SUG Conference in Atlanta
Peter Salus
peter at sug.std.com
Thu May 30 06:30:41 AEST 1991
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.
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THE SUN USER GROUP
1991 SUMMER TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
SPARC: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
ATLANTA HILTON & TOWERS
JUNE 17-19, 1991
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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
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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.
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Tuesday 18
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9:00 |
| Opening Remarks: Peter Zadrozny
| Keynote Address: Dave Ditzel, Sun Micro
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10:00 | BREAK
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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
| | |
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11:30 |
| LUNCH
| Speaker: Neil Groundwater, Sun Microsystems
| "NeWS and Multimedia"
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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
| | |
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3:00 | BREAK
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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
| | |
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4:15 | BREAK
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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 |
| | |
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6:00 |
Wednesday 19
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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
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10:00 | BREAK
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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
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11:30 |
| LUNCH
| Speaker: TBA
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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|
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3:00 | BREAK
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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
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4:15 | BREAK
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4:30 |
| Editor's Panel:
| The SPARC Marketplace
|
| Moderator: Peter Zadrozny
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5:30 |
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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
- PRE-REGISTRATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 3, 1991
- CANCELLATIONS MUST BE IN WRITING AND POSTMARKED BY JUNE 3, 1991
TO RECEIVE A REFUND
- PHONE PRE-REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH A VISA OR MASTERCARD
NUMBER ONLY.
For hotel and air reservations please call:
(800) 222-1035 or (415) 512-6360 FAX: (415) 541-0979
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*PLEASE NOTE:
REGISTRATION FEES INCLUDE LUNCHES AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION
ON-SITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $100.00
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