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From: freedman@bellman.lanl.gov (Keith S. Freedman)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Future of fax?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:30:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: newshost.1992Apr7.153049.28902
Reply-To: freedman@bellman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

In article 11276@mindlink.bc.ca, Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack) writes:
>
>In British Columbia, a Canadian province on the west coast (Pacific Ocean-side)
>the government sees FAX as a "handy source of revenue" (quotes are mine!). In
>the latest budget for the province, the government has started charging sales
>tax on FAX transmissions. Obviously, this tax must be collected by the
>telephone company, who inadvertently become tax collectors thru their
>accounting process.
>
It would seem that it is acceptable to charge a tax on fax transmissions if a company
is charging someone to do the transmission for them, but this would be a simple sales
tax.
Otherwise, it would make sense to just read the document over the phone to someone,
unless there are graphics in the document.

I believe there has been some effort on behalf of the United States government to
try to tax electronic data transfers of any kind (i.e. modem use, etc.).  This has been
met with great resistance and they have not YET been successful.

---
Keith Freedman
Los Alamos National Laboratory
freedman@ilmen.lanl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: thinman@netcom.com (Lance Norskog)
Subject: Re: MS WAVE file format
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 03:40:09 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: Multimedia, WAVE, Windows


This is in response to Sue Raisty's posting about .WAV files.
  
  The book says (on Pg. 8-40)
  <WAVE-form>  ->  RIFF(  'WAVE'			//Form type
  			<fmt-ck>		// Waveform format
  			<data-ck> )		// Waveform data
  
  <fmt-ck>  -> 	fmt(	<wave-format>		// WaveFormat Structure
  			<format-specific>	// Dependent on format category
  
  <wave-format> -> struct {WORD formatTag;		// Format Category
  			 WORD nChannels;		// No. channels
  			 DWORD nSamplesPerSec;   // Sampling Rate
  			 DWORD nAvgBytesPerSec;  // For buffering
  			 WORD  nBlockAlign;}	// Block alignments
  
  <PCM-format-specific> ->  struct {WORD   nBitsPerSample;}  //Sample Size
  
  <data-ck> -> data( <wave-data> )
  ----------------

Guess: Parenthesis in the above grammar means "new block",
which gets its own 4-byte length field.

  ding
  52 49 46 46 			RIFF
  46 2D 0 0 			11590 bytes long
  57 41 56 45 			WAVE
  66 6D 74 20			fmt <space>
  10 0 0 0 			16 bytes long
  1 0 				format type #1
  1 0 				1 channel (mono)
  22 56 0 0 			8790 samples
  22 56 0 0 			8790 bytes/sec on average
  1 0 				1 block align ???
		note that we have now used up our 16 bytes for the 'fmt '
  8 0 				8 bits per sample
  64 61 74 61 			data
  22 2D 0 0 			8749 bytes long
  80 80 80 80 80 80....		dead time.  Since it's 128,
				that means these are unsigned bytes.
				This may be what 'format type #1' means.
  
Look at the rest of the file and count out the bytes.
I'm sure you'll find that they agree with the two section
length fields at the beginning.

This seems to be compatible with Electronic Arts' IFF format.

Lance Norskog
-- 
----------------Lance Norskog---------------
  ((lambda (lambda) `(,lambda ',lambda)) 
   '(lambda (lambda) `(,lambda ',lambda)))
Ah don't know, Jim, Ah thank it's some kahnd of vahrus.
From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Future of fax?
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:48:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11276
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

After reading the views on whether FAX will last, or be supplanted/replaced by
other technologies based on computers and telephones, I thought I would just
add to the discussion the following.

In British Columbia, a Canadian province on the west coast (Pacific Ocean-side)
the government sees FAX as a "handy source of revenue" (quotes are mine!). In
the latest budget for the province, the government has started charging sales
tax on FAX transmissions. Obviously, this tax must be collected by the
telephone company, who inadvertently become tax collectors thru their
accounting process.

Surely, this must add substantially to the cost of teltephone services, since
the sorftware must be written to catch these espenses and add the tax to our
bills, and then report on the amount collected, and then adjust accounts
receivable and payable for this amount, and then submit payment, etc.

