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================================================> General Information
The ParaCon 4 is going to take place from Novemeber 22nd to
November 24th in the DLRG-Heim in Selters/Ts., between
Frankfurt and Cologne in Germany.
Focus of this little convention lies on Atari 16/32-bit
computers and Commodore 8-bit computers.
The start is 18:00 on Friday and the party place will be
closed on Sunday at 14:00.
Competitions are planned to cover general graphics, music
and demo categories as well as a wild competition.
As usual, Paranoia will serve breakfast on both saturday
and sunday.
ParaCon 4 offers <===================================================
Due to minor changes in the party organisation we had to
reduce the amount of registrations we are allowed to take.
This is primarily for the safety of the attendants.
Therefore, the ParaCon 4 can offer you:
-> Room for 15 people including equipment
-> Separate warm and comfortable rest area
-> Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday
-> Competitions on Saturday evening/night
-> Permanent sale of Afri-Cola (~1.30 Euro/liter)
(depending on consumption we might run out of stock)
-> Nice giveaways for party attendants
-> Pizza service and the restaurant close by
-> Minimal market nearby
-> Easy to reach from train-station and by car
-> Inexpensive (12 Euro)
-> Preregistration required (see below)
=============================================> ParaCon 4 restrictions
As usual, every party involves a few restrictions that we
have to announce in advance so no problems occur during the
party itself:
-> The location itself is a no-smoking area.
-> The organizers cannot be held responsible for any kind
of damage or theft that might occur to you and the
equipment you bring during the party. You will have to
look after your equipment yourself.
-> You might not bring water boilers, toasters, microwave
ovens or other cooking equipment. Both coffee and tea
can be prepared when asking the organizers
-> Please note that the party-place is small. Please bring
only the minimum equipment you require
-> Also mind the legal situation in Germany. Any kind of
legally offensive behaviour will be prohibited.
ParaCon 4 registration <=============================================
To attend the ParaCon 4 you need to be registered. This can
be done by simply sending a mail to
paranoid@atari.org
You can also visit our ParaCon 4-internet page at
http://paracon.atari.org
and register by clicking the preregistration link.
The preregistration itself is free and you do not need to
pay in advance. So, the earlier you register, the better.
The fee for attending the party will have to be paid on
arrival.
Also, if you are preregistered and decide not to come though,
please send a mail to the address named above to resign your
registration so someone else willing to attend the party can
register instead.
==============================================> ParaCon 4 route plans
The ParaCon 4 is being held in exactly the same place as the
other ParaCon-parties before (with the only exception being
the ParaCon 1, which was held in the cellar of my parents
house. No external guests were permitted then anyway).
General information: Selters, Selters/Ts. or Niederselters
are equivalent. The precise and exact name is Selters/Ts
or Niederselters. There are no other towns named like this.
By train:
There are basically two approaches to Selters/Ts. by train.
Coming either from the north (Koeln, Limburg, Giessen, Koblenz)
or the south (Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Mainz).
Coming from the south:
Your most critical waypoint when coming from the south is
Frankfurt (am Main). Look up a route from your place to
Frankfurt first. Once you arrive in Frankfurt, look for
a train from Frankfurt (am Main) to Limburg (an der Lahn).
This might involve changing trains in a small town named
Niedernhausen (so if the first train you enter heads that
way, you are not wrong). Make sure the train that covers
the distance from Niedernhausen to Limburg is called a
"Regionalbahn". Selters is a small town and not every
train stops there.
The stations from Niedernhausen are:
Niedernhausen, Idstein, Woersdorf, Bad Camberg, Selters
Coming from the north:
In that case, the most critical waypoint should be
Limburg (an der Lahn). You can reach that from several
towns, like Giessen (when coming from the east) or
Koblenz (when coming from the west).
Once you arrived in Limburg look for a train to either
Wiesbaden, Frankfurt or Niedernhausen. Make sure this
train is called a "Regionalbahn". The stations are:
Limburg, Eschofen, Lindenholzhausen, Niederbrechen,
Oberbrechen, Selters
Once you arrived in Selters at the trainstation, an ugly
green building, leave the station by passing the green
building (this might involve using the tunnel). Cross the
street that runs parallely to the railway. You see a pub
there called "Zum Bahnhof". To the right side of it is a
little street going downhill away from the station and
the street. Follow this street until you cross a very
little stream. Head straight on. To the left you see the
sports arena, a hedge and a parking lot to the right.
Probably 100 meters to the party place.
By car:
Selters/Ts. is between Frankfurt (am Main) and Cologne
and is easy to reach travelling on the A3. Depending on
where you come from, you might need to head for Frankfurt
or Limburg/Cologne first to reach the A3. This is a very
central highway in Germany and is hard to miss.
Once on the A3, you need to find the exit named "Bad
Camberg".
When travelling from the south the exits are:
..., Niedernhausen/Wiesbaden, Idstein, Bad Camberg
When travelling from the north, Bad Camberg is the
next exit after Limburg (an der Lahn).
Take the exit "Bad Camberg" - and be careful! Depending
on where you come from, this exit is tricky! Make sure
you are slow and carefully read the signs!
