HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ralph@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ralph Orlick)
Subject: SIGGRAPH '92 full sets of course notes
Keywords: SIGGRAPH course notes
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:02:01 GMT

 A  limited number of full sets of course notes from SIGGRAPH '92 are 
 available.  The cost is $640 which includes shipping to anywhere in the
 continental USA.  Notes will be sold on a first-come, first serve basis.
 Payment is by check or money order and should be sent to:  SIGGRAPH '92,
 Conference Management, 401 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL  60611,
 Attn:  Cynthia Stark.  Checks should be made payable to SIGGRAPH '92.

 Questions on purchase of full sets should be directed to info92@siggraph.org.



Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: SpeedStar 24 and 24X
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd. 
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 18:58:07 GMT
Keywords: Speedstar Diamond 24 24X

In article <1992Aug14.022849.11889@serval.net.wsu.edu> tlin@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (generic) writes:
>In article <1992Aug6.203616.20780@infonode.ingr.com> bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:
>>kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:
>>
>>>I have a Speedstar 24 in my system and recently got on the Diamond BBS and
>>>saw drivers for the Speedstar 24X.  I though that was just a SpeedStar 24,
>>>but downloaded the utilities and found out it's not.  Anyone know what the 24X
>>>exactally is?   I'm guessing a S3 24, but that's just a guess.  Thanks.
>
>

The Speedstar 24X card and the Speedstar 24 card are two different animals.
The Speedstar 24X implements a Western Digital Graphics Accelerator Chip
and a 24 bit (16.7 million color) DAC made by Diamond. VESA support for the
Speedstar 24X card for v1.00 is done by running a VESA.EXE file before 
trying to use DOS apps that support the VESA standard. Rev 1.01 has the
VESA support built into the Card. I will have more info on this card posted
in the FAQ list that is on our listserver. 


-- 
  	   New! ZEOS 486 Upgradable VESA Local Bus Motherboard.  

			   info@zeos.com
Ken Germann		support@zeos.com 	Zeos International, Ltd.
From: davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Where can I find GIF, PCX, PIC and BMP format spec and decoding files
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:11:43 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

In article <1992Aug13.180501.4162@bmerh85.bnr.ca> kaustine@nbrwh42.bnr.ca (Mathew Kaustinen) writes:

>I probably shouldn't be doing this, as this info is probably in the
>FAQ (or is it, and if so, which one????!). One book that I feel is
>an invaluable reference on this subject is:
>	Supercharged Bitmapped Graphics, Steve Rimmer
>	Windcrest/McGraw Hill
>The copy I bought includes a disk with source code and various
>viewing utilities for DOS-VGA.

Can you give me an ISBN for that book please ? I have Steve Rimmer's book 
called 'Bit-mapped Graphics' but have never seen the 'Supercharged' one.
Can you give me brief details on what info it contains please ?

Davei
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: scip2053@nusunix2.nus.sg (ZHAO PEI)
Subject: why only title
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:48:41 GMT

I posted two articles(very short) in this group.But only the title
and my address appeared. Who can tell me why ?
From: capelli@VNET.IBM.COM ("Ron Capelli")
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Representing conics as Bezier's
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:07:08 GMT

In <1992Aug14.160501.15095@smsc.sony.com> Mark L. Wood-Patrick writes:
>I would like to get some pointers/references on representing conics
>(In particular circular and elliptical arc's) as Bezier's.  Does
>anyone have any suggestions.

This topic is discussed in the FAQ postings.  A non-rational
Bezier curve cannot generate an exact circular or elliptical arc.
A non-rational quadratic Bezier curve is a parabola.

To use rational parametric polynomial curves to generate exact circular
and elliptical arcs, the FAQ lists the paper by L.Piegl and W.Tiller,
"A Menagerie of Rational B-Spline Circles" in IEEE CG&A, v9n9, Sept 89.
See also the text by G.Farin, "Curves and Surfaces for Computer Aided
Geometric Design", Academic Press (1988 or subsequent edition).