So, we users will receive a double hit--tax and increased operating costs.  I
am sure other governments must alos be studying this type of revenue grab, so
the question becomes: will increasing costs of FAXing spur development of
alternatives, or will governments be only too glad to grab money from the
alternatives as they become successful? (Hard question? NOT!)
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.object,comp.std.c,comp.std.c++,comp.windows.misc
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Need MS CD Extensions/Multimedia Extensions
From: slam@desire.wright.edu
Date: 13 Apr 92 01:47:47 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

Hello one and all!

 	I'm in need of some help. I want to obtain Mircosoft's CD
Extensions of Multimedia extensions which will run under Windows
3.0 NOT 3.1. Does an ftp site exist? Is there a BBS number I can call?

I have a recently purchases Toshiba 3201B that I want to test out under
OS/2.

Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu (reply to this email address or post)
From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip 'AdaX' Sauls)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Multimedia PC requirements.
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:53:50 GMT
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science

In article <1992Apr12.035314.28690@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
>About the MPC requirements, I forgot about 386SX. And the other stuff, 
>like RAM, will not be much different than ordinary computers, in other words,
>many computers will already meet the other little requirements (including
>the 386SX requirement). I did not mention exactly what "audio card" was
>either. Anyway, it looks like many things can qualify, and for things like
>sound, is there some kind of standard that an "MPC-compliant" app will use?
>Also, like CDTV and CD-I, it does not have any provisions for motion
> video, something I and many consider important. (CDTV has a very limited
> format just quarter screen 10 fps using it's 4096 colors.)

Why do you insist on spreading your misinformation everywhere?  Have you ever
seen a CDTV?  The "format" you refer to is CDXL and it is 1/3 screen at 12 fps.
As to the number of colors, it supports 4096 using standard hardware and up
to 2-4M colors (NTSC) using the DCTV add on.

CDTV and CDI do much more with ~8MHz 68000s than an MPC with 386sx and all
of the "multimedia" add-ons like VGA, SoundBlaster, and CDROM.

> MPC should include some kind of provision for DVI, and the price for
> DVI should come down. This is the best way to go for multimedia of the
> future.

Ha!  Just like the 486 is the best way to go for architectures of the future.
Are you getting paid by Intel to spread propaganda across the net?

> Nish Patel   nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>

Skip Sauls                     //    Graduate Student & Instructor
skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu    \X/     CS Department, University of Mississippi 
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: aruggeri@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony R. Ruggeri)
Subject: Sound card wanted
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 15:07:01 GMT

I'm thinking of upgrading my current PC sound system (a Sound Blaster Pro on a 386 under Windows 3.1.  Having worked considerably with NeXT hardware, I have
come to realize that the SB Pro is... shall we say, inadequate.  Are there any
inexpensive (like SB Pro or a little higher in price) sound boards that have
better synthesis than just FM, a standard SCSI CD-ROM port, and 16-bit 44.1 kHz
sampling capabilities?  Does anyone know of the imminent release of anything
matching these parameters?
From: mabht@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Proceedings from HyperOZ '92
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:42:45 GMT
Organization: University of South Australia

Proceedings are available for HyperOz '92 for
 $25.00 (Aust) 
+ $5.00 (Aust) postage.
-------
 $30.00 (Aust) total

or $23.00 (US)

Make checks payable to HyperOz92

Send:

HyperOZ 92
School of Mathematics and Computer Studies
The Level Campus
University of South Australia
5095

Australia

------------------------------------------------------------

Table of Contents for the Proceedings of HyperOz '92

A Workshop on Hypertext Activities in Australia

University of South Australia

Level Campus

February 21, 1992


1. Anker, M. - Hyper-programming: Programming with Hypertext
in Boxer

2. Botafogo, R. & Mosse', D. -  Analyzing  Hypertext  Struc-
tures

3.  Botham,  A.;  Fuller,  M.;  Mackie,  E.; Wilkinson, R. &
Sacks-Davis, R. - Issues in the Design and Implementation of
a Hyperbase System

