consoles -State of the art PC system -200 computer magazines with CD's (bestseller games series) -SuperCPU (c64) -Swift Link RS232 (c64) -Jiffy DOS (c64) -Modem -Risc PC hardware -A digital video camera in a special competition. -PC games and software -OS/2 Stuff -Videos,CDs -Jackets,t-shirts,rucksacks,mousepads... -..... ..and many more prizes we are currently negotiating about. How to reach the SILIconvention'97?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- by car: Drive to Bremen using the highway and exit at "Bremen - Brinkum". Then follow the signs that will show you the way to the SILIconvention'97. Should you have trouble finding the partyplace, just call this number: 8498329. by train: Get off at "Bremen Hbf" (main station) and take the tram number 1 direction "Arsten" , exit at "Kattenturm - MITTE" and follow the signs... Should you arrive after 23:15 or have troubles to find your way, call this number: 8498329. by plane: After reaching the Airport Bremen call this number: 8498329. Please state the number of people who arrived - thanx! Competitions and Rules? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The main attraction will be the competitions. Anybody may take part with graphics, musics or programing. The entries will be shown on two videobeamers in a big presentation hall. The best ones will win prizes. ACORN Demo Competition: -configurations: RiscPC SA200, 16MB, 2MB VRAM, Risc OS 3.7 -changes of display freqencies (HSYNC/VSYNC) are not allowed -the definitions of all screen resolutions used in the demo must be included in the form of an extra information file. -own musik has to be included -no interaction (like mousebuttons/keys to be pressed to continue,etc.) -maximum size of the demo: 8 MB on disc -playing time: max. 15 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 AMIGA Demo Competition: -configuration: Amiga 1200 Blizzard CPU 1230, 50 Mhz, 8 MB Fast -maximum size of the demo: 8 MB on disc -playing time: max. 15 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 ATARI Falcon Demo Competition: -configuration: standard ATARI Falcon030, 4 MB RAM, RGB -maximum size of the demo: 8 MB on disc -playing time: max. 15 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 C64 Demo Competition: -configuration: standard C64 I or II with Action Replay V -maximum size of the demo: 2 disksides (1541) -playing time: max. 15 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 PC Demo Competition: -configuration: Pentium 133, 16 MB RAM, GUS or SB Pro -(minumum configuration 486 DX 4/100, 8 MB RAM, GUS or SB Pro) -maximum size of the demo: 8 MB on disc -playing time: max. 15 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 ACORN 64Ktro Competition: For detailed info see Acorn Demo Competition -one file max. 64k = 65536 bytes -playing time: max. 10 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 08:00 AMIGA 40Ktro Competition: -configuration: Amiga 1200 Blizzard CPU 1230, 50 Mhz, 8 MB Fast -one file max. 40k = 40960 bytes -playing time: max. 10 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 08:00 ATARI Falcon 96Ktro Competition: -configuration: standard ATARI Falcon030, 4 MB RAM, RGB -one file max. 96k = 98304 bytes -playing time: max. 10 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 08:00 PC 64Ktro Competition: -configuration: Pentium 133, 16 MB RAM, GUS or SB Pro -(minumum configuration 486 DX 4/100, 8 MB RAM, GUS or SB Pro) -one file max. 64k = 65536 bytes -playing time: max. 10 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 08:00 Coding Competition: -code the best effect in 4 Kb -all systems allowed -maximum filesize = 4096 bytes -playing time: max. 5 minutes -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 08:00 Graphics Competition: -picture should be completely hand pixeled. Retouching is allowed -800x600 pixel max. -max. 24 Bit -use general filetypes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 Render Competition: -picture should be completely rendered. Retouching is allowed -800x600 pixel max. -max. 24 Bit -use general filetypes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 C64 Graphics Competition: -picture should be completely hand pixeled -picture must be executable -scrolling is not allowed -no music -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 4 Channel Protracker Competition: -player: Protracker V2.3 (Amiga) -maximum filesize 1.44 MB -playing time: max. 4 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 Multichannel Music Competition: -player: Cubic Player (PC) -maximum filesize 1.44 MB -playing time: max. 4 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 C64 Music Competition: -choose between new SID and old SID -music must be executable -graphics and other effects will not be shown -playing time: max. 4 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 09:00 Wild Competition: -description: anything that does not fit into the other categories. theme: all about computers. -playing time: max. 10 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 11:00 Fake Demo Competition: -description: produce the worst demo -all systems -maximum size of the demos: 2 MB -playing time: max. 5 minutes -deadline: saturday, 03-29-1997, 11:00 Netwave-Internet Game Competition: -description: code an internet game -must be working on Netscape or Microsoft-browser -the rights of every entry will go to Netwave -prize: a state of the art PC-system -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 11:00 Lariviere-Homepage-Design Competition: -description: design the new homepages for the company Lariviere -Please ask for further details of the requirements per email! -use the text-contents of the old homepage -use product-photos, ask for them -maximum resolution mode: 800 x 600 -must be running with Netscape- and Mircosoft-browsers -maximum size of the whole homepage: 1 MB -Java or Animated-Gifs are allowed -the homepage-design must look seriously (no freak-design) -Lariviere gets the rights on each entry after the competiton -Info: Get more info and support: Email : lariviere@is-bremen.de Homepage: http://www.lariviere.de -Prize: Win a digital camera! -Vote: The Competition will be voted by Lariviere. -deadline: Sunday, 03-30-1997, 11:00 Surprise Competition: -desciption: surprise, surprise! -rules will be announced on the party -deadline: sunday, 03-30-1997, 11:00 General Rules -no pornographic or racial discriminating stuff will be accepted -the playing time may be shortened -we preserve the rights necessary to publish all entries (for example on CD-Rom). Many competitions - lots of prices. Our sponsors will donate lots of prices and money for this party. Be sure! Please note this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Smoking is generally allowed. In some rooms, smoking is absolutely forbidden (for example in sleeping rooms). - Drinking of alcohol is allowed. If somebody causes trouble he will be kicked out. - Please don't park your car in front of the entrance door or emergency escape doors. Contact ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /// contact us for more information about SILIconvention'97 /// Snailmail: Tino Gietschel Kattenescher Weg 18a 28277 Bremen - Germany Christoph Mütze (*Gizmo / Icebird*) D.-Wilkens. Str. 46d 28309 Bremen - Germany Email: siliconvention@siliconvention.com t_gietschel@mail.netwave.de Internet: http://www.siliconvention.com Mailbox: ADM-Box Line 1: 0049-421-8498235 (28.8 Modem) ADM-Box Line 2: 0049-421-8498234 (X75 ISDN) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +++ Can you face the SILIconvention party? +++ -------------------------------------------------------------------------