For an approximation to an ellipse using a non-rational cubic Bezier,
consider this one...

For an ellipse x**2/a**2 + y**2/b**2 = 1, the following points on the
curve have the given tangent slopes:

  [+a/sqrt(2), +b/sqrt(2)] has slope -b/a
  [+a/sqrt(2), -b/sqrt(2)] has slope +b/a
  [-a/sqrt(2), -b/sqrt(2)] has slope -b/a
  [-a/sqrt(2), +b/sqrt(2)] has slope +b/a

These four points subdivide the ellipse into four arc segments.
Consider the rightmost segment, which should cross the x-axis at
[+a, 0].  Working backwards through one De'Casteljau subdivision
step for a cubic Bezier curve, Bezier control points to approximate
the elliptical arc segment can be determined to be:

  [+a/sqrt(2), +b/sqrt(2)]
  [+a*(8-sqrt(2)/6, +b*(7*sqrt(2)-8)/6]
  [+a*(8-sqrt(2)/6, -b*(7*sqrt(2)-8)/6]
  [+a/sqrt(2), -b/sqrt(2)]

The other three segment control points can be determined in a
similar manner, or by symmetry.  For a circle, let radius = a = b.

The FAQ lists a couple of references for non-rational approximations.
I haven't been able to get a copy of the Faux and Pratt book.  Does
it have this approximation?
______________________________________________________________________

"It is impossible to make anything foolproof,
because fools are so ingenious."

"If you do something which you are sure will meet with
everyone's approval, someone won't like it."
______________________________________________________________________

...Ron Capelli      capelli@vnet.ibm.com        (914) 435-1673

   IBM Corp.,   PO Box 950,   Poughkeepsie, NY  12602
Xref: sparky comp.graphics:8795 comp.os.msdos.apps:4296
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Thursday, 13 Aug 1992 08:47:16 EDT
From: Robert Roxby <RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: 3-D modelling software, any?

Is there any dos software for 3-D modelling, i.e., constructing
a perspective drawing on screen of an object from x,y,z coordinates?
I want to model a boat hull.  Something that makes line drawings
and allows rotations around different axes would be ok.  Even better
if it could draw in continuous shades, with arbitrary placement of
light sources, etc.  Thanks.  Robert
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen)
Subject: Re: SigGraph, Chicago, and Unions
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:48:01 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.181846.14470@cmcl2.nyu.edu>, galanter@nyu.edu (Philip Galanter) writes:
> Unions are hardly unique in their applying old technology business  
> practices to new technology businesses.  But this is no more extortion  
> than the support fees computer companies charge to let you talk to them  
> about failures in their product...the response usually being some  
> combination of denial, your having to educate them, having them read to  
> you from a document that you originally cited to them, and eventually  
> being bumped up to someone who will tell you "fixed in the next release"
 
The difference of course is that you are free to vote with your feet
and simply go to another software or hardware vendor.  The unions have
rigged the system so that legally you cannot go to anyone else, at
least not in that city.  How would feel if you were legally required
to use certain software in certain cities and states?
-- 
Doug Andersen
hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: jk87377@cc.tut.fi (Juhana Kouhia)
Subject: Re: Positive suggestions about a new FAQ
Organization: Tampere University of Technology
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 19:01:39 GMT


In article <_=4mwdl.jef@netcom.com> Jef Poskanzer <jef@netcom.com> writes:
>
>In fact I was quiet after passing along the FAQ, but the lies and
>insults continued.  Maybe you should ask Juhana about that, eh?


My purpose is not to call others by names or insult people.
 
Mistages happens, I got the wrong impression from what recently
happened. My guess was wrong. It seems you taked it as insult,
sorry about that.
 
You could write all more gently, instead of calling me a liar.
 
 
Lets please continue the discussion on how to organize all those
frequently posted articles.


