loan@neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) (04/02/91)
I just received a 19-page fax describing the Developer's Forum to be held in May. Though it all looks fine and dandy, I am unable to PAY Silicon Graphics to tell me what their plans are for the next 18 months. Perhaps they are charging just enough to break even on the "event," but I still cannot pay it. So I am wondering if there will be proceedings available which will describe in detail IRIX 4.0 and the whole X/GL interface. I am not a Geometry Partner, so I don't get any information that way. I'm just a government employee with a Personal IRIS trying to develop a biomechanics software package. It's going to be hard convincing 20 research labs to get IRISes to run my software if the machines they buy 6 months from now won't run my GL/NeWS program. I don't need any special treatment, I'd just like to get details on where SGI is going before they get there (without having to pay hundreds of dollars). Does anyone know if proceedings will be available? thanks, pete loan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- pete loan Mobius strip for sale, loan@neon.stanford.edu see details on other side.
doelz@urz.unibas.ch (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr2.010401.18605@neon.Stanford.EDU>, loan@neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) writes: > I just received a 19-page fax describing the Developer's Forum to be held in > May. Though it all looks fine and dandy, I am unable to PAY Silicon Graphics > to tell me what their plans are for the next 18 months. Perhaps they are > charging just enough to break even on the "event," but I still cannot pay it. So do I - but you're lucky, you are at least in the area already. Even with never-come-back airlines it is still a problem for eurpoeans. I am also interested in proceedings , but I would also suggest to have a EUROPEAN conference as well. It would be so easy to attend, and less time-consuming to go. (I was shocked by the 'fee' to attend a conference which looks to me as if it would contain SGI speakers mainly. Maybe the fee could be less next time.) Regards Reinhard
bennett@sgi.com (Jim Bennett) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr2.010401.18605@neon.Stanford.EDU> loan@neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) writes: > >I just received a 19-page fax describing the Developer's Forum to be held in >May. Though it all looks fine and dandy, I am unable to PAY Silicon Graphics >to tell me what their plans are for the next 18 months. Perhaps they are >charging just enough to break even on the "event," but I still cannot pay it. >So I am wondering if there will be proceedings available which will describe >in detail IRIX 4.0 and the whole X/GL interface. I am not a Geometry Partner, >so I don't get any information that way. I'm just a government employee with >a Personal IRIS trying to develop a biomechanics software package. It's going >to be hard convincing 20 research labs to get IRISes to run my software if the >machines they buy 6 months from now won't run my GL/NeWS program. Well, if you stick to the GL, then your program will work fine. If you are doing NeWS specific stuff, sending postscript to the NeWS server for example, then it won't work. If you really need postscript, there will be a display postscript extension available. >I don't need any special treatment, I'd just like to get details on where SGI >is going before they get there (without having to pay hundreds of dollars). >Does anyone know if proceedings will be available? > >thanks, >pete loan >-- > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >pete loan Mobius strip for sale, >loan@neon.stanford.edu see details on other side. I don't know what our plans are for publishing proceedings. Maybe someone else does? Jim Bennett
shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr2.180116.1894@odin.corp.sgi.com> bennett@sgi.com (Jim Bennett) writes: > ....If you really need postscript, there will >be a display postscript extension available. This sounds ominous. Will it not be bundled? -P. ************************f*u*cn*rd*ths*u*cn*gt*a*gd*jb************************** Peter S. Shenkin, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY 10027 (212)854-1418 shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu(Internet) shenkin@cunixf(Bitnet) ***"In scenic New York... where the third world is only a subway ride away."***