hi

Here is the questionaire which I mentioned in my previous
email. I imagine you have received this already through
Maxine's a98demos@ncsa.uiuc.edu alias, but I'm resending
it out to you, just in case...

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QUESTIONS

1. Each ImmersaDesk will have at least 100 Mb/s individually switched IP 
   connectivity to NCSA's core network, and from there to the vBNS and the
   outside world. Multicast will also be provided to other vBNS sites. 

   Is this sufficient for your application's networking needs?
   If not, please explain.

   Will one network connection be sufficient?
   If not, how many will be needed?

   If your application will do point-to-point communication, what other 
   sites will you need connectivity to?

   If your application requires multicast, what other sites will you 
   need connectivity to?

2. If your application is an ImmersaDesk application, what will the
   frame rate be on the following hardware:

   Octane 
     Irix 6.4, dual R10K cpus, MXi graphics, 256 MB RAM

   Onyx 
     Irix 6.2, four R4400 CPUs, 256 MB RAM,
     RE2 graphics (with two RM5s of texture memory)

   Onyx 
     Irix 6.2, four R10K cpus, 256 MB RAM,
     IR graphics (DG4-2 with two RM64s of texture memory)

   Onyx2 
     Irix 6.4, two R10K cpus, 256 MB RAM,
     IR graphics (DG4-2 with two RM64s of texture memory)

3. Beyond a standard SGI (as listed above) running an ImmersaDesk, does your
   application require any other type of machine/OS. such as a SUN, PC,
   or Macintosh?

   If so, what machine/OS is needed? Can you supply it if needed?

4. An ImmersaDesk will be available as a large-format, passive display
   device capable of displaying output from both SGIs and PCs.

   If applicable, does your application require any other type of display
   device? If so, please describe.

5. Does your application require more than 500 MB of local disk space?
   If so, how much local disk space does it need?

6. Does your application require a telephone on the demo show floor?
   Will it require more than one telephone line? If so, how many?

7. Each ImmersaDesk machine will have the following software installed:

   C/C++   (7.1 or 7.2)
   F77/90  (7.1 or 7.2)

   CAVE, pfCAVE Libs  (2.6)
   CAVERN
   MPI
   NEXUS/GLOBUS
   NCSA vss and sound lib

   CaseVision
   CosmoPlayer  (1.0.2)
   CosmoWorlds
   Java Development environment (SGI's JDK)
   Inventor
   Performer  (2.1 or 2.2)

   GNU tools (gmake, gzip, emacs/xemacs)
   Habanero
   Multicast tools (sdr, vic, vat)
   Netscape Communicator

   Does your application require any additional software? If so, please list.
   Can you provide it along with suitable licenses, if needed?

8. Beyond a standard SGI (as listed above) running an ImmersaDesk,
   does your application require any auxiliary computing resources *not*
   on the show floor (eg. remote servers or supercomputers)?

   If so, what resources do you need?
   Have you made the necessary arrangements for them?

9. Beyond a standard ImmersaDesk configuration, does your application
   require any additional input/output devices?

   If so, what are they? Can you provide them?
   What is needed to connect them to an ImmersaDesk?

10. Does your application use the NCSA 'vss' sound server?

    Does your application require the use of a dedicated Indy as a
    sound server?

    Does your application do ImmersaDesk-to-ImmersaDesk communication
    and require a corresponding audio connection?

    If your application is a non-VR presentation, does it need amplification?

    What other audio requirements do you have?

11. Does your application use the standard ImmersaDesk VR tracker daemon?
    If not, which tracker daemon does it use?


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Tom Coffin                            tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu
NCSA                      http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~tcoffin
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