4. Chase, G. - A Geographic Hypermedia Information System

5. Dearle, A.; Marlin, C. & Dart, P. - A Hyperlinked Persis-
tent Software Development Environment

6. Leadbeater, M. & Seeley, D  -  Supporting  Teamwork  with
Asynchronous Hypertext

7. Lewis, P.; Jarvis, D. & Thomas, B. - Hypermedia and Fault
Diagnosis

8. Tyerman, S. - Dynamic and Interactive Hypermedia Tutorial
Systems

9.  Wang, B. & Hitchcock, P. - Object Oriented Database Sup-
porting Both Hypertext and  Complex  Documentation  Environ-
ments



Thank you

Bruce Thomas

University of South Australia
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 13:34:21 EDT
From: <RXF10@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: RasterOps MediaTime sound files

  We recently purchased a MediaTime video capture/16bit audio record/24 bit
  display adapter from RasterOps.  My original question was the following:


<While we're on the subject of the RasterOps MediaTime board, does anybody
<have a conversion program ( or a program to open ) the 16bit sound files that
<the cards saves? It save the left and right channels as seperate files.  I
<called RasterOps and they told me the only program they know of that will
<open that file type is Sound Designer II (which, if I remember correctly, is
<pretty expensive!!).  It would be nice to be able to convert to a more
<popular format, like AIFF or 'snd' files, so we can edit, distribute, or use
<them with MacroMind Director.

< ps.  I don't have the program in front of me, but I believe the file type
<      was something like 'Sd2f' or something like that.


 Anyway, I have been informed that SoundEdit Pro (the newest version of the
 software for MacRecorder) will supposedly open SoundDesigner II files.
 Now all I have to do is hope there is a cheap upgrade path from SoundEdit.

                                   Thanks,

                                   Robert Falco
                                   RXF10@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
From: dcthomas@ralvm14.VNET.IBM.COM (Dave Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: DVI boards
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:33:58 GMT
Organization: IBM

In <1992Apr5.022523.6651@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Nishith A. Patel writes:
>I wanted to know more about Intel's DVI boards. How much do they cost, both
>list and street price? Any applications that support it...

IBM's (Intel's?) DVI boards list for:
 Display Adapter/A 2MB        $1,995
 Capture Option                  890
I have no idea what kind of street deals you can get for this stuff.

IBM's Linkway Live! 1.0 supports the ActionMedia II boards listed above.
Linkway Live is a multimedia authoring and presentation system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          dcthomas@ralvm14.vnet.ibm.com
Dave Thomas           "ikken hitatsu"     phone: (919) 543-2897
                                          Disclaimer: My views, not IBM's
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From: shaw@cbnewse.cb.att.com (steven.k.shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.windows.x
Subject: Image Presentation Software
Keywords: image presentation
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:31:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


Has anyone used/seen/heard an image presentation software meets the 
following requirements:

   - runs on SparcStation ( X or Openwindow ), Trinitron monitor
   - displays common graphic format ( e.g. GIF )
   - supports image folder arrangement
     i.e. user can put multiple pre-scanned image files into 
     a single "folder" and allow basic projector operation 
     commands Next, Previous to present images on the screen.
   - keeps next and previous images in buffer so it can provide
     "real time" image displaying, like a real projector.
   - support gray-scale image manipulation so it can display
     12-bit depth image data. ( even the monitor is 8-bit )

Performance is a must. Images need to be displayed reasonably fast.
We're using xloadimage and xv currently and would like to find
a film projector software on the Sun.

If you know any software that will do these functions, please reply
via email. Thanks in advance.

Steve
att!iexist!shaw
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Multimedia PC requirements.
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:20:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr12.182056.9850
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>Not so. You require at least a 386sx, VGA, an MPC complient CD-ROM such as
>the Sony 541/535 or the NEC-83M( but not the NEC-83), a suitable audio card
>with mixing capabilities( SB Pro for example but not the SB), Midi, Windows
>3.1( which includes the extensions).
*----
The CDR-83 is fully MPC compliant.  It is also substantially faster
than most other MPC-compliant drives on the market.  The CDR-83M
would be a better choice, of course, because it is much better
at smooth-motion simulated video, but it wouldn't be accurate to
reject the CDR-83 as non-compliant (and say nothing about
Tandy's compliant CD-ROM drive with 1000 ms access time).
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: wdye@cse.unl.edu (William Dye)
Subject: Nebraska Multimedia User's Group - Charter meeting, April 15th
Summary: Nebraska Multimedia User's Group meets April 15th on UNL campus.
Keywords: multimedia user group meeting nebraska unl apple
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:24:52 GMT



   M U L T I M E D I A !