Take a turn left and head for "Bad Camberg." You can
stay on this road, going downhill for a while, then
passing a small industrial area and crossing the
train-station via a bridge. The road more or less ends
in a T-crossing (with traffic lights) where you can only
go left or right. Turn left to head for "Limburg".
Now you are on the "B8". Stay on this road to go through
Bad Camberg and a few suburbs. You should finally reach
a cross-section (passing the Tennis-club, this might be
hard to see though) where you can see a "Minimal"-market
on the left behind the cross section, the sports arena
and a sign saying "Sportzentrum Selters" to the left.
Turn left on this cross section and go straight forward
for about 150m. You should see the DLRG-heim to your
left then.
If you pass a large store called "Moebel Kuehn", you
have missed the last exit. Turn around and take the
first exit to the right after passing this store
again.
In case you get lost, you can always ask people you might
meet. Ask for "Niederselters" or "Selters" around Bad
Camberg, they surely know the way. If you happen to get
lost in Selters, ask for the "Minimal"-market or for the
"swimming pool" (people in Selters try to be bright and
might tell you then that it's closed during the winter).
They can certainly tell you the right way then.
Also, we have some pictures describing the route on the
internet-page of the ParaCon 4:
http://paracon.atari.org
About the intro <====================================================
The intro requires
An Atari 520ST with 512kb RAM and a colour monitor
it also supports
Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon030
it has been tested on
Atari 1040 STf TOS 1.02
Atari Mega/STE 4 TOS 2.06 + NVDI
Atari Falcon030 TOS 4.04 / MiNT and N.AES + NVDI 4.11
it should also run on STEem engine
Unfortunately, it is terribly hard to synchronize the
main effect for any processor type and speed which might
result in unsmooth movement.
On the MegaSTE, i decided to switch off the cache during the
intro because it is irregularly updated during the main
effect which resulted in very unsmooth movement. It should
be switched to the initial value when exiting the intro.
Falcon owners should turn off accelerators.
The intro will run in any case but probably not display
very smooth movement.
============================================================> Credits
The credits for the intro:
-> Photos and Digitalisation: Der Komtur
-> Music: Luebke
-> Intro logo: TNT
-> Graphics conversion, other
Graphics, Font and Code: The Paranoid
Thanks to Ultra of Cream, Evil of DHS and Deez of
Mind Design for teaching me about c2p-routines and
blob-technique.
ParaCon 4 backgrounds <==============================================
Now that the outlines have been described, here come some
details about the ParaCon 4.
The ParaCon 3 was a very successfull party and we are very
glad to have involved in organizing such a nice event. We
did however also learn from it. The last time, we had 20
guests, 1 DLRG-member and 3 organizers permanently present.
This however was the maximum of what was possible in the
location so we considered whether to move to a larger
location.
This would have meant higher expenses on the location
that we were - frankly - unwilling to spend. Besides that,
it would have meant to lose some of the familiar feeling
that the ParaCon-parties featured until now, so we
decided to reduce the number of registrations we are
allowed to take rather than experimenting.
Please note that this reduction has been also made for
the safety of the attendants.
Besides that, a lot more people from the DLRG have already
announced their presence on the party. Since it's their
location (and formally their party), we do not have any
influence on their presence, so we had to react.
We hope you can understand our motives. We decided to rather
have a smaller party than the ParaCon 3 instead of either a
party with extremely increased attending fees or no party at
all. Seeing that the ParaCon 2 only attracted 12 people and
seeing that it was a nice party as well, we think that the
ParaCon 4 can be a success nevertheless.
=====================================================> Around Selters
In case you arrive early, want to do some shopping or are
bored, here's some of what to find in or around Selters.
The supermarket is directly next to the DLRG-heim. You can
walk there and buy beverage and food on Friday to 20:00,
on Saturday between 8:30 (I think) and 16:00. The market
is closed in sundays.
There is also a gas-station that also sells snacks and
drinks, probably 10 minutes to walk and 2 minutes by car.
This station closes around 19:00 on any day.
If you arrive by car, there are also gas-stations on the
way that open until 22:00.
Selters itself doesn't offer too many shops or pubs, but
there are some, and they are also pretty good. The best
Pizza is being served at the "Da Luca" which is probably
5 minutes to walk and also near the train station.
If you prefer Schnitzel and Steak, you might like to pay
a visit to the "Zum Loewen", which is probably 10 minutes
to walk.
Also on Saturday, from 9:00 to 13:00, you can taste the
original "Selters"-water that gave mineral water its name.
This is less than 2 minutes away from the party place and
also absolutely free.
We will try to sell "Afri-Cola" all the time during the
party but please bear in mind that even we might run out
of stock.
Final words <========================================================
We hope to see you on the ParaCon 4 this year, even though
it might turn out to be a smaller and less exciting party
than the ParaCon 3 was. We hope you understand the back-
grounds of the restrictions we had to submit ourselves to
this time and let's all make the best of it.
So as the final word, let's thank our sponsor Otto Fuchs and
our inofficial partner in organizing this event:
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