Juhana Kouhia
From: mtymp07@epx.cis.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: POV sample files
Date: 13 Aug 92 00:16:22 GMT
Distribution: comp.graphics
Organization: University of Minnesota

In <1992Aug11.034634.22922@wam.umd.edu> ara@wam.umd.edu (Ford Prefect) writes:

>Does anyone know where I can FTP sample files for POV raytracer
>also some utilities that have been updated for the POV 1.0 release?

I believe alfred.ccs.carleton.ca  has all the PoV sample scene files, 
executables, and so on...  I haven't found somewhere with utilities yet...

If you find anywhere, let me know.

Peter
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: grieggs@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (John T. Grieggs)
Subject: Re: FAQ note
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:50:38 GMT

In article <prestonm.713605301@cs.man.ac.uk> prestonm@cs.man.ac.uk (Martin Preston (Research Student)) writes:
>moderator (as he doesn't read this group :-( ). If you want to notify the
Untrue - I read the group religiously, and have for several years now.

_john

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: baby@info.polymtl.ca (Philippe Grant)
Subject: Re: FAQ : The final score
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:42:07 GMT

In article <prestonm.713605301@cs.man.ac.uk> prestonm@cs.man.ac.uk (Martin Preston (Research Student)) writes:

>
>   We've been arguing on this for about 8 months now, and as far as i can tell
>   we're not actually getting anywhere. New readers must be thoroughly
>   pig-sick of the argument, whatever justifications there are for it. 
>   (... some stuff zapped ...)
>   Martin
>   --
>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   |Martin Preston,        (preston@uk.ac.mcc.cgu.v2)    |    S A V E        |
>   |Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing Centre, |      THE          |
>   |University of Manchester,                            |    N.U.R.B.       |
>   |Manchester, U.K., M13 9PL     Phone : 061 275 6095   |                   |
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Well, I'm a new reader here, and from what I can -=objectively=- tell,
there's way too much nit-picking going on.  I've looked at the older FAQ,
and it seems to be the same as when I first saw it about a year ago, when I
needed something (I don't remember what exactly).  I do know that I can't
draw a circle with a bezier spline (or was it b-spline), but it would be
nice to have some new stuff put into the FAQ (and some old stuff taken
out).  If we didn't ever do that, you would still find questions like "how
do I calculate which pixels to turn on when I draw a line on those new
raster monitors, without using floats?".

I would just like to see more info and less babble (I'm a Engineering
graduate still searching for something to specialize in, as I will be
looking for permanent work in about 2 months.  I like to look at newsgroups
to see which domains are most effervescent and have the biggest potential
for (my) growth in the next 5 years.  Usenet is a tremendous forum and
source of information).

- insert stupid newbie comment here -
- insert oldie-wanna-be comment here - 
--
Philippe Grant                     | If it ain't broke,
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal    | DON'T FIX IT!!!
baby@info.polymtl.ca               | Including this signature!
Xref: sparky comp.graphics:9015 alt.graphics.pixutils:1986 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:2202
From: j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Speedstar 24x
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:51:43 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Aug20.075613.29666@u.washington.edu>, rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) writes...
> 
>     
>	I am on the verge of ordering the Diamond Speedstar 24x, and
>just wanted to check some stuff out.  Someone reported having problems
>in their 800x600 mode; can somebody tell me if they are reliably
>running in the 800x600x32k mode? 

I have had no problems with the 800x600x32k mode.

> 	The "x" version of the 24 is worth the extra 30 bucks, eh? 

It was worth it to me.

>	It comes with a paint program, right? 

No.  It comes with an Imager program.

>	Anybody have a "favorite" (read:cheap) place they got theirs
>from? 

USA Flex has them for $189.  Telemart is charging $179.

> 
>	Any other problems/considerations, that would make me opt for
>the straight 24 instead?  The only real prob I have now is that I know
>of no DOS viewer which supports the cool modes of the 24x, whereas I
>know that Cshow has a driver out for the straigt 24....

VPIC 4.8C works with it just great using the VESA modes.  These modes work
up to 1024x768x256.  Since GIF is 8 bit anyway, there is no need for at
GIF viewer to support the higher color modes.

I am using JVIEW 0.90 under windows to get 24 bit color support for jpegs.

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: dres@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Drought Research Account)
Subject: TIFF file format
Organization: Queensland Dept Primary Industries.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:14:21 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: TIFF file format
Distribution: world

Hi. Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the specification
of the TIFF file format? There was a message here a little while ago
saying that it was on sgi.com, but it doesn't seem to be there.

Better yet would be some routines for reading/writing TIFF files.
Any ideas ?

thanks

Neil Flood
dres@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Question about maps
From: Martin@jsblan.byu.edu (Martin Murillo)
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:21:48 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Could anybody tell me about a FTP place where I could get the
weather maps?
Thanks!

Martin Murillo
Martin_murillo@byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann)
Subject: Re: ftp-site
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 13:43:27 GMT

In <1992Aug21.104251.28334@alf.uib.no> jarle@ii.uib.no (Jarle Strand Jomfrustien 17 5030 tlf.281382) writes:

>In a posting someone refered to a file with name VGAKIT41.ZIP. 
>Does anybody know the name of a ftp-site with this file?


>-- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                         Jarle Strand (jarle@ii.uib.no)
  Hi,
well it is on 134.95.80.1  (university Cologne, Germany) in
msdos/graphics  or msdos/programming  or etc...

It is a very good SVGA library in ASM and C code, so you can write
your apllication for all SVGA modes in 256 colors !

Another very good utility is VESAVGA.ZIP  which I also posted a few 
weeks ago in a.b.p.utilities

Best regards Stefan Hartmann.
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: wayne@netcom.com (wayne t. watson)
Subject: Does SF Bay Area SIGGRAPH Exist?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 15:32:04 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba

Does the ACM SIGGRAPH really exist in the San Francisco Bay Area?  
I have never been able to contact it successfully.
-- 
Wayne T. Watson   wayne@netcom.com (415) 969-4233
Mountain View, CA
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: sjm@miles.com (Scott Mark)
Subject: Where is REND386, really?
Organization: Miles Inc., Diagnostics Division, Elkhart, IN
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:01:42 GMT

The directory I got of sunee.waterloo.ca pub/raytracers (the described
home of REND386) includes the following, but where is REND386?:

Thank you.
Scott Mark
sjm@miles.com

Subject: part 001 of dir  (pub/raytracers@sunee.waterloo.edu) [rend386] (ascii, last)
X-Complaints-To: ftpmail-request@uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com
Status: RO

total 19
drwxr-xr-x  3 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 dkb
-rw-r--r--  1 0        1            8864 Jan 20  1992 list.erichaines
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 mtv
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Nov 18  1991 pov
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 qrt
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Jul 15 18:05 rayshade
-rw-r--r--  1 1107     1             819 Sep  3  1991 read.me
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 urt
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 vivid
drwxr-xr-x  2 1107     1             512 Sep  3  1991 vort
-rw-r--r--  1 1107     1             244 Nov 18  1991 where.from
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: reddy@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Chandrasekhar Reddy)
Subject: Wanted 3d maze-like data
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:53:10 GMT


I need 3d boundary/surface data of a maze of caverns or labyrinth. I need it 
to test a 3D visibility/fly-thru algorithm. Even data like a molecular model
built of spheres or ball and stick model will do.

In fact, any 3D data in which the interior is connected and complex will be
a great help

Thanks
Chandra Reddy
reddy@cis.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: The Worst of Siggraph (Was 'The Best of Siggraph')
Date: 13 Aug 92 06:52:30 GMT
Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology

In article <1992Aug12.045720.27641@colorado.edu>
	speer@anchor.cs.colorado.edu (Rick Speer) writes:

>2. The layout. Why the exhibition in one hall and all of the papers
>   and the panels in the other?

