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Aucbvax.2496 fa.works utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Fri Jul 31 05:39:58 1981 Announcements - ANSI Standards Comm. & NCC82 Call for Papers >From WorkS-REQUEST@MIT-AI Fri Jul 31 05:36:19 1981 WorkS Announcements

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Date: 29 July 1981 01:31-EDT From: Steven T. Kirsch <SK MIT-MC AT> Subject: X3V1 comm. for ANSI Standards in the area of Office Systems

There are four working groups:

1. User interface requirements 2. Terms and functions for office systems 3. Distribution of information (e.g., message interchange format) 4. Text communications (e.g., page image format)

They welcome new members. West coast people are especially invited to participate. Meetings are held in Washington, DC.

For further information, contact:

L. M. Collins, Chairman X3V1 IBM Corp 2300 One Main Place 19th Floor Dallas, TX 75250

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Date: 28 July 1981 17:59 edt From: Frankston at MIT-Multics (Bob Frankston) Subject: NCC 1982 Personal Computer Sessions -- Call for papers etc.

The 1982 Natyonal Computer Conference will have a track (i.e., a group of sessions) on personal computers. This means that the papers will be refereed and appear in the proceedings. This is in contrast to past years in which there was a separate, unrefereed "subconference".

This reflects the growth and importance of personal computers. But it is also a challenge. We must organize a new set of sessions and get new referees. Part of this challenge is in finding a balance between sessions on the mature areas in personal computing and capturing the innovation in ongoing research and development, both in academic and commercial projects. Workshops might provide a better forum for the latter.

Some of the possible topics include:

- what are personal computers -- the definitions range from Alan Kay's dynabook, to miniature mainframes to workstations.

- what personal computers are not.

- specific applications and issues such as wordprocessing (though word processing also falls under office automation)

- Protocols and standards

- Networking as it relates to personal computers. This can represent both local area networks as well as ad hoc telco networks.

- Operating systems -- both traditional and new concepts

- Languages

- Consumer computers -- issues in design, implications of a software marketplace.

- Education -- traditional and otherwise, computer and noncomputer

- Implications and relationships to other fields both within the industry and in the rest of the world. Societal interactionals.

- Hardware trends and issues

- Games, both recreational and educational.

I am on the NCC steering committee and am in charge of organizing/creating these sessions. If you have any suggestions or comments, and if your are interested in participating by writing a paper, refereeing or whatever, please contact me either as:

nccpc82.SoftArts at MIT-Multics

or

Bob Frankston Software Arts, Inc PO Box 527 Cambridge, MA 02139

or 617-491-2100.

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