comp.os.os2.announce (Usenet) Saturday, 09-Oct-1999 to Friday, 15-Oct-1999 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dcasey@ibm.net 08-Oct-99 06:24:18 To: All 09-Oct-99 10:26:29 Subj: Warpstock "Magic Moments" Evening From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey) Contact: Larry Finkelstein (larryf@cspcorp.com) 856-234-1500 Warpstock '99 Atlanta Press Release October 8, 1999 For Immediate Release Another Wonderful Night! "Magic Moments" Evening At Warpstock! In the fantasy ballroom of the elegant Sheraton Gateway, on the Saturday evening of Warpstock Atlanta, you are invited to a very special and luxurious event -- an alluring adventure of Magic Moments presented in part through the gracious sponsorship of VOICE and Mensys. Soft music will gently create a virtuous ambience, one conducive to the most proper of technical discussions with acquaintances, colleagues and OS/2 buddies. A command performance by the world traveling Comedy Magician shall bring merriment to the ballroom stage. Heaping plates of Italian dinner and dessert specialties will refreshen you after your hard day's journey through the aisles and great halls of OS/2 productivity. Two cash bars will offer further delights for those still carrying unspent moolah in their wallets. Tickets are available from the online jester, who requests your attention be diverted to "Saturday Night Special" at the very special web page of http://www.warpstock.org/99/registration.html. Tickets are available both on-line and during the Saturday morning registration period. Seating is at 8, with dinner from 8:30 until 9:45. Entertainment is at 10, with a relaxed atmosphere from 10:45 until midnight. A very special VOICE raffle will begin the 10:45 time period of Warpstock Magic Moments. Join us all at Magic Moments on Saturday evening for a warm Warpstock reunion of all make-merry attendees. The ticketed guest list is already at 150, and every one of these boisterous patrons would love to have you join them on this wondrous occasion. See the "Saturday Night Special" section at http://www.warpstock.org/99/registration.html OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta. Visit http://www.warpstock.org for the complete information about this very special OS/2 event. # # # # # To change your email address or remove your name from this distribution list, contact dcasey@iquest.net . --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and I (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 09-Oct-99 01:18:10 To: All 09-Oct-99 10:26:29 Subj: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:18:34 -0500 Message-ID: Organization: SciTech Software, Inc. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.11 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Tom Ryan, Director of Marketing SciTech Software, Inc. (530) 894-8400 tomr@scitechsoft.com IBM Licenses SciTech Software's Graphics Technology SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's E- Business Solutions Chico, California - October 11, 1999 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today announced that IBM has licensed a special version of SciTech Display Doctor, which will be distributed by IBM as the primary display driver for all of IBM's OS/2 Warp based operating systems, including the Warp Client, Workspace On Demand and Warp Server for e-business. This marks the first time that any common PC operating system, either desktop or server, will include a hardware accelerated, universal display driver as part of the base operating system. Until now, operating system vendors have had to rely on overtaxed graphics hardware vendors to provide software driver support, resulting in inconsistent driver quality and infrequent or non-existent updates for the installed base of graphics hardware. "We're proud to partner with SciTech Software, because they are a leader in graphics device drivers," said Cheng-Fong Shih, IBM Business Line Manager for OS/2. "OS/2, with SciTech's universal display driver technology, will provide our customers with a timely and stable platform for their mission critical applications, regardless of the display hardware they choose to use." SciTech Display Doctor provides true plug and play capability by detecting the graphics hardware installed and configuring itself automatically. It is not necessary for a user to determine what type of graphics hardware they have, locate the correct driver, fumble with install disks or use configuration utilities - it is all handled automatically by SciTech Display Doctor. The user can even swap out a graphics card or monitor and SciTech Display Doctor will dynamically configure itself for the newly installed hardware. These features make supporting IBM systems in the field much easier for IBM customers. "As an IBM customer we are pleased that they are working with SciTech to provide a universal plug and play solution for graphics hardware.", said Andy Finkel, VP of Software at German computer manufacturer Met@box AG, "It shows that IBM is really supporting their customers." As part of this agreement, SciTech and IBM are working together to improve the OS/2 Warp platform's core "GRADD" display driver architecture to increase graphics performance and compatibility. The IBM PC Company, which manufactures IBM's personal computer hardware, is also closely involved in this effort to ensure maximum compatibility with IBM branded hardware. "The SciTech driver technology licensed by IBM is the culmination of years of work by SciTech. We used all of our experience with driver development to create an architecture that is fast, scalable, and extremely compatible," said Kendall Bennett, SciTech's Director of Engineering. IBM will offer SciTech Display Doctor/se for OS/2 Warp free of charge, directly to its customers. It will be available for downloaded from the IBM's web site and will be bundled with future operating system updates. SciTech also markets SciTech Display Doctor Professional for OS/2 Warp as an upgrade for users who need more advanced display features. Fully functional trial versions of SciTech Display Doctor Professional for OS/2 Warp and other SciTech products are available for download at http://www.scitechsoft.com. SciTech products are available directly from SciTech Software by calling (800) 486-4823 (in the U.S. and Canada) or (530) 894-8400. About SciTech Software, Inc. SciTech Software, Inc., a privately held firm, is the leading supplier of PC graphics utilities, drivers, and tools for high-performance graphics applications, including computer games. SciTech's products help users fix graphics hardware problems and allow software developers to achieve maximum performance from PC graphics hardware. SciTech's products include SciTech Display Doctor, the only universal display driver, SciTech GLDirect, an OpenGL to Direct3D driver and SciTech MGL, the professional graphics library used to develop some of today's most popular software programs. SciTech products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2 Warp, DOS, QNX, and SMX operating systems. Many major software companies and hardware companies license portions of SciTech's technology for incorporation in their products. ### SciTech Display Doctor is a trademark of SciTech Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from | | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. 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