Kurt Akeley Papers

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Guide to the Kurt Akeley Papers

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Guide to the Kurt Akeley Papers SC0628 1 Overview Call Number: SC0628 Creator: Akeley, Kurt Title: Kurt Akeley papers Dates: 1982-2000 Physical Description: 22.5 Linear feet (15 boxes) and 550 megabytes Summary: Papers of Kurt Akeley largely pertaining to research and product development for Silicon Graphics Inc. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Custodial History Gift of Kurt Akeley, 2001 Information about Access The materials are open for research use. Ownership & Copyright Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Cite As [Identification of item], Kurt Akeley Papers (SC0628). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biography Kurt Akeley, one of the founders of Silicon Graphics, Incorporated, earned his M.S.E.E. from Stanford University in 1982. He has published papers on computer graphics architectures and taught courses on graphics programming at the annual SIGGRAPH conferences. Scope and Content This collection includes memoranda, reports, manuals, publications, notebooks, outlines and text for presentations, email printouts, patents, slides, and videos pertaining to research and product development for Silicon Graphics and its customers; collection also includes Akeley's notes from a class with Jim Clark, 1987. Access Terms Clark, Jim. Silicon Graphics Inc. Computer assisted graphics. Computer graphics. Visual programming (Computer science).

Papers

Box 1, Folder 1 ALIAS (Animation) Box 1, Folder 2 AMOCO, Jan 1996 Box 1, Folder 3 Chrysler Box 1, Folder 4 C-Cube Microsystems Box 1, Folder 5 CIE Box 1, Folder 6 Dassault Systems Box 1, Folder 7 D.H. Brown

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Box 1, Folder 8 D.H. Brown Box 1, Folder 9 DUPONT Box 1, Folder 10 EDS Box 1, Folder 11 Evans & Sutherland Box 1, Folder 12 Ford Box 1, Folder 13 General Electric Box 1, Folder 14 Georgia Tech Box 1, Folder 15 ID Software Box 1, Folder 16 ILM Box 1, Folder 17 Intergraph Box 1, Folder 18 KAPL Box 1, Folder 19 Kodak Box 1, Folder 20 Kubota Box 1, Folder 21 Landmark Box 1, Folder 22 Lattice Technology Box 1, Folder 23 Mallincicrodt Radiology Box 1, Folder 24 Marconi Box 1, Folder 25 Matra Box 1, Folder 26 McDonnall Douglas Box 1, Folder 27 Multigen Box 1, Folder 28 NASA Box 1, Folder 29 NASA Langley Box 1, Folder 30 NTT Box 1, Folder 31 Phillips Medical Box 1, Folder 32 Quality Research Box 1, Folder 33 Raytheon Box 1, Folder 34 Sarnoff Research (David Zeltzer) Box 1, Folder 35 Schlumberger Box 1, Folder 36 SDRC Box 1, Folder 37 Sense 8 Box 1, Folder 38 TEXACO Box 1, Folder 39 Microsoft Graphics Presentation, April 1991 Box 1, Folder 40 SE Meeting 1990 Box 1, Folder 41 National Academy of Science Presentation, Feb. 1993 Box 1, Folder 42 Engineering Forum Graphics Presentation, Jan. 1993 Box 1, Folder 43 Performer Slides Box 1, Folder 44 VRML Slides Box 1, Folder 45 ImageVision Slides Box 1, Folder 46 IRIS GL 5.0 (Early Open GL) Box 1, Folder 47 Open GL Misc Slides Box 1, Folder 48 Developer Forum '92 Open GL Presentation Box 1, Folder 49 GLX Presentation, Jan. 1992 Box 1, Folder 50 EuroGraphics Hardware Workshop Presentation, Sept. 1991 Box 1, Folder 51 SigGraph '92 Open GL Course Intro Slides, June 1992 Box 1, Folder 52 SE Presentation 94-95? Stanford Presentation 8-24-95 PEX Group Presentation 92ish Box 1, Folder 53 Waves Presentation John Mashey Box 1, Folder 54 Analyst Presentation LINUX, May 1999 Box 1, Folder 55 SE Broadcast 320/540 Intro, Nov. 1998 Box 1, Folder 56 SLINX Presentation, Nov. 1998 Box 1, Folder 57 Analyst Briefing, July 1998 Box 1, Folder 58 We Have A Problem New Plans Pitch, July 1998 Box 1, Folder 59 Darpa Visit Graphics as Compression, July 1998 Box 1, Folder 60 European Sales Conference, July 1998 Box 1, Folder 61 The New SGI Rick Belluzzo, June 1998 Box 1, Folder 62 Americas Sales Conference, April 1998 Box 1, Folder 63 WINHEC, 1998 Box 1, Folder 64 Cinequest Maverick Award, Jan. 30, 1998 Box 1, Folder 65 Graphics API Roadmap EuroForum '98, Jan. 1998

