peter@sug.std.com (Peter Salus) (05/30/91)
If you're goint to be in Nashville, and want to stay on a few days in the South, you might be interested in the Sun User Group Technical Conference in Atlanta (a ~300 mile drive from Nashville through the Great Smokey Mountains), June 17, 18, 19. ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE SUN USER GROUP 1991 SUMMER TECHNICAL CONFERENCE SPARC: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ATLANTA HILTON & TOWERS JUNE 17-19, 1991 ******************************************************************************** TUTORIALS: All day Monday June 17 SESSIONS: Tuesday & Wednesday, June 18 & 19 Sessions will consist of Keynotes, Panel Discussions and three tracks of papers representing: > SPARC compatibles and peripherals > Technical papers from eminent users > Sun engineers and developers ******************************************************************************** SUN USER GROUP TECHNICAL CONFERENCE 1991 PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION Atlanta Hilton & Towers - June 18-19, 1991 Tutorials run all day June 17 $165.00 per person in addition to conference fees (box lunch included) (These tutorials each last the full day, please choose only one) T1 - Writing Distributed Applications using the ONC Platform Instructor: John Corbin, University of Texas-El Paso and Sun Microsystems T2 - Basic X Concepts Instructor: Berry Kercheval, Intelligent Decisions T3 - Introduction to the Domain Name System Instructor: Bill LeFebvre, Northwestern University T4 - Mixed-OS Administration; or, VMS+UNIX=Oil+Water? Instructor: Ruth Milner, NRAO/VLA YOU MAY REGISTER FOR A TUTORIAL ONLY. ******************************************************************************* Tuesday 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00 | | Opening Remarks: Peter Zadrozny | Keynote Address: Dave Ditzel, Sun Micro | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:15 | | | | | Redefining Real Time | | Porting from DOS | | Divide and Conquer | to SPARC | | | | Michael Peck | | Tom Kessler | | Stuart McRoberts | Sun Micro | Berkeley Camera Eng. | Imperial College | | | | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:30 | | LUNCH | Speaker: Neil Groundwater, Sun Microsystems | "NeWS and Multimedia" | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:30 | | | Graphics Acceleration | SPARC Optimizing | The Chorus | for X Windows | Compilers | Operating System | Martin Booth | | | Fujitsu | Keith Bierman | Lori Grob | --------| Sun Micro | Jim Lipkis |---------------------- 2:15 | | | Completion Chips for | | Chorus Systemes | SPARC Compatible Sys. | | | John Burns | | Fujitsu | | | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3:00 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3:15 | SCD & Unix Binary | Digital Motion Video | Writing Device | Standards: Why care?| Using JPEG Compression| Drivers for SPARC/SBus | | Techniques | Systems | Rob Gingell | John Ricketson | Jeff Zank | Sun Micro | Parallax Graphics | Sun Micro | | | | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:15 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:30 | | | | | | Panel | How to debug | A SPARC | | SPARC Kernels | Supercomputer | C compilers for SPARC | | | | | | | Hal Stern | Drew McCroklin | Moderator: Rich Morin | Sun Micro | FPS Computing | | | | | | | | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00 | Wednesday 19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00 | | Designing a SPARC | An Embedded X Server | Writing in SPARC | Compatible: The | with a Multiprocessing | Assembler | Software Perspective | Extension for Image | | | Processing | Doug Ward | Mike Williams | Stuart Kreitman | Sun Micro | Interactive Systems | Faster Raster Software | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:15 | | | | |Developing Applications| Tuning the SPARCserver | Trap and Interrupt | Using XGL and XVIEW | 490 for Optimal NFS | Handling | | Performance | | | | Doug Ward | Phil Cohen | Varun Mehta | Sun Micro | QuickSilver Software | Rajiv Khemani | | | Sun Micro | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:30 | | LUNCH | Speaker: TBA | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:30 | | DMA+ Controller | | | | Panel | | Erik Kristenson | | SPARC Toolkits | LSI Logic | High Performance | | | SPARC --------| Kenji Armstrong |-----------------------| 2:15 | Sun Micro | Asynchronous Device | Moderator: Stan Hanks | | Driver Support for | | | High Speed I/O | | | Chet Britten | | |Engineering Design Team| --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3:00 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3:15 | | | A Portable and | Alternate Register | SPARC Meets 386 | Reconfigurable | Window Schemes | | Threads Package | | Brian Rosen | | Kenji Armstrong | Mars Microsystems | Bodhisattwa Mukherjee | Sun Micro | | Georgia Tech | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:15 | BREAK --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:30 | | Editor's Panel: | The SPARC Marketplace | | Moderator: Peter Zadrozny | | --------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- 5:30 | ******************************************************************************* Date: Name: Company: Address: Phone: FAX: Email: PRE-REGISTRATION: [You may register for a tutorial without registering for the conference] [ ] $195* - SUG Member [ ] $235* - Non-member, please make me a member (outside the U.S. add $15 postage) [ ] $ 40 - SUG Annual Membership Only (I will not be attending the conference but please make me a member) - outside the U.S. add $15 postage fee [ ] $165 - Tutorial Registration CHOOOSE ONE: T1 T2 T3 T4 US $_________ Total payment [ ]CHECK (Make check payable to SUN USER GROUP) [ ]VISA [ ]MASTERCARD Card#: Expiration Date: (Note: All credit card receipts will be mailed - no exceptions) Cancellation/Refund Policy: Refunds for cancellations will be given per the following schedule: - Before May 16, 1991: Fees refunded less $50.00. - After May 16, 1991, but before June 3, 1991: 50% of fees refunded - Medical document signed by physician: Full refund - No refunds will be granted after June 3, 1991 - Cancellations must be in writing and postmarked by June 3, 1991 to receive a refund Complete and return this form with payment to: SUN USER GROUP CONFERENCE OFFICE 201 SAN ANTONIO CIRCLE, SUITE D265 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040 U.S.A. 415/948-0998 FAX: 415/948-6802 - 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