The UNIX® CRONicle |
August 1998 |
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Wednesday, August 12, 1998 at 6:30 PM
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
| 6:30 PM | Tutorial | What does 64-bit computing mean to me? by Rich Seibel |
| 7:00 PM | Call For Help | (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) |
| 7:15 PM | Social, off-line conversations, & book sales | |
| 7:30 PM | Presentation | Vendor Panel - 64-bit Computing featuring representatives from DEC/Compaq, HP, IBM, SGI, and Sun |
Vendor Panel - 64-bit Computing featuring representatives from DEC/Compaq, HP, IBM, SGI, and Sun
64-bit hardware is being designed, built, and sold! Several 64-bit operating systems will be available soon!
What do you care...? Come to the August meeting and find out!
Both the tutorial and the main program will be devoted to 64-bit computing. There will be five vendors (DEC/Compaq, HP, IBM, SGI, and Sun) of 64-bit systems there to talk about their positions on the issues and to take your questions.
If you don't think 64-bit computing will affect you, you definitely need to come. If you already think 64-bit computing will affect you, here is your opportunity to ask questions and get answers.
Don't miss this one!
About the presenters:
DEC/Compaq - Dave Watson will represent DEC/Compaq.
HP - Miguel Munoz is an Account Support Engineer for Hewlett-Packard Company. He has been working in customer support for HP for the last eight years. He serves in both Hardware and Software support for customers in all types of environments. Miguel delivers customized software support and consulting services to customers in the St. Louis market area.
IBM - Charlie Cler is an IBM Certified RS/6000 Technical Marketing Specialist, serving clients in the St. Louis and Central Illinois areas. He has been working with UNIX workstations, servers, and software since 1988. Charlie has a masters degree from Purdue University, specialized in Robotic Controls and CAD/CAM software development. Previous work assignments with IBM include automated manufacturing line design and implementation and plant floor software implementation.
SGI - Dave Nance will represent SGI.
Sun Microsystems - Chad Bersche is a Systems Engineer with Sun Microsystems, Inc. in St. Louis. Chad has over 10 years experience in the IT industry, starting in 1987. Chad has held positions as a mainframe operator for Wal*Mart Stores and J.B. Hunt Transport, as well as acting as a Small Business Consultant and Customer Engineer for IBM. Chad started with UNIX in 1989 where he was systems administrator for 200+ Sun workstations and servers at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. Prior to Sun Microsystems, Chad worked in the Data Warehouse service line of Ernst & Young, LLP where he was responsible for the technical architecture and design of multi-terabyte data warehouse systems as well as system benchmarks and tuning efforts.
What does 64-bit computing mean to me? by Rich Seibel
Rich will introduce us to 64-bit computing concepts and discuss issues users must consider in transitioning to 64-bit architectures.
| Main Meeting | August 12, 1998 at 6:30 PM Sunnen Products 7910 Manchester St. Louis, MO |
| Steering Committee | August 18, 1998 at 6:00 PM Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO |
| Linux SIG | August 20, 1998 at 7:00 PM Topic and speaker to be announced... Indian Trails Library 8400 Delport Drive (at Midland) |
| CTI SIG | August 5, 1998 at 6:30 PM Topic and speaker to be announced... Bridgeton Trails Library - 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) |
The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester.
Directions From Downtown
(NOTE: A security guard from Sunnen is scheduled to be at the door from 6:20 PM to 7:20 PM to allow entry. After 7:20, the door will be unattended and attendees may not be able to enter.)
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.
The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Indian Trails Public Library.
The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group.
Topic and speaker to be announced...
Visit the Linux SIG home page (http://www.stllinux.org/) for the latest meeting details.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:
Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
(at Midland)
(314)-428-5424
| From 170: | Exit Page east to North-South Rd., go left on North-South Rd. to Midland, go left on Midland one block to Delport, the Library is on your left (see map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/). |
For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinux.org/ or contact Matthew Feldt at linux@www.feldt.com.
The next CTI SIG meeting will be Wednesday, August 5, 1998.
The Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Users Group is a non-profit organization open to developers, end-users, sales people, and others who share the common interest of melding the telecommunications and computing worlds.
| Next meeting date/time: | Wednesday, August 5, 1998; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx) |
| Location: | Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) (see map at http://www.ctitek.com/index/libmap.html) |
| Cost: | None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge. |
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)878-9855.
The Digital Alpha SIG is for those interested in Digital UNIX and the DEC Alpha architecture. Visit the Digital Alpha SIG's home at http://www.sluug.org/~newton/asighome.html for more information.
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.
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Next meeting details:
When: Thursday, August 13, 1998, 6:30 PM Where: Novell, 600 Emerson Road, Suite 203 Speaker: Mark Volkmann, Object Computing, Inc.
More details will be available soon!
For more information about the St. Louis Java SIG, visit their home page at http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/.
| Address Changes and Membership |
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| O'Reilly Books | Dave Mills | Work: (314)230-5151, extension 103
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| Presentations | Open Position |
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| Steering Committee Information |
Gary Meyer | Home: (314)781-8644
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| SLUUG Treasurer | Steve Pautz | steve@mail.sluug.org
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| Special Interest Groups (SIGs) | ||
| Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) |
Tony Zafiropoulos | Phone: (314)878-9855
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| Linux | Matthew Feldt | Home: (314)429-5433
http://www.feldt.com linux@www.feldt.com |
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