ABBUC software contest 2005...

[+CharlieChaplin]

Hello folks,

ABBUC has decided to do another software contest for 2005. Anyone willing to participate please register at the ABBUC homepage or send me the software ( software at abbuc . de ) and/or details about the program(s) and I will register it for you. For all other information, please read the official rules printed below... -Andreas.

 

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Rules for the ABBUC-Software-Contest 2005:

 

1) General Rules:

 

The Deadline for the software-contest has been set to 31.August 2005 (until midnight). ABBUC will therefore spend the following Prices:

1st Place: 500 Euro

2nd Place: 250 Euro

3rd Place: 125 Euro

4th Place: 75 Euro

5th Place: 50 Euro

For all registered contest programs, ABBUC will get the right to release them on its magazine, while the Copyright will still remain by the author, who can use his program freely after the contest. The presentation of the programs will take place at the Unconventional fair in September and on the ABBUC magazines, whereas the decision and pricing will take place at

the annual ABBUC meeting in October. There is no need for the author to be present at any of these events, the price will still be send to the author’s postal adress or his bank account, provided that ABBUC has these adresses...

 

2) Program Types & Size:

 

The contest programs must be one of the following program-types:

a) Game/s, b) Application/s (also Tools, Utilities, etc.) and c) Operating Systems (DOS). Not allowed are any kinds of demos or intros, also not allowed are any beta- or pre-versions (meaning the contest programs must be finished). For compatibility reasons one must make sure, that the programs work at least on Atari XL or XE computers, which means standard 64k or 128k machines. Additional or extra hardware can be supported, but it must not be a requirement to own this extra hardware to load the program. Believe it or not, the ABBUC Software Ressort, as well as all ABBUC members, will do a “Quality” and “Compatibility” check of all registered contest programs...

 

3) Format and Languages:

 

The software-contest programs can be send as 5,25” Atari disk(s) or as ATR-image(s), but they must use Single (90k) or Enhanced (130k) density. Furthermore, the program must have a short documentation, this can be included in the program (internally) or as a separate text-file (externally). It is therefore important, that one uses german or at least english language (and explains shortly how the program has to be loaded), so that everyone can handle the program. All Atari 8Bit compatible languages are allowed as programming languages, but all

of them have to be compiled in the end, so that one can load the program without having to own a certain programming language. The only exceptions here are Atari Basic and Turbo Basic XL source listings, since every Atari user owns these languages. Lastly one needn’t supply any source-codes for the contest programs, the finished loadable or executable program is enough...

 

Happy programming wishes the ABBUC Software Ressort !!

(CharlieChaplin / Andreas Magenheimer)

 

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