rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (03/31/89)
The Third Annual X Window System Technical Conference, held on January 23-25, was recorded on video tape, and copies are now available in VHS format. One copy of the printed tutorial and talk handouts will accompany each tape set. A summary of the tutorials and talks appears below. To order copies, at $600 per set (includes shipping), send a check and a written request to: Michelle Leger Room 217 Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 Please include the following information in your request: name, postal address for shipping, and phone number. Checks should be made payable to "MIT". Purchase orders will not be accepted. Please allow approximately 4 weeks for delivery. If you have questions, you can direct them to Michelle Leger at mail address: michelle@expo.lcs.mit.edu TUTORIALS Introduction to Programming with Xlib Oliver Jones, Apollo Computer, Inc. Writing Widgets (novice) Paul Asente, DEC Western Software Lab Writing Widgets (advanced) Ralph Swick and Mark Ackerman, MIT Project Athena TALKS The Care and Feeding of Overlay Planes - A Religious Battle Sam Black, Concurrent Computer Corporation Interactive Software Tools using X Widgets Doug Blewett, AT&T Bell Laboratories The Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual David Rosenthal, Sun Microsystems Automatic Construction of User-Interface Displays Yigal Arens, USC/Information Sciences Institute Why X Is Not Our Ideal Window System Hania Gajewska, DEC Western Software Lab The Tektronix HVC (Hue-Value-Chroma) Color Model Bob Toole, Al Tabayoyon, and Joann Taylor, Tektronix, Inc. X Terminal Issues Mike Braca, Visual Technology, Inc. X Consortium Status Report Bob Scheifler, MIT Display PostScript and X Susan Angebranndt, Digital Equipment Corporation PEX (PHIGS/PHIGS+ Extension for X) Marty Hess, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Dr. Spencer Thomas, University of Michigan The OSF User Environment Component Offering Kee Hinckley, Open Software Foundation Implementation of an Experimental Data Visualization System Martin Schedlbauer, University of Lowell The View2 Toolkit Thomas W. R. Jacobs, Sun Microsystems AT&T's OPEN LOOK Widget Set, The Story Behind its Development Marcel Meth, AT&T Bell Laboratories Implementation of an X server on a pipelined display architecture Michael Toy, Silicon Graphics, Inc. tV - A Network Transparent System for Interconnecting and Controlling Video Devices in Real Time Darren Leigh, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories ADEW - The Andrew Development Environment Workbench Tom Neuendorffer, Carnegie Mellon University An "XLib" for the Cedar Language Christian Jacobi, Xerox PARC Window Groups as an Extension to the Parent/Child Hierarchy Philip Gust, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Implementing an X Server in Ada Stu Lewin, Sanders Associates, Inc.