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      Need Articles - Pronto!
 Nov. LA Siggraph Meeting
 Re: Info-Graphics Digest

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Date:         Mon, 27 Oct 1986 11:07:35 EDT
From: (William J. Joel)  <JZEM%MARIST.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU>
Subject:      Need Articles - Pronto!

I am putting together a special topics course on Ray Tracing and have
need of the following two articles.  I've tried all my sources and
have had no success.  If you can acquire the article(s) for me, send
me a note and I'll tell you where to send them to.  Thanks!

Roth, S.D.; Ray Casting for Modelling Solids; Computer Graphic Image
Processing, Vol 18, (2/82) pp. 109-144.

Rubin, S.; A 3-D Representation for Fast Rendering of Complex Scenes;
SIGGRAPH '80 Proceedings (I.E., Computer Graphics, Vol 14), pp.110-116.

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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 86 17:50:21 pst
From: Jerry Isdale <jisdale@OMNILAX.ARPA>
Subject: Nov. LA Siggraph Meeting


	Los Angeles SIGGRAPH November Meeting Announcement

	Topic: Sig Kidz, Los Angeles 1986

	Speakers: 

	Date: 	Tuesday, Nov 11, 1986
		Refreshments: 	6:30 - 7:30pm
		Meeting:	7:30 - 9:30pm

	Location: EZTV (a Video arts gallery)
		8547 Santa Monica Blvd.
		(1.5 blocks west of La Cienega,
		 plenty of parking in lot next door)

During the social hour kids will be giving demos of computer programs
they've written, animators will be presenting various animation and
paint programs for different computers. You'll be surprised by the kids
computer art.

The program will be an evening of demonstrations, videos and
presentations of educational and graphics software.  Included will be
talks on Apple Computer's Vivarium project, a video on "Writing to
Read" by Dr. J.H. Martin (IBM), a video disc from Chicago of animation
w/audio done bye children in an art therapy program, information on
CD-I (Compact Disc Interactive), videos of local kids working on their
computers, and demos of graphics and animation on Amigas, Macintoshes,
Apple II's, IBM PC's, Atari, etc. Kids are encouraged to bring samples
of their own computer work to the meeting. (Kids up to age 16 are
eligible to enter art work or programs)

For Further Information:
	Call (213) 462-4710 and ask for Coco.

	SIGPHONE: (213) 392-1074
		Los Angeles ACM/Special Interest Group on Computer GRAPhics
		PO BOX 90698
		World Way Postal Center
		Los Angeles, CA 90009

	ARPA/CSNET: 
		jisdale@omnilax
		Jerry Isdale
		Omnibus Productions

		collier@omnilax
		Nancy Collier
		Able Image Research
		(213) 462-8100 x209

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 86 20:19:16 EST
From: nike!rutgers!chinet!cabbie%allegra%princeton.csnet@relay.cs.net
Subject: Re: Info-Graphics Digest
Organization: chi-net, Public Access UN*X, Chicago IL
Status: R

In article <8610220253.AA04139@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> you write:
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>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 86 10:09 PDT
>From: mbr@nprdc.arpa
>Subject: Request for info on new and exciting color monitors.
>Organization: Intelligent Systems Group
>Postal-Address: C-015, La Jolla, CA  92093
>
>We are thinking of purchasing a new color monitor for one of our systems.
>It must accept analog rgb, sync on green at a resolution of 1280x1024,
>60hz interlaced.
>
>We currently have some 3 year old monitors which are ok, but are not
>very bright, and the colors aren't too wonderful. So, the question
>is, "Has anyone had any experience with monitors that meet the above
>specs and 'blows your socks off?'*"
>
>Thanks.
>
>Mark Rosenstein
>
>*'blows your socks off' means looks really, really good, doesn't have
>much maintance problems, and is all and all a nice monitor.
>
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The absolute last word in monitors is the Tektronix HR650.
You would have to run the green looped through to the ext. sync input but that
is no sweat.
				Rich Andrews

				...ihnp4!chinet!cabbie






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