Atari Hardware Contest Rules...

+CharlieChaplin · January 13, 2005

Hello folks,

this year ABBUC is also doing a hardware contest. And here are the rules... -Andreas.

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ABBUC e. V. “Hardware Contest 2005”

Name of Participant: _____________________________________________________

Street, Nr.: _____________________________________________________

Zip-Code, City: _____________________________________________________

Country: _____________________________________________________

Phone Number: _____________________________________________________

Email: _____________________________________________________

Hardware description: _____________________________________________________

(brief & short)

_____________________________________________________

My hardware should be registered for the following contest (please mark):

• ”best Hardware 2005”

• ”best Hardware in development”

By signing the registration sheet, permission is given to publish the delivered documents for the purpose of distribution to all clubmembers (in the clubmagazine). The participant declares his acceptance, that his name, his adress and all belonging hardware documents and files of the contest will be released club internally for non-commercial purposes. He declares hereby, that no rights of third parties (of the contents), the delivered product respectively will be violated in any way. Any offence leads to the exclusion of the contest. The participant sets the organizer (ABBUC e.V.) free from any juridical claims of possible copyright violations. With this sign, the participant confirms to have read and understood the following contest rules. Furthermore, the participant accepts the following contest rules and verifies his notification for the contest:

Date/Sign: _________________ / _______________________________________________

Please print this contest sheet and send it (filled-in and signed) via mail or fax to:

ABBUC e. V.

Ressort Hardware

c/o Andreas Mischka

Pfarrstr. 7

D-89165 Dietenheim

GERMANY

E-Mail: [email protected]

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1.1 Contest:

To promote the development of new hardware for the Atari 8Bit systems, ABBUC e.V. organizes a hardware contest. The rules and conditions for an unconditional german capitulation, err, for the participation at the contest are fixed in the following points:

1.2 Awards/Prizes: (Emmies, Grammies, Oscars & Golden Globes)

The following prizes will be given at the annual ABBUC meeting (JHV) 2005:

 main prize "best hardware 2005"

 extra prize "best hardware 2005 in development"

1.3 Contest Rules:

1.3.1 Quality check:

The hardware which should participate at the contest must be given to the hardware ressort leader to make some pre-tests for admission to the contest. The tests will check the documented quality of the hardware that is ready for production. The sending of at least one fully-functional product must take place after an agreement with the leader of the hardware ressort. After the contest / the annual ABBUC meeting (JHV) in October, the hardware will be returned to its owner.

1.3.2 Preliminary Conditions:

Allowed for the contest is/are only hardware/upgrades for the Atari 8Bit computer family (600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 130XE). We do allow a) any hardware/upgrades for the computers and b) independant hardware peripherals. Modifications of already existent (hardware-) developments are excluded from participation. Furthermore, the participant must guarantee, that special software (operating systems, computer languages, applications ) is not absolutely required to use the hardware, except that the software is included with the contest hardware and free of any rights of third parties.

In special cases the leader of the hardware ressort (in collaboration with the chief of the club) will decide of an admission or exclusion.

1.4 Notification / Admission conditions:

• sending of a fully-functional hardware / upgrade and complete documents, schematics, manuals, etc. for admittance to ”best hardware 2005” (see also 1.5 deadline!)

• sending of complete schematics and documents and manuals, etc. (e.g. a prototype) for admittance to ”best hardware 2005 in development”.

• readable + understandable documentation and manual of the hardware in german or english.

• min.3 photos in digital form (with a min. resolution of 1024*768dpi, 24Bit color - a little bit more than the Atari 8Bit can do...)

• The delivered hardware (respectively software) must be free of any rights of third parties. Any sendings, where a violation of copyright can not be excluded without doubt, will NOT take part at the contest.

The (hardware-) models that are allowed for participating will be shown to the club members with a functional description and photos in the ABBUC magazine.

1.5 Deadline:

The participating contest hardware and/or schematics, documentations, manuals, etc. for both categories (“best hardware” and “best hardware in development”) must be sent in to the leader of the pack, err, the leader of the hardware ressort until August 15th, 2005 for testing / checking. Any hardware and/or schematics, documents, manuals, etc. that has/have been sent too late for testing / checking will NOT take part in the hardware contest.

1.6 Presentation of the Hardware:

The hardware / upgrades will be presented at the annual ABBUC meeting (JHV) in October by its author/developer or a representative. If the author/developer is absent at this meeting and did not name any representative, then the leader of the hardware ressort will present the hardware instead.

1.7 Publication of Winners:

The winners will be found (out) at the annual ABBUC meeting (JHV) in October. The voting will be made with a voting sheet. It is also possible to vote via post/snail-mail. The voting sheet will be given to every club member with the ABBUC magazine that is published one month before the annual meeting. The Deadline for the voting via post/snail-mail has been set to October 20th, 2005.

1.8 Prizes:

The prize for the ”best hardware 2005” has been set to EURO 500,00 (five-hundred). The special prize for the ”best hardware 2005 in development” has been set to EURO 100,00 (one-hundred).

1.9 Final Conditions:

Any juridical way is excluded. A right of the participant(s) to perform the contest does not exist. Should one category not get a prize, then the prize will go back to ABBUC e.V. Alterations and Errors reserved or better: All rights reserved !

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