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[ demo party optimized for atari ]
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[ Friday, March 25 14:00 ]
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[ Monday, March 28 18:00 ]
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[ Te Boomsgoed, Braamt ]
[ The Netherlands ]
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INVITATION
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We are happy to invite you to Outline!
Outline is an Atari demoscene party that
will take place at Easter 2005 in the
east of Holland.
The party will be a great opportunity
to show your creative skills, have a
beer with your friends and ofcourse we
will provide enough space so you can
use or show your hardware and software.
Although Outline is mainly an Atari
oriented event, we are also welcoming
like minded sceners using other
platforms for creative purposes.
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PARTY LOCATION AND FACILITIES
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The location for Outline 2005 is:
Kampeerboerderij "Te Boomsgoed"
Langestraat 24
7047 AP Braamt
The Netherlands
http://www.teboomsgoed.nl/
Braamt is a very small village in the
east of Holland, near the German border.
The area around the partyplace is mainly
in agricultural use or forest.
Te Boomsgoed is a traditional farmhouse
converted to a group accomodation. We
are renting one of the two main halls,
and the sleeping area above it. There
are toilets and showers in the main
building. There's another building some
10 meters away which will soon be
demolished and rebuilt, but since there
are still some legal issues to be dealt
with before this can take place we might
have this building available for the
party too (keep your fingers crossed!).
In between the two buildings is a huge
terrace, to the sides are a football
field, a campsite, caravans and huts
which you could rent if you're bringing
the family, a minigolf court, a horse
barn and school, and plenty parking
spaces.
There are busstops at a few minutes
walking distance from the partyplace,
but the nearest trainstation is 7.5km
away and it's a bit tricky to get from
there to Braamt. We therefore advise you
to take the train to "Doetinchem De
Huet" and give us a call so we can send
a car to pick you up. Ofcourse we'll
also return you to the station after the
party.
There's a supermarket about 150 meters
from the party location. Also nearby is
the "Braamse Gat", a lake with bungalow
park, and a pub. Quality restaurants,
including Havoc's favourite Chinese
place, are in nearby Zeddam (3km), as
well as the oldest windmill in the
country. A little further away is the
city of Doetinchem (6km), where you can
find many shops, restaurants and pubs.
Ofcourse we will provide the usual food
delivery options such as pizza, kebab,
fries, etc, and you can also buy cool
drinks for very reasonable prices at the
party place.
The main hall has suitable audio
equipment, and a permament beamer setup
with dedicated screen. There's a table
and chair for every visitor, and some
relaxing benches as well (how many will
vary a lot depending on the number of
visitors). We will provide a basic
selection of cooled drinks, and those
who visited PMP will be happy to hear
there's a kitchen table and
possibilities for a campfire.
Unfortunately we are lacking funds to
dig a pond for the PMP duckies, but you
can once again put up a tent or caravan
outside the party place if you prefer
that over the regular indoor sleeping
area.
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COMPETITIONS
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The following competitions have been
scheduled at the time of writing this
document:
- CT60 FALCON DEMO
(Must run on Atari Falcon060 with 14+
256mb RAM and unmodified bus. If you
use a different configuration, please
bring your own machine, or contact us
to check if we can run it on available
hardware before the competition. The
exact config will be announced before
the demo is shown.)
- FALCON DEMO
(Must run on Atari Falcon030 with 14mb
RAM and FPU. If you use a different
configuration, please bring your own
machine, or contact us to check if we
can run it on available hardware before
the competition. The exact config will
be announced before the demo is shown.)
- FALCON 96K INTRO
(Must run on Atari Falcon030 with 14mb
RAM and FPU. If you use a different
configuration, please bring your own
machine, or contact us to check if we
can run it on available hardware before
the competition. The exact config will
be announced before the demo is shown.)
- ST DEMO
(Must run on unexpanded Atari 1040STf.
If you use a different configuration,
please bring your own machine, or
contact us to check if we can run it on
available hardware before the
competition. The exact config will be
announced before the demo is shown.)
- ST 96K INTRO
(Must run on unexpanded Atari 1040STf.
If you use a different configuration,
please bring your own machine, or
contact us to check if we can run it on
available hardware before the
competition. The exact config will be
announced before the demo is shown.)
- 4K INTRO
(Must run on Atari(-related) hardware.
If you use a different configuration,
please bring your own machine, or
contact us to check if we can run it on
available hardware before the
competition. The exact config will be
announced before the demo is shown.)
- 128BYTE INTRO
(Must run on Atari(-related) hardware.
If you use a different configuration,
please bring your own machine, or
contact us to check if we can run it on
available hardware before the
competition. The exact config will be
announced before the demo is shown.)
- WILD DEMO
(Any format is allowed, as long as it is
somehow displayable in the party hall.)
- FAKE DEMO
(Must run on hardware available at the
party place. Serious entries will not be
accepted.)
- CHIP MUSIC COMPO
(Tune must be playable on an unexpanded
Atari 1040STf. If it doesn't, please
bring your own machine, or contact us to
check if we can run it on available
hardware before the competition. Tracked
'chiptunes' will not be accepted in this
compo, chips other than YM like POKEY or
SID are warmly welcomed though.)
- 4 CHANNEL MODULE COMPO
(Tune must be standard ProTracker format
or similar and be replayable on Atari
systems. Maximum of 4 channels allowed.
Maximum size 1mb. Size and title of the
module will be announced before the
compo.)
- MUSIC COMPO
(Tunes in the following formats are
allowed: DTM, GT2, FlexTrax, Ace, XM,
IT, MID, MP2/3, OGG, audio CD, audio
cassette or DVD. If you would like to
present a tune in a format that wasn't
mentioned in the list above, please
contact the organisers to check if they
have the appropriate tools to replay
your tune. Size and title of the music
will be announced before the compo.)
- 16 COLOR COMPO
(Pictures must be displayable on an
unexpanded Atari 1040STf or STe, must be
320*200 resolution, must be 16 colors
maximum, and must be fully displayable
in a graphics package that does not
support palette switching, such as
CrackArt or DegasElite. Allowed formats:
NEO, PI1, CA1.)
- TRUECOLOR COMPO
(Pictures must be displayable on an
unexpanded Atari Falcon or a Windows PC.
Any resolution is allowed, but if the
picture is bigger than our beamer can
display (1024*768 pixels), we will scale
it down before displaying in the compo.)
- GAME COMPO
(Must run on Atari(-related) hardware.
If you use a different configuration,
please bring your own machine, or
contact us to check if we can run it on
available hardware before the
competition. The exact config will be
announced before the demo is shown.)
Entries made by people who have not
bought tickets for the party will be
allowed in the competitions, but cannot
win any prize besides fame.
Our aim is to satisfy the customer. If
you are coming to the party, and would
like to present a production that does
not fit in any of the categories
mentioned above, please contact the
organisers and we will try to work out a
deal that's agreeable to both parties.
Prizes for the compos are yet to be
announced, but due to our tight
budget we can already tell you that they
will be mainly symbolic. We would be
very interested to hear about any ideas
you may have to improve this situation,
and we will keep on trying to find more
sponsors ourselves.
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TICKETS
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A ticket for the entire party, valid for
4 days and 3 nights, including breakfast
40 EURO
A single night
15 EURO
Visiting only
TBA
PLEASE NOTICE:
The sleeping area in the first building
is limited to 60 visitors, so the number
of full tickets in the first batch is
also limited to 60.
An additional batch of 40 tickets might
become available later on, depending on
the legal situation of that particular
building as explained before. We will
announce this through the usual channels
such as our website and dhs.nu.
We recommend booking your tickets well
in advance to avoid disappointment!
Girls do not get free entry.
We realize that these prices are higher
than Atari sceners got used to in recent
years. This is mainly because the party
is held at a commercial location, unlike
previous parties which were usually in
schools, universities or clubhouses. We
tried our best to get such a location
this year too, but failed. So we decided
to go for the next best option, which is
(in our opinion) a commercial location
that may not be the cheapest, but does
offer very good value for money.
We would also like to stress that even
though the party location is commercial,
the organising team is working on a
strictly non-profit base. Any profit the
party will generate will flow directly
into the competition prize fund, and any
money left after the competitions will
be donated to a worthy cause. For
example, after Outline 2004 we donated
the leftover funds to Outline 2005.
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ORDERING TICKETS
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You can order tickets four ways:
- By transferring the correct amount
to the following bank account:
Account holder: Peter van Rijn
Account number: 8296429
IBAN: NL76PSTB0008296429
BIC: PSTBN L21
Bank name: Postbank, The Netherlands
- By sending the correct amount to the
following address:
Peter van Rijn
Jekerstraat 164
7523 VT Enschede
The Netherlands
You can send currencies other than
euros, but please make sure to send
enough to cover exchange fees. Please
do not send coins, we will give back
change cash when you arrive at the
partyplace. Please refer to your local
post office for appropriate insurance
options.
- By paying cash to one of the
organisers. The organisers are:
D-Force, Earx, Havoc, Tinker
- By pre-order. This option is only
available if none of the other options
work for you, and you have met at
least one of the organisers face to
face. People known to the organisers
can order tickets for unknown persons
though.
The e-mail address for pre-orders is:
p.vanrijn (at) home.nl
In all cases, please mention the names,
nicks and e-mail adresses of the people
you are buying tickets for.
After receiving your payment, we will
send you a confirmation of your
reservation by e-mail.
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TRAVELLING
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By plane: The preferred airport for
travelling to this party is Amsterdam/
Schiphol. Flights from nearly every
major airport on the planet arrive there
on a daily basis, and travelling from
the airport to the partyplace is easy
because of the excellent railway
connections. A trainticket from Schiphol
to the partyplace is ~18 Euro each way,
or 11 Euro for Dutch students and people
travelling along with them.
Travellers from the UK and Sweden will
be interested to know that Ryanair has
some pretty cheap offers for travelling
to Airport Niederrhein, which is only 45
km from the partyplace. If you contact
the organisers well in advance, pickups
can be arranged.
Other airports within driving distance
from the party place include Rotterdam
and Eindhoven. If you can get a flight
to one of these airports for a lower
price than you would pay for travelling
to Schiphol, the organisers can provide
you with information on how to get from
any of these airports to the partyplace.
Contact us for details.
Some indications of ticket costs we have
received from various sources include:-
Stockholm 430 SEK
London 45 UKP
Manchester 54 UKP
Helsinki 175 EUR
Marseille 168 EUR
Geneva 235 CHF
Berlin 58 EUR
Oslo 118 EUR
Los Angeles 440 EUR
Kathmandu 644 EUR
Melbourne 850 EUR
Paramaribo 1493 EUR
Some of these prices were found on
regular online booking systems, so there
is a very good chance you will be able
to find a better deal from a cheap
vendor in your own country.
Please contact the organisers if you
need any assistance regarding flights to
the party or extending your stay in the
Netherlands.
By bus: Walk from busstop "Buiting
Braamt" towards the roundabout and
proceed to walk into the village. First
you'll pass one road to the right, then
the road bends sharply to the right,
then another exit to the right, and
finally the partyplace will appear on
right hand side (look for the minigolf).
Please refer to http://www.9292ov.nl
for an up to date timetable.
By train: The stations "Doetinchem De
Huet" and "Emmerich (Germany)" are
located at driving distance from the
partyplace. Please refer to
http://www.ns.nl or http://www.db.de for
an up to date timetable.
By car:
From the west and north(east): Get on
the highway to Doetinchem (A18), and
take exit 3 (Doetinchem, Zelhem,
Zeddam). Follow signs for Braamt/Zeddam
(N316). Turn to the right on the 2nd
roundabout. Stay on this street, it
bends to the right after 100m, until you
see the Te Boomsgoed sign on your right
hand side. Welcome to the partyplace!
From the south and east: Travel to the
city of Emmerich, Germany. Most likely
you will be taking exit 3 (Emmerich am
Rhein, Kleve, 's-Heerenberg) on the
highway running from the Ruhrgebiet to
Arnhem and Amsterdam (A3). Upon exiting
the highway, follow signs for
's-Heerenberg (N316). Stay on the N316
as it takes you through the villages of
's-Heerenberg and Zeddam, and turn left
on the roundabout near Braamt. Stay on
this street, it bends to the right after
100m, until you see a Te Boomsgoed sign
on your right hand side. Welcome to the
partyplace!
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PARTY RULES
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First of all, we would like to say we
have a lot of confidence in the visitors
we are inviting to this party. Some of
the organisers have been going to Atari
related Easter parties for more than a
decade, and in all those years the
number of unacceptable incidents has
been negligible.
However, we feel that setting a few
clear guidelines will help everyone to
make the party even more enjoyable.
- The organisers are very tolerant, but
there are limits. Please treat other
people and their property with
respect. Illegal and/or destructive
behaviour will not be accepted and can
lead to removal from the party.
- No smoking in the main hall or
sleeping area. Please step outside or
use the reserved spaces as appointed
by the organisation. Weather allowing,
chairs and benches are allowed to be
taken outside to the terrace.
- Do not use electric waterboilers,
microwaves, barbecues and other
devices that could possibly endanger
the stability of computer systems
within the partyplace. Please contact
the organisers before setting up such
equipment.
- We are only renting half of the space
available at "Te Boomsgoed". Please do
not install systems or sleep in areas
other than the main hall or the
sleeping area.
Thank you for your participation in
making this party a success.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Mail address:
Outline 2004
Peter van Rijn
Jekerstraat 164
7523 VT Enschede
E-mail:
p.vanrijn (at) home.nl
Telephone/SMS:
+31-6-41148027 (International)
06-41148027 (The Netherlands)
(also during the party)
Website:
http://outline.scene.nl
(will be updated soon for 2005)
IRC:
#atariscne on IRCNet
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FINAL WORDS
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We hope this invitation text will
provide you with a lot of useful
information about attending our party.
Feel free to ask the organisers for
further details if you need them for any
reason.
See you soon in Braamt!
Outline 2005 Organisation Team
Tinker
Havoc
Earx
D-Force
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