It was a simulation of human flow dynamics as an essential part to
calculate the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and
Everything. The conference is the computer!

The result was successfully used to pack unbelievably many people in
Hyatt Regency at the technical program reception.

						Masataka Ohta
Xref: sparky comp.graphics:8910 comp.windows.x:15316 comp.windows.x.motif:5656
From: kale@aelle.cs.odu.edu (Vijay S. Kale)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Source Code for any Drawing Program in X/Motif
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:17:57 GMT
Organization: Old Dominion University

Hi Folks,

 Could any one out there give me pointers to any info/source on
 a code that would allow to draw and manipulate simple diagrams
 with lines, arcs, texts in an X/Motif enviromnment.

 Young/Brain books do give some info but they do not provide
 routines to select the objects and manipulate them.

 I will very much appreciate.

 Thanks.

..Vijay
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: wds@bernice.pbd (William D. Sheppard)
Subject: Spinning wireframe globe
Reply-To: wsheppard@worldbank.org
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:13:16 GMT


I'm looking for some "c" source code to render a spinning
wireframe globe. Anyone got a suggestion?

Thanks in advance
Bill Sheppard
Worldbank, Washington DC
From: val@lillee.cs.curtin.edu.au (Foxy Lady)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Facial Animation stuff via ftp
Summary: List of stuff on facial animation via ftp
Keywords: facial animation ftp
Date: 23 Aug 92 12:15:14 GMT
Organization: Curtin University of Technology





Well, after a whirlwind trip to SIGGRAPH and other places, I've
settled back in to Perth to do some work. 

For people interested in facial animation, there is now an annotated 
bibliography (approx. 200 words each) of facial animation papers in my 
ftp area. I've also added a description of the format for the facial 
data to help anyone who had trouble getting the model together.

These new files are at:


        site:   marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au

        dir:    pub/graphics/bibliography/Facial_Animation
        files:  ann_biblio.ps.Z   (annotated bibliography)
                ann_biblio.txt.Z  (annotated biblio - text file)
		valerie.info	(info on data for half a face)
        

	...along with other files on facial aniamtion and morphing.


There is a copy of a version of Fred Parke's fascia program at:

	site:	marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au

	dir:	pub/fascia
	files:	fascia.tar.Z
		readme

Another very good site for facial animation is Steve Franks site at 
Sony...

	site: 	scslwide.sony.co.jp
	dir:	ftp2/SGI/Facial-Animation


--README-file-------------------------------------------------------



This directory contains some of the facial animation work being done at
the Sony Computer Science Labs.

fascia.tar.Z is a public domain version of Parke's facial animation system

Face1.bib and RawBibs.tar.Z  are a small collection of BibTex bibliographies
	on facial animation. (Not in good Bibtex form yet)


Face.tar.Z is a "surface layer" muscle deformation program I wrote based
	on Keith Waters muscle deformation equations. It accepts muscle
	parameter values over an INET/Unix Port and renders and deforms
	the face. (SGI GL, written in C). It can map textures onto the face
	or Gouraurd shade them.

Control.tar.Z is a Spline based control program I wrote to control the face.
	Spline "scenes" can be loaded and saved to disk.

	Middle Mouse addes/deletes a spline point (depending in mouse is pointed
		to a point)

	LEFT mouse moves a control point. Evaluate send the entire spline
		data to the renderer. 

	Preview allows you to selectively evaluate the frames.
	
	Display Control allows scrolling of the splines.



All this work is available for research use by anyone. No profit can be made 
from these programs.



Steve Franks
stevef@csl.sony.co.jp  OR stevef@cs.umr.edu

Sony Computer Science Labs.
Takanawa Muse Bldg.
3-14-13 Higashigotanda
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 Japan

Phone:: +81-3-3448-4380

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Hope this helps all you facial animators out there!




Valerie Hall.

Graduate student - facial animation
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Western Australia


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