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Box 1, Folder 66 EuroForum 98 Keynote, Jan. 1998 Box 2, Folder 1 Fahrenheit Announcement Inside SGI, Dec. 1997 Box 2, Folder 2 Graphics Basics Sales Meeting 1997 Box 2, Folder 3 SigGraph Open GL Paper 1997 Box 2, Folder 4 SigGraph Panel Research Topics 1997 Box 2, Folder 5 Financial Analysts Presentation, Sept. 5, 1997 Box 2, Folder 6 Limits Presentation Mitre Corp/Mashey, April 1997 Box 2, Folder 7 China Trip April 1997 Box 2, Folder 8 Microsoft Meeting NT Plans, Mar. 1997 Box 2, Folder 9 Culture & Organization Exec Offsite, Mar. 1997 Box 2, Folder 10 Leadership Forum Strategic API Talk, Feb. 1997 Box 2, Folder 11 Values Slides Box 2, Folder 12 Kodak Presentation, Dec. 1996 Box 2, Folder 13 ETC Presentation, Dec. 1996 Box 2, Folder 14 Presentation to Ed GFX Plans, Oct. 1996 Box 2, Folder 15 NSF Graphics Future Presentation, Aug. 1996 Box 2, Folder 16 SigGraph '96 Panel Presentation Imaging Features Box 2, Folder 17 SigGraph '96 Panel Presentation GFX PCs vs. Workstations Box 2, Folder 18 ASD Open GL Presentation Mid '96 Box 2, Folder 19 Developer Forum 96 Presentation, Mar. 1996 Box 2, Folder 20 PRS Presentation SFT vs. HRD, Oct. 1995 Box 2, Folder 21 EuroGraphics Hardware Workshop Presentations, Sept. 1995 Box 2, Folder 22 Open GL 1.1 Slides SigGraph 1995 Box 2, Folder 23 SigGraph Award Slides 1995 Box 2, Folder 24 IEEE Presentation, Summer 1995 Box 2, Folder 25 Stanford Presentation on INF Reality, May 1996 Box 2, Folder 26 Japan Expo 94 Slides, Oct. 1994 Box 2, Folder 27 Power Challenge Slides, Aug. 1994 Box 2, Folder 28 SE Meeting, 1994 Box 2, Folder 29 VSG Presentation, Jan. 1994 Box 2, Folder 30 SigGraph '93 open GL Course Presentation, July 1993 Box 2, Folder 31 Patent Office Presentation, 1993 Box 2, Folder 32 Patent Office Presentation, July 1993 Box 2, Folder 33 SigGraph '93 Reality Engine Slides Box 2, Folder 34 SigGraph, 1993 Box 2, Folder 35 AutoFact, 1983 Box 2, Folder 36 NAS, NRC Virtual Reality Box 2, Folder 37 SigGraph 1988 Box 2, Folder 38 SigGraph 1994 Box 2, Folder 39 SigGraph 1995 Box 2, Folder 40 SigGraph 1996 Box 2, Folder 41 SigGraph 1997 Box 2, Folder 42 SigGraph 1998 Box 2, Folder 43 SigGraph 1999 Box 2, Folder 44 SigGraph 2000 Box 2, Folder 45 Euro Hdwr Wrk 1991 Box 2, Folder 46 Euro Hdwr Wrk '95 (empty) Box 2, Folder 47 Eurographics 1998 Box 3, Folder 1 HotChips 1996 Box 3, Folder 2 Graphicon 1995 Box 3, Folder 3 Graphicon 1996 Box 3, Folder 4 I/TES 1988 Box 3, Folder 5 SE meeting '97 San Diego Box 3, Folder 6 Dev Forum [Developer's Forum] 1991 Box 3, Folder 7 Dev Forum 1992 Box 3, Folder 8 Dev Forum 1996 Box 3, Folder 9 Dev Forum 1997 Box 3, Folder 10 Euro Dev Forum 1996

