RFC 351 UNKNOWN GRAPHICS · SURVEY · RESOURCES

Graphics information form for the ARPANET graphics resources notebook

A questionnaire for the ARPANET graphics resources notebook

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PUBLISHED
June 1972
AUTHORS
D. Crocker
STREAM
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DOI
10.17487/RFC0351

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Network Working Group                                   David H. Crocker
Request for Comments: 351                                           UCLA
NIC 10593                                                    5 June 1972


          (Graphics)Information form for the ARPANET Graphics
                          Resources Notebook:

   Attached is a questionnaire about the state of graphics resources at
   your site.  As per the last Graphics Protocol Committee meeting, we
   are attempting to compile such information for an ARPANET Graphics
   Resources Notebook.

   Please complete the form and return it as soon as possible,
   preferably as a NIC Journal entry (making it easier for us to
   manipulate the information) to Dave Crocker (Nic Ident: DHC).
   Mailing address:

      David Crocker
      c/o Jon Postel
      Computer Science Department
      School of Engineering and Applied Science
      3804 Boelter Hall
      University of California
      Los Angeles, California  90024

   Name of organization and Host number(s):


   Mailing address:


   Local Graphics Experts (names & phone number):


   Local graphics hardware:


   Local graphics capabilities:


   Limitations/Abilities over the NET (differences from local options):


   Default conditions when entering over the NET:

   Graphics routines available over the NET (please add explanations
   about the advantages/appeal of the programs):


   Logger & Pre-logger (Net connection(s), login, process-initiation
   procedures, including all NET-specific actions):


   Attention-getting ('escape') signals:

   Graphics demonstration opportunities


      Demo account number(s) or procedures:


      Demo programs:


   Interests & Capabilities:


   Additional comments:






         [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
           [ into the online RFC archives by Bob German 10/99 ]

ISO Plain Language

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PROBLEMThe graphics working group wanted information about graphics resources available at network sites.
MECHANISMA questionnaire asks each site about its people, hardware, capabilities, network access and demonstration options.
PURPOSE OF THE FORMThe responses were intended for an ARPANET Graphics Resources Notebook.

§1Collecting Graphics Resource Information

David H. Crocker circulated a questionnaire after a Graphics Protocol Committee meeting. The goal was to collect information about graphics resources at ARPANET sites and compile it in a Graphics Resources Notebook.

Sites were asked to return the form, preferably as a NIC Journal entry, to make the information easier to process.

The working group wanted one collection of information about graphics resources at network sites. It asked sites to send their details back in a format that could be processed.

§2What the Questionnaire Asks

The form asks for an organization's name and host numbers, its local graphics experts, hardware and capabilities, and differences between local and network use. It also asks for default conditions when connecting over the network and for graphics routines available remotely.

Each site was asked what graphics equipment and programs it had, what worked over the network, and who could answer questions.

§3Access and Demonstration Details

The remaining questions cover login and process-start procedures, attention or escape signals, graphics demonstrations and demo accounts. The form also provides space for interests, capabilities and additional comments.

The requested details would help describe how users could reach and try the graphics resources at each site.

The form also asks how to connect, what commands or signals are needed, and whether a site can demonstrate its graphics tools.