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How to arrive
Schedule
Scheduled activities inside the users meeting
Observations
Confirmed stands
Reservation of stands and renting of material


When, where and how much
The meeting is going to be celebrated next Saturday 19th of June, at the Meetings room of Cotxeres de Sants, at Sants streeth 79, Barcelona, near from the Sant train station.

The doors will be opened to the public at 10am, but expositors will be able to enter at 9am to mount the stands.

How to arrive
Just using the Sants road from pasaje Pas de Fructuòs Gelabert.

Also, you can use the Line5 (blue) and Line1(red) of the barcelona underground to arrive there, just stoping at "Plaça de Sants" station (please, be carefull and don't confuse it with "Sants" station)

If you need more info about how to arrive to les Cotxeres de Sants just click on the map to see its location on google maps.

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Schedule
From 9am to 10am Free access only to expositors.

From 10am to 5pm The users meeting.

From 5pm to 6pm expositor must dismount the stands and empty the room.

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Activities inside the users meeting
Note: The activities schedule can change easily so, the hours showed on the table are orientative.
Expositors presentation

HORA 10:30

It's possible for expositors make a presentation of his stands, showing all the material they have. After this, visitors can realize any questions to the expositors about any doubt. There isn't any order placed on the presentation. This will be decided during the meeting.

2D graphics contest

HORA 11:30

The winners of the 2D graphic contest AAMSX organized by aorante will be announced with an awards ceremony.


AAMSX game
contest


HOUR 12:00

The contest game and the contest rules still haven't been decided by the AAMSX team.

MSX Quiz contest

HOUR: After the AAMSX game contest

On this contest, players must answer some questions, all MSX related, with four possible answers (a buzz style contest). For the contest its going to be used a pc program with special controllers (one for each players) used to answer the questions.

Discussion

HOUR: 15:00, after dinner

On the last users meeting, there was a little discussion organized by the AAMSX where some of the most important developers in spain spoked about the best platform for creating games, MSX1 or MSX2. This year, the issue hasn't been decided yet.

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Observations
We request the public assistant that please dont wait at the entry while the expositor are mounting the stands. Its just to avoid people agglomerations.

Warning to the expositors: Since last year, expositors could place their car on that little park placed inside the cotxeres de sants enclosure, but this year expositors must be carefull with this, because lately, the police has been sending fines to all the cars placed there. So, that place must be used only as a zone of load and unload of the stands material if you want to avoid any possibility of receive a fine.
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List of expositors
AAMSX

- The AAMSX will be there to inform visitors about last news on the AAMSX affairs.
- They will sell cartridges of traffic jam, perfect fit, operation wolf and majikazo games.
- They will sell two new cartridges (the games to be published still hasn't been decided by the AAMSX) All the money obtained from the cartridge is going to be used for the organization of future users meetings.
- There will be algo available, copies of the Carnival Bomb Ring game, on disk format.
- AAMSX will held the classic little 2nd hand material market where all visitor can sell all kind of MSX related hardware and software.

Taburoto

As always, they will connect their MSX to a powerfull music system. The perfect place for playing some MSX games and enjoy.

MSX Calamar
- website -

Here you will find some MSX hardware for sale: RGB and cassete wires, 220v to 120v adaptors, floppy disk units adapted for MSX computers and, if its possible, some MSX merchandising.

MOAI-TECH
- web -

At Moai-tech you will find merchandising, cartridges, and some 2nd hand MSX computers for selling.

Alberto Orante
1st MSX Graphics contest organizer

- web -

On his stand, he will show all the images presented to the 1st MSX graphics contest.

Walter

As every year, he will show us a big stand with several MSX machine, rare hardware and some software for test.

GUEST PLATFORM
Atari by TitoTeclado

- web -

Titoteclado will shown us several Atari computers like the 8bit Atari 800 computer, or the 16bits computers from the Atari ST series.

Alifort chapas
- web -

Alifort chapas is going to sell all kind of MSX merchadising (sheets, turnkeys, magnets...)

Kralizec
- web -

Kralizec is going to sell their last game:The Goonies 'R' Good Enough in a 4Mbit cartridge with 2 sound chips built in: One SCC and one PSG.

MSX AREA

Juanmi Ortuño and Julio Gracia presents the new Spanish MSX magazine, available on the users meeting.

Paxanga Soft
- web -

With a extense game library and a lot of users meetings of experience, MSXkuns strikes back to show his last project: an MSX2 version of the Pengo Coin-op. Also, and if there is time to manufacture the cartridges, the game is going to be sold during the users meeting.

ThePetsMode
- web -

JamQue and NapalMSX, two active members of the ThePetsMode group, are going to show their last creations. It's important to emphasize the game Hans' Adventure, and improved version programmed with assembler of their basic game Escape from Dwarves' Goldmine.

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Reservation of stands and renting of material
The room where the meeting is celebrated isn't big. That's why we recommend to all possible expositors that please make the reserve as soon as possible. This will be good to everybody because first, you get more guarantees of getting your own stand and also, this will encourage more visitors to the users meetings when they see that there are a lot of confirmed expositors. Last year, only one stand place was free, but this year maybe all the avilable places will be occupied.

As other years, the access for visitors to the users meeting its free. Also, the stands are free too, but these expositors that only have 2nd hand games for sale must pay for the stand. Here its de prices list:
    - If your stand only has got 2nd hand games, you must pay 20€
    - If your stand has got 2nd hand game but it also has computers for sale, you must pay 20€. Also, for every computer for selling found in your stand, the final price of the stand will be reduced 3€.
    - If your stand represents any MSX related association, a coders group, MSX website, MSX merchandise, MSX music... the stand will be free.
Also, the 2nd hand stand service organized by the AAMSX will be free too.

The material showed at the stands must be 100% MSX related. Only the guest platform stand is allowed to show material of the platform its showing. Also, if you're showing another material but you've got reasonable reason (merchandising, t-shirts, any association info...), it can be allowed by the AAMSX. Personal computers are allowed too when they're used for the stand (for copying files to a flash card, for showing videos, emulators, ...). Anyway, if you've got any questions about that, don't hesitate and send us and e-mail with your question about it and we will answer you as soon as possible.

If you want to make a reservation, please contact us using the "contact with us" section mail. The mail must include the name of the stand, a webaddress related with the stand (if there is any) and a little description about what are you going to show in you stand. As soon as we receive the mail we will answer you with the confirmation of your reserve.

You also can make a reserve of material: MSX computers or televisions for your stand. If you're not from Barcelona, and you don't want come by car, you've got the possibility of use another transport and forget the problem of taking with you any heavy and annoying luggage. You can rent us any hardware you need and we will take it to the users meeting for you. Here its the price of every hardware:
    - MSX1 computer withouth disk drive-> 10 euros.
    - MSX2 computer with disk drive-> 15 euros.
    - MSX2+ computer -> 20 euros.
    - MSX TurboR -> 25 euros.
    - Normal Television 14'' -> 15 euros
    - High quality 14''TV (Sony CRT) -> 20 euros
If you want another special hardware (like flash cartridges, network cartridges, slot expansors, FMPAC,...) please first ask about it on the reservation mail, and we will check it if it's possible or not and wich price you must pay for it.
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