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Box 3, Folder 11 EuroForum 1998 Box 3, Folder 12 Tech Forum '99 Keynote Box 3, Folder 13 IEEE Oct. 1995 Box 3, Folder 14 GL Book Box 3, Folder 15 Open GL (very early) Box 3, Folder 16 Early Open GL Notes Box 3, Folder 17 Open GL Box 3, Folder 18 ARB [Architectural Review Board] June 1994 Box 3, Folder 19 ARB Aug. 1994 Box 3, Folder 20 ARB Dec. 1994 Box 3, Folder 21 ARB Feb. 1995 Box 3, Folder 22 ARB May 1995 Box 3, Folder 23 ARB Sept. 1995 Box 3, Folder 24 ARB Dec. 1995 Box 3, Folder 25 ARB Feb. 1996 Box 3, Folder 26 ARB May 1996 Box 3, Folder 27 ARB Aug. 1996 Box 3, Folder 28 ARB Dec. 1996 Box 3, Folder 29 ARB Feb. 1997 Box 3, Folder 30 ARB May 1997 Box 3, Folder 31 ARB Mar. 1998 Box 4, Folder 1 ARB (London) June 1998 Box 4, Folder 2 ARB Sept. 1998 Box 4, Folder 3 ARB Dec. 1998 Box 4, Folder 4 ARB Mar. 1999 Box 4, Folder 5 ARB Sept. 1999 Box 4, Folder 6 ARB Dec. 1999 Box 4, Folder 7 ARB Mar. 2000 Box 4, Folder 8 SketchPad Script Box 4, Folder 9 Graphics Strategy Box 4, Folder 10 Compressed Depth Buf Box 4, Folder 11 Open GL 1.1 Box 4, Folder 12 Open GL 1.1 Spec 28 Sept '95 (empty) Box 4, Folder 13 Open GL FFT Box 4, Folder 14 Sun Open GL Box 4, Folder 15 Microsoft Open GL Box 4, Folder 16 NURBS (early) Box 4, Folder 17 IBM GL Box 4, Folder 18 XIL (Sun Imaging) Box 4, Folder 19 E and S Open GL Box 4, Folder 20 Intel 3D-R Box 4, Folder 21 Dore Box 4, Folder 22 Subdivision Surfaces Box 4, Folder 23 GLC Box 4, Folder 24 GLR Box 4, Folder 25 GLUT Box 4, Folder 26 Graphics Papers Box 4, Folder 27 Graphics Papers Box 4, Folder 28 Graphics Papers Box 4, Folder 29 Graphics Papers Box 4, Folder 30 Press Tour Dec. 1995 Box 4, Folder 31 Power Series & GFX Libraries Box 4, Folder 32 Power Challenge & Power Onyx Box 4, Folder 33 Cali/Dali Summer 1999 Box 4, Folder 34 Origin & Onyx 3000 Announcement Materials Box 4, Folder 35 Iris Indigo Intro Box 5, Folder 1 Origin & Onyx 2 & O2 Intro Box 5, Folder 2 Bali

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Box 5, Folder 3 Kona Box 5, Folder 4 Venice Box 5, Folder 5 Venice Box 5, Folder 6 IMP 5 Box 5, Folder 7 VGX Box 5, Folder 8 Kubota Denali GFX System Box 5, Folder 9 Pixel Flow Box 5, Folder 10 HP Volume Render Box 5, Folder 11 Open GL Vision Tour May 1997 Box 5, Folder 12 Randy Nickel Box 5, Folder 13 Matt Eldridge Pomegranate Graphics Box 5, Folder 14 Robert Dewar Adacore Box 5, Folder 15 Pat Hanrahan Box 5, Folder 16 Randi Rost Box 5, Folder 17 Eric Chen Box 5, Folder 18 Gary Demos Box 5, Folder 19 Patent 5,051,737 Clipping Polygons Box 5, Folder 20 Patent 5,193,145 Quad Decomp (empty) Box 5, Folder 21 Patent 5,230,039 Texture Range Box 5, Folder 22 Patent 5,266,941 Stencil Box 5, Folder 23 Patent 5,343,558 VGX Scan Conversion Box 5, Folder 24 Patent 5,347,618 Bevel Planes Box 5, Folder 25 Patent 5,369,739 Remask Generation Box 5, Folder 26 Patent 5,394,170 Stencil 2 Box 5, Folder 27 Patent 5,819,017 Selectively Storing Depth Information of a 3D Image Box 5, Folder 28 Patent 5,854,631 Fragment Merge Box 5, Folder 29 Patent 5,933,155 Cushion Buffer Box 5, Folder 30 Silhouette Patent Box 5, Folder 31 Patent Multisample Dither Box 5, Folder 32 Trade Secrets Program Box 5, Folder 33 IP Value - LECG Box 5, Folder 34 Fog & Lighting Box 5, Folder 35 CSG Box 5, Folder 36 Stereo Box 5, Folder 37 PDN's Box 6, Folder 1 Pixar Box 6, Folder 2 G Graphics Library Allen Akin Box 6, Folder 3 Gamma Box 6, Folder 4 Phigs Plus Box 6, Folder 5 Audio & Video Box 6, Folder 6 Visual Simulation Box 6, Folder 7 Volume Rendering Box 6, Folder 8 Texture Mapping Box 6, Folder 9 3D Com, Inc. "True" 3D Box 6, Folder 10 Clipping Box 6, Folder 11 Triangle Strips Box 6, Folder 12 Silhouettes Box 6, Folder 13 The SGI 4D/240 GTX SuperWorkStation Box 6, Folder 14 The Hidden Charms of Z-Buffer Box 6, Folder 15 Stencil Article Box 6, Folder 16 SGI Historical Documents Box 6, Folder 17 360-Degree Feedback Box 6, Folder 18 Spirit Trip 1999 Box 6, Folder 19 Software Summit Box 6, Folder 20 Spirit Box 6, Folder 21 SigGraph 2000 Meetings Box 6, Folder 22 Tech Forum 1999 Box 6, Folder 23 Horizon

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Box 6, Folder 24 Ergonomics Box 6, Folder 25 SGI Logo Box 6, Folder 26 Old OrgCharts Box 6, Folder 27 Global Partners Box 6, Folder 28 Octel Box 6, Folder 29 Tech Talk Box 6, Folder 30 SGI 2000 Box 6, Folder 31 Fitness for Life Don Nava Box 6, Folder 32 Scenarios (NT, MP) Box 6, Folder 33 CDP Business Plan Box 6, Folder 34 Inspector Box 6, Folder 35 Open GL Optimizer Box 6, Folder 36 SGI Suppliers Box 6, Folder 37 Environment Box 6, Folder 38 WPD Plan 1992 Box 6, Folder 39 Hiring Box 6, Folder 40 Cosmo Box 6, Folder 41 Etc Box 6, Folder 42 Leadership Forum 1997 Box 6, Folder 43 Donations Committee Box 6, Folder 44 Management Box 6, Folder 45 Lego/Kego Box 6, Folder 46 Exec Offsites Box 6, Folder 47 Exec Offsites Sept. 1996 Box 6, Folder 48 Exec Offsite Dec. 1996 Box 6, Folder 49 Exec Offsite May 1997 Box 6, Folder 50 SSG Offsite Jan. 1997 Box 6, Folder 51 Multimedia Asia '96 Malaysia Box 6, Folder 52 Safety Box 6, Folder 53 Atlantis Graphics Box 6, Folder 54 Outside Help Box 6, Folder 55 About SGI Box 6, Folder 56 Univ of Delaware Box 6, Folder 57 U of D Indy Labs Box 6, Folder 58 Polo Shirts Box 6, Folder 59 Nintendo 64 Box 7, Folder 1 PCB/GEM Box 7, Folder 2 BPC (Summer 1981) Box 7, Folder 3 IM1 Box 7, Folder 4 DA2/DA3 Box 7, Folder 5 DC4 (CAE Timing) Box 7, Folder 6 IP2 Box 7, Folder 7 PM2 Box 7, Folder 8 IP1 Box 7, Folder 9 Clover 1 Box 7, Folder 10 UC4 Box 7, Folder 11 UC5 Box 7, Folder 12 DA1 Box 7, Folder 13 GT Chip Set Box 7, Folder 14 Eclipse Box 7, Folder 15 C2 Raster Box 7, Folder 16 Clover 2 Box 7, Folder 17 GE4 Box 7, Folder 18 Clover 3 CPU Box 7, Folder 19 Boston Eng Notes Box 8, Folder 1 Boston Presentation Box 8, Folder 2 Boston Misc Box 8, Folder 3 GE 11

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Box 8, Folder 4 Po's Box 8, Folder 5 Logic Devices Box 8, Folder 6 Shared Resources Box 8, Folder 7 Twin Industries WWM Wirewrap Box 8, Folder 8 Vitesse Box 8, Folder 9 WaferScale Box 8, Folder 10 Weitek Box 8, Folder 11 Xilinx Box 8, Folder 12 LSI Logic Box 8, Folder 13 Terminals Box 8, Folder 14 Unix Commands Box 8, Folder 15 Unix Documents Box 8, Folder 16 Data Sheets Box 8, Folder 17 ViewGraphs Box 8, Folder 18 My Code Box 8, Folder 19 UNC Box 8, Folder 20 Other Graphics Products Box 8, Folder 21 Other Graphics Products Box 8, Folder 22 Phone Box 8, Folder 23 Customer Visits Box 8, Folder 24 Graphics Class Jim Clark Feb. 1987 Box 8, Folder 25 Transmission Line Theory Box 8, Folder 26 RS-232 Box 8, Folder 27 Cache Papers Box 8, Folder 28 Benchmarks Box 8, Folder 29 ASD Vision Box 9 SGI 2000 Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 9 Human Factors Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 9 Clover 1 Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 9 Clover GL Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 9 Transparencies and Slides Physical Description: 3 binder(s)

Box 10 BPC 2 Alpha Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 10 Iris GT Chip Set Specifications Box 10 Iris 4-D Series Documentation Physical Description: 2 binder(s)

Box 10 Graphica Obscura Physical Description: 1 binder(s)

Box 10 Iris Fast Facts Box 10 Unix System V Documentation Box 10 Corporate Telephone Directory Box 10 Iris Guides (2) Box 10 RenderMan Interface

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Box 10 Cosmo 3D Spec Box 10 Iris Performer Reference Pages Box 10 Iris Performer Programming Guide Box 11 SGI Pipeline, Nov/Dec 1990 vol. 1 #6-1992 Year End vol. 3 #6 Box 11 Developer News, May/June 1994-2nd Quarter 2000 Box 11 Kurt Akeley Notebooks 1982-2000 Physical Description: 17 volume(s)

Box 12 SGI Annual Reports 1987-1998, 2000 Box 12 Portfolio Snapshots Box 12 Developer News Feb 1995-August 1995 Box 12 IRIS Universe #1-#27 Box 12 Misc Publications Box 13 Unix Manuals (5) Box 13 SGI Training Manual Box 13 Software Design, 1995 Box 13 Video Tex 1991 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 13 Cosmo Software Suite Pathway to the Second Web, 1997 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 13 Onyx InfiniteReality Demo Tape V.4, 1996 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 13 Memory-Based Graphics Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 13 Venice Demos Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 13 Bite TV Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)

Box 14 Iris 4-D Series Documentation Physical Description: 6 binder(s)

Box 15 Iris 4-D Series Documentation Physical Description: 9 binder(s)

Poster: IRIS 6.5 SGI gallery of modern art Poster: Virtual Surgery / Virtual Successes Accession ARCH-2004-301 Computer files Scope and Content Note Memoranda, reports, source code, text, and slides from presentations pertaining to research and product development for Silicon Graphics Inc. Includes text files, Showcase files, and PostScript versions of the Showcase files.

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