Plain Text Documents

I have some notