Date: 20 May 95 22:38:26 From: Scott Morrow To: All Subj: Amiga in Montreal ^MSGID: 1:251/18@fidonet 20b23062 The following fille was DCCed to me while on the #Amiga channel on Internet IRC.. The official Info Pack on the Amiga Convention '95 Please feel free to spread this file around wherver you can, as long as it is not altered. We don't want people to show up at the wrong city or during the wrong month! WHY: We are putting on the Amiga Convention '95 (AC 95) to support our favorite computer, the Amiga! We feel that for too long, the Amiga has been ignored, and now that the Amiga is owned by people who actually will support it well, we want to help them out in any way we can. We also want to get a lot of people together to have a really cool time! WHERE: A College Cafeteria in Montreal, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, not including the surrounding rooms. WHEN : August 1995 ENTRANCE COST: 7 Canadian dollars COST FOR RENTING TABLES : $100 - 1 day, $150 - 2 days, for one table of 6' by 3' and chairs. ACCESABILITY: The show is easily accesable by bus and train, as well as having lots of parking space in the vicinity for cars. COMPETITIONS: Gfx (3d) -------- 1st place : $300 2nd place : $200 3rd place : $100 Music (mod 4 track) ----------------- 1st place : $300 2nd place : $200 3rd place : $100 Intro (64k max.) ---------------- 1st place : $500 2nd place : $300 3rd place : $200 Demo (2 megs) ------------- 1st place : $1000 2nd place : $600 3rd place : $300 * Special Award ceremonies to give out a special prizes for the persons that made some amazing thing with the Amiga Computers! (to encourage some developers that are doing crazy thing with the amiga!) Dealers/Devlopers on list already! ----------------------------------- We are currently talking to the AMIGA COMPANY, owned by Escom, to get them involved with the show. It will be announced in a later announcement whether they are coming or not. RCS Managements, Montreal(Canada) maker of X-Calbur, Fusion-Forty GfxBase Eletronic, Montreal(Canada) a local stores! Eletromike, Quebec(Canada) anohter stores! Wonder Computers Montreal(Canada) also have stores in Ottawa,Toronto! the biggest Canadian Amiga retailers! PreSpect Technics Montreal(Canada) importers/dealers and also devlopers! of hardware products! Amiga Link: The online Amiga magazine! * We will have Audio/visual equipment setup for presentations of demos, programs, hardware, new products, etc. If you want to buy a table, get more information on the show, or just talk to the organizers, e-mail or N.B. ---- This is just the first announcement of AC '95. There will be soon a second announcement in Amiga Link and Amiga Report magazines with the specific dates and giving more info. Keep an eye out for it! --- EXCELSIOR! BBS v1.21j; XMAIL! v1.87 * Origin: The Razor's Edge BBS, Lr. Sackville, N.S. Canada (1:251/18) SEEN-BY: 2:115/2@FidoNet 5 31 118 119 270/101 343/108 119 .45 .70 .81 121 SEEN-BY: 343/133 134 137 140 143 148 ^PATH: 2:251/18@FidoNet 1 3615/50 396/1 270/101 115/2 343/143 140 121 119 ^PATH: 343/119.70