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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3380.0. "DEMOS? Where do I look? Please...." by JOBURG::SADLER () Mon Sep 12 1994 14:40

    We have a Computer show just passed, and one just coming up, for which
    it would have been/would be nice to have some meaningful demos running
    on Alpha P.C, Open VMS and OSF platforms. Something more than a Digital
    Logo and Username and Password.
    
    Something more impact, more visual, screaming out 'LOOK AT ME''TALK TO
    MY REPRESENTATIVE' etc....
    
    Could anybody please direct me to where, who, how, I should be looking
    to find out about what's available and then get hold of it.
    
    IF NOT, How about getting me to the Hi-res Animation software and I'll
    create them myself - I've got an animator for the P.C. but its 200x320
    pixels (blocky)!!               
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3380.1PTC is in DallasDPDMAI::ROSEMon Sep 12 1994 16:019
    It really depends on what kind of show you have a booth at, i.e.
    vertical or horizontal industry.  I would suggest you demo something
    from the PowerChannels portfolio.  There is one vendor in particular in
    that list that has a CAD/CAM package with an AGGRESSIVELY priced Alpha
    PC (WNT I believe) package that I can recommend.  Parametric
    Technologies Corporation (PTC) has a high-end CAD/CAM package that
    customers drop their jaw and drool at on the Alpha.
    
    ..Larry
3380.2JULIET::LEZAMA_ROMon Sep 12 1994 18:065
    Try to find out who was responsible for the booth at DB Expo in San
    francisco a few months ago.  There was a DEC booth there called the
    "Tune Up Garage"?????? that showed the peformance difference of Alpha
    to Sun, HP and other competitive systems.  It outs the speed issue in
    perspective.  
3380.3Sable Video Demo is available and HOT!CAMONE::BETTSTue Sep 13 1994 21:3919
  The Sable Video Server Demo uses a DEC 2100 Server running NT or OSF/1
  as a Video Server for six PC clients, on which full motion, full stereo,
  large screen (640x480) movie clips are played off the server.

  It has been to a number of shows (Comdex,Windows World,etc..) and does a
  very good job of drawing people into the booth AND illustrating the high
  performance of the machine.

  For more information, contact Pam O'Brien (PSDVAX::OBRIEN), who is in
  Sable Product Management or Vince Asbridge (THELAB::ASBRIDGE), who is 
  in Sable Engineering.


			Mike




3380.4VANGA::KERRELLHakuna matata!Wed Sep 14 1994 07:433
You could try asking in MKOTS3::US_DEMO_CENTERS.

Dave.
3380.5yCSC32::C_BENNETTFri Sep 16 1994 17:558
    there are alot of DECwindow demos in the notes conference:
    
    	CSSE32::DW_EXAMPLES
    
    There are a few MPEG demos also...
    
    
    				Chip
3380.6OSF & VMS Demo KitMKOTS3::HEISLERTue Sep 20 1994 17:2221
    In MKOTS3::US_DEMO_CENTERS, NOTE 173, You'll find reference to
    an OSF Demo Kit.  This kit includes an easy to install and run
    suite of demos.  It's been tested up to OSF V2.0.  The notes
    conference also have reference to the VMS version of this,
    although OSF offers more due to audio capabilities and a
    few other widgits only supported by OSF.
    
    Within the OSF kit, one of the attention getters has been
    to run a full screen GIF image (they're available in the
    kit under the demo menu where the image changes every couple
    of seconds).  That alone offers you the ability to talk about
    the power of a base platform Alpha just by seeing how quickly
    the images come up.  THEN, we run a 3 minute animated window
    in the foreground which comes with Audio and demonstrate that
    not only does a base platform Alpha run the images well, but
    continues to do so with animation and audio running at the
    same time.  Then you can add additional graphical windows,
    all found in the demo kit.  
    
    Janis
    
3380.7BAHTAT::HILTONhttp://blyth.lzo.dec.comWed Aug 16 1995 10:0119
    
    Saw this in a press release, where can we get this software/demo?
    
    Time Trial Spectacular Stage Show
    
    The "Time Trial Spectacular" theater uses the metaphor of racing to
    show users the superior performance of AlphaStations in four categories
    -- speed, graphics, multimedia, and system endurance. Featured in the
    superpower speedway are Digital's two-year application performance lead
    with 64-bit AlphaStations against 32-bit "jalopies" from Sun
    Microsystems and Hewlett- Packard and 64-bit workstation first-timer
    SGI; "high-octane" graphics from Digital and Evans & Sutherland;
    multimedia "Moto-Cross," where users don't have to waste time wallowing
    alone, spinning their wheels when they can work as part of a team; and
    system endurance, showing Digital's three-year warranty and 12- to
    18-month lead in processor performance as a marathon lifecycle. One
    audience member at each performance will win stock car driving lessons
    at the famed DriveTech Racing School. 
    
3380.8SIGgraph demoWRKSYS::RICHARDSONWed Aug 16 1995 16:276
    That was one of the two demos at SIGgraph, the big computer graphics
    industry convention out in Los Angeles last week.  I have no idea where
    the demo came from, though.  You might try someone in workstation
    marketing, maybe Dave Ross (avalon::Ross).
    
    /Charlotte