The charter meeting of the Nebraska Multimedia User's Group will be held 
on Wednesday, April 15th, 1992 beginning at 4:30 p.m.  We'll meet at 
Brace Laboratory (between Ferguson Hall and Architecture Hall on the 
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, City Campus) in the auditorium, room 211.  

   A P P L E   C O M P U T E R S

Our invited speaker is Lisa Nikkel of Apple Computers, who is travelling 
from Kansas to give us a one-hour presentation on Apple's latest 
multimedia hardware and software.

Roughly speaking, multimedia refers to personal computers that can 
display not only text and graphics, but also CD-quality sound, 
digitized pictures, and some moving video images.  All major computer 
manufacturers are developing these technologies.  IBM, for example, 
has invested over a billion dollars and assigned 800 employees to 
its multimedia division.  No single market has emerged for these 
technologies, but they are expected to be used in corporate training, 
teleconferencing, retail kiosks, entertainment, and education.  

The Nebraska Multimedia User's Group was formed to help anyone who 
has an interest in multimedia.  Twice a year, we'll see a demonstration 
by an invited manufacturer such as Apple, IBM, Commodore, and others.  
We'll also have the chance to find out what others in the area are 
doing, build contacts, and share experiences.  Everyone is invited!  
All you have to do to be a member is show up.  Join us next Wednesday, 
April 15th, at 4:30 p.m. in the Brace auditorium.
From: jmj5g@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (John M. Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: DVI boards
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:42:33 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

>I wanted to know more about Intel's DVI boards. How much do
>they cost, both list and street price? Any applications that
>support it, such as video editing with DVI compressed images?
>Any help would be appreciated.

>What kind of support do they have. Will support increase, like
>with a reduction in price?They are supposed to be coming down in price.

According to my sources, Intel has only two authorized
distributors in the US.  I've been working with NB Engineering
in Crofton, Maryland (301) 721-5725.  List for the DVI delivery
board is $1895 (ed price $1516).  List for the DVI capture
daughter board is $695 (ed price $556).  These are for the ISA
versions of the boards.  MCA is available as well.  IBM will
also sell you the identical boards, but I don't know their
pricing.  Software drivers are additional.  The Mac DVI
boardset is still in beta testing and cannot yet capture,
though they will sell it to you anyway.  The list price for the
Mac boardset is $4995.  Call New Video Corp at (215) 493-5567
or NB Engineering.

John Jackson   jmj5g@galen.med.virginia.edu
Office of Medical Education
Univ. of Virginia
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: cosc161m@menudo.uh.edu (92s07275)
Subject: URGENT: OS/multimedia papers needed as soon as possible
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 05:50:53 GMT

        I am writing a survey paper on "multi-structured I/O file systems that
use various techniques to provide higher data transfer rates for multimedia
applications on object-oriented distributed computing systems."  I would
appreciate it very much if anybody knows of any ftp sites for OS/multimedia
papers.  Also, if you have a copy of any of the papers (postscript format)
mentioned below or know how to contact the authors of the papers or have other
papers relating to OS/multimedia, could you please email the papers or any
information on how to obtain them or other papers to me as soon as possible.
My email address is:   cosc161m@menudo.uh.edu


I already have the three papers at the "icsi-ftp.Berkeley.EDU" site in the
directory "pub/dash".
********

        In particular, I am looking for the following papers:



"Designing file systems for digital audio and video"

Authors: P. Venkat Rangan & Harrick M. Vin
DEPTCSE., Univ. of California, San Diego
Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Operating System Principles
ACM. SIGOPS 13 Oct. 1991



"Support for Continuous Media in the DASH systems"

Authors: David P. Anderson, Shin-Yuan Tzou & Robert Wahbe
Proc. 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Paris, May 28-June 1, 1990.
IEEE



"Distributed processing of multimedia information"

Authors: E. Moeller, A. Schller & G. Shunmann
Proc. 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Paris, May 28-June 1, 1990.
IEEE.

