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From: Tobias Jansson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Icing '96
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 19:47:49 +0200
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            Sardonyx . Goto 10 . C-Lous . Yodel

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                         ICING '96

                     Stenkullen, Sweden
                      24-27 May  1996

                   (Just another party?)

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              www.one.se/icing/   [e-mail]



Leave your troubles behind and visit the most atmospheric computer
festival of the year. Dream away, have a few laughs, make some friends:
join the Icing way of living during some bright days in the beauteous
month of May.


=2E w h e n

At 20.00 the 24th of May, the doors to Icing '96 open. 64 hours and a
great deal of fun later, at 12.00 the 27th of May the party closes down.
The opening ceremony takes place at midnight the first party night.


=2E p r e m i s e s

Icing '96 is held in V=E4ttlehallen, an icehockey arena in Stenkullen,
Sweden, about 30 kilometres from the metropolis of G=F6teborg. About 2000
squaremetres of effective floor space serves as the main party hall. A
separate, ravepartyless building, sized as an ordinary Swedish physical
education hall is available for those who want to take a nap.


=2E h o w   t o   g e t   t h e r e

CAR. If you're travelling by car, take the E20 towards Stockholm or
G=F6teborg, depending on where you start. When you reach Kastenhofsmotet,
leave the highway and follow the signs saying "Stenkullen". Having
arrived at the center of Stenkullen, turn left into the street called
Gr=E5bov=E4gen. After about 300 metres you have V=E4ttlehallen, the party
place, directly on your right hand.

TRAIN, BOAT, PLANE. When travelling using any of these vehicles you
should get to G=F6teborg as a start. If you are one of those rich chaps
or maybe a bit lazy, the right thing for you to do is to call for a cab
and make the driver follow the description above. The other alternative
is to locate Centralstation, the main (and only) railway station of
G=F6teborg and catch the local train towards Lerum. Get off at Stenkullen,
the first stop after Lerum. Proceed straight forward on foot about
250 meters and you face V=E4ttlehallen, the party place.

Signs in the surrounding of the party place will guide you; you cannot
virtually fail to find Icing '96. If you still do, just ask some
nice-looking fellow to explain the way to the icehall "V=E4ttlehallen".


=2E e n t r a n c e   f e e

The nominal fee for visiting Icing '96 is 200SEK.

Swedes may pay in advance and thus get 30SEK off the price, making it
only 170SEK. This service is - due to practical reasons - not available
to foreigners. However, if you bring your passport or other documents
that verify your originating from outside Sweden, you only have to pay
170SEK all the same. Girls of all nationalities are of course let in
for free.

SWEDES. F=F6r att betala in i f=F6rv=E4g, g=E5 till n=E4rmaste postkontor o=
ch
skaffa en postgiroblankett. Ange postgironummer 6148528-0 och
David Malcus som betalningsmottagare. Gl=F6m inte att fylla i namn och
adress i d=E4rf=F6r avsedda rutor. I meddelanderutan skriver du
handle / grupp om s=E5dan(a) existerar och att det r=F6r sig om Icing '96.
SISTA INBETALNIGSDATUM: 96-05-17.

TR=D6JOR. Specialdesignade Icing-tr=F6jor kommer att finnas till f=F6rs=E4l=
jning
- dock i begr=E4nsad upplaga. Tr=F6jorna kostar 100SEK. Vill du vara s=E4ke=
r
p=E5 att f=E5 ett exemplar med dig hem betalar du in denna summa i samband
med f=F6rbetalningen. SISTA INBETALNINGSDATUM F=D6R TR=D6JOR: 96-05-03.


=2E f o o d   a n d   f a c i l i t i e s

CAFETERIA. A cafeteria that stays open around the clock serves the
visitors with Coca-Cola(TM), sandwiches, hotdogs and other necessities.

PIZZAS. A pizzeria delivers the most delicious pizzas - right in time and
to fair prices.

HYGIENE. As Icing '96 takes places in an icehockey arena there is plenty
of showers available, making it possible for everyone to freshen
themselves up once in a while. And it is highly recommended to utilize
this possibility as everyone's not smelling like a horse adds up to a
nicer atmosphere.


=2E c o m p e t i t o n s

GENERAL. Everyone who wants to compete in any competition has to be present
at Icing '96. The organizers reserve the exclusive right to spread
everything delivered to the competitions, decide which contributions may
participate in case of too many competitors and disqualify any contribution
that contains racistic or pornographic implications or in other ways is
offensive. All contributions in the demo and intro competitions on both
platforms will be taped to video, which means that everything must run
(or at least work) in 50Hz. If you're uncertain of how to implement this on
the PC, have a look at the Icing '96 WWW pages or get your hands on the PC
invitation intro for detailed information.

PRIZE MONEY. The main purposes of releasing something within the borders
of the scene is to achieve honour and pride, isn't it? But then again, a
total sum of about 25000SEK will be given away as prize money. This sum
is, however, a function of the number of visitors and, to some extent,
the quality of the contributions.

JURY PRIZE. In the cathegories Amiga demo, Amiga 64k, PC demo, PC 64k,
graphics and music, a special prize based on the opinion of a jury will
be given away. This prize is more or less symbolic - e.g. a way to
justify the one who draws the best picture and not the biggest tits.
Though, 10 percent of the total prize money is intended for this use.