***************

      I am also trying to find any papers from the: 
Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems,
Singapore, Jan. 1991.


"A Variable Rate Strategy for Retrieving Audio Data From Secondary Storage"

Authors: A. Park & P. English
Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems,
Singapore, Jan. 1991, 135-146.



"Abstractions for Continuous Media in a Network Window System"

Authors: D.P. Anderson, R. Govindan and G. Homsy
Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems,
Singapore, Jan. 1991.


*************
        And finally,


"A Testbed For Managing Digital Video and Audio Storage"

Authors: P.V. Rangan, W.A. Burkard, R.W. Bowdidge, H.M. Vin, H.W. Lindwall
         K. Chan, I.A. Aaberg, L.M Yamamoto & I.G. Harris
Proceedings of the 1991 Summer USENIX Conference, Nashville, TN, June 10-14,
1991, 199-208.



"Principles of Delay Sensitive Multi-media Data Storage and Retrieval"

Authors: J. Gemmell & S. Christodoulakis
ACM TOIS (to appear), 1991.

****************************************************************************
Rahul Aggarwal, Graduate Student at the University of Houston.

"Report Due at the end of this month, so PLEASE email replies soon"

                 !!!Resources at library are next to nothing!!!
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: alan@pluto.jpl.nasa.gov (Alan Quan)
Subject: SpaceOps 92 Demonstrations
Reply-To: alan@pluto.JPL.NASA.GOV
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:01:21 GMT


*************************************************************

    Call for Participation - SpaceOps 1992 Demonstrations

    		    November 17-20, 1992
    	         Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    	    	    Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

*************************************************************



As space missions have become increasingly diverse, complex, and
expensive, mission operations and ground systems have emerged as
critical factors in the success of those missions.  Future success in
space will depend upon the people and systems that control spacecraft
from the ground.

SpaceOps 92, the Second International Symposium on Ground Data Systems
for Space Mission Operations, will provide a unique opportunity for the
people who perform space mission activities to exchange information,
discoveries, and plans for the future.  SpaceOps 92 will focus on a
number of key activities:

	o  Mission control and data management
	o  Space mission navigation
	o  Space vehicle health and trend analysis
	o  Data acquisition systems
	o  Science planning and data analysis
	o  Operations system architectures and concepts
	o  Automation and emerging technologies
	o  Mission and science activity planning, programming, and sequencing


DEMONSTRATIONS
--------------
In addition to formal papers, SpaceOps 92 will feature demonstrations.
Demonstrations show how an organization has approached a particular
problem related to the symposium theme.  Demonstrations may take the
form of "show and tell" at workstations or consoles, videotapes,
multimedia presentations, or live demonstrations.  Demonstrations
should showcase recently developed applications, not commercial tools.

If you would like to perform a demonstration of your space mission
operations related software or hardware, please submit a 250-word
description of the proposed demonstration via EMAIL or FAX,
by April 17, 1992 to:

    Ursula Schwuttke
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    phone:  (818) 354-0914

    email:  ursula@nereid.jpl.nasa.gov
    FAX:  (818) 393-4089

Please do not reply on USENET.  Please include your phone number, FAX
number (if available), and email address.
From: jmj5g@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (John M. Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Philips CD-ROM writer
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:51:05 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

>    Anyone have a number for Philips -- I need some info
>    on their CD-ROM writer.  Are there any other CD-ROM
>    writers in the price range ($5,000-$6,000 I think) of
>    the one from Philips?

JVC has a system available for $12,800.  Call them at
714-965-2610.  It includes a SCSI card, 600 MB drive, CD-ROM
writer/reader, and a DAT drive.  Right now it only works on
PC's, but they will release a Mac version in the next month or
so.

John Jackson                     jmj5g@galen.med.virginia.edu
Office of Medical Education
University of Virginia