AMIGA DEMO. Amiga demos must run on a standard A1200 from HD and there has
to be a possibility to quit out to the operating system. The competition
machine is an A1200/030/50MHz. Maximum demo size: 5Mb. Maximum demo
length: 10 minutes. Deadline: 14.00, Sunday 26 May.

AMIGA 64K. See Amiga demo for machine specifications. Intros should be
delivered on a bootable disk. Deadline: 11.00, Sunday 11.00.

PC DEMO. PC demos must run on a 486DX/33MHz with 550k conventional memory
free and no sound card, i.e. support silence. The competition machine is
a 486DX4/120MHz/8Mb with a Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (VESA Local Bus)
graphics card, Gravis Ultrasound Max 1Mb and Golden Sound Pro (OPL3,
SB 1.5 compatible) sound cards. You can choose which memory manager you
want to run your demo with. Qemm386 8.0, Himem and Emm386 are supported.
If you don't state otherwise, Qemm is used. Operating systems are
MS-DOS 6.20 and 4DOS 5.0. The compo machine uses Stacker, and will have
it installed unless you state otherwise. Maximum demo size: 5Mb. Maximum
demo length: 10 minutes. Deadline: 14.00, Sunday 26 May.

PC 64K. See PC demo for machine specifications. Deadline: 11.00, Sunday
26 May.

NOSTALGIC. The most experimental competition and an attempt to unify the
Amiga and PC platforms. A500 versus 286 PC. The competition machines are
an A500 with Kickstart 1.3 or 2.0 and 512k chip memory + 512k "fast"
memory, and a 286/10MHz/1Mb with a Tseng 4000 ISA graphics card and a
Gravis Ultrasound Max 1Mb music card.  The graphics card does not
support VESA, so if you want VESA support we need to load UniVBE which
takes a few kilobytes of base memory. The Amiga demos must work on an
A500 with 1Mb chip and should work with Kickstart 1.2. Deadline: 8.00,
Sunday 26 May.

GRAPHICS. Pictures have to be delivered as .IFF/.LBM or .GIF files in
maximum 256 colours and 640x512 pixels resolution. Pictures that is
obviously copied or scanned will NOT be subject for disqualification,
but when showing the picture on big screen it will be stated that it is
copied or scanned and, if possible, from which picture. Deadline: 18.00,
Saturday 25 May.

4 CHANNEL MUSIC. 4 channel music contributions have to be delivered in
ProTracker format and must not be bigger then 720k. Competition tracker:
ProTracker 3.11. Maximum playing time: 3 minutes. Deadline: 13.00,
Saturday 25 May.

MULTI CHANNEL MUSIC. Multi channel music contributions have to be
delivered as .XM, .S3M or .MOD files and will be played in their
respective trackers. Maximum playing time: 3 minutes. Deadline: 13.00,
Saturday 25 May.


=2E s p e c i a l   e v e n t s

Watch out for an extraordinary opening ceremony, an inspired toastmaster,
scene Jeopardy, live music, movies, nostalgic moments, flowers and pocals
to the winners and a big, big bunch of crazy surprise competitions; hey,
it has already started: have a look at the Icing '96 WWW-pages
(www.one.se/icing/) and find some very first surprise competitions.


=2E t - s h i r t s

Exclusively DuffE designed Icing t-shirts - without flying cakes - is
available for the price of 100SEK. Though, as the edition is limited,
you'd better hurry to buy one when you arrive at the party.

SWEDES. Vill du vara s=E4ker p=E5 att f=E5 ett exemplar med dig hem betalar=
 du
in 100SEK i f=F6rv=E4g, i samband med f=F6rbetalningen. Se vidare ovan i
stycket g=E4llande inbetalning av intr=E4desavgift.


=2E r u l e s

OF COURSE. General Swedish law is applicable at the party place, so
forget about bringing those bombs and pistols, striking down old
defenseless ladies and stealing sweets from kids at Icing '96.

ALCOHOL. Evil preparations and more common drugs such as alcohol is,
naturally, not allowed at Icing '96.

SMOKING. You have to stay away from those cancer-sticks inside the
Icing '96 premises.

RAVES. It is strictly prohibited to hold rave parties in the sleeping
hall. Real troublemakers will be handed over to the police.

COMMERCIALISM. No one may sell software, hardware, food etc. without
permission from the organizers.

PROPAGANDA. Political propaganda is not acceptable at Icing '96.

RESPONSIBILITY. The Icing '96 organizers do not take any responsibility
for illegal swapping of commercial software or VHS, damaged hardware
or theft. If you bring your equipment, make sure not to leave
it unattended.


=2E f u r t h e r   i n f o r m a t i o n

Having read this text through you should know most things you need to
when planning your trip to Icing '96 successfully. Still, if you cannot
sleep in the nights or go pondering all day upon something regarding
the party:

       E-Mail:  [e-mail]
       WWW:     http://www.one.se/icing/
       BBS:     [phone] (Digital Highway)
                [phone] (Pure Climax, only 23.00-7.00)
                Login "icing" and password "icing" are valid on
                either BBSes.
       Voice:   [phone] (Jesper "DuffE" Skoog)

Even if you fell that you know everything about Icing '96 there is to
know, visit the Icing '96 WWW-pages where you'll find updated and
last-minute information, detailed party schedule and, not to forget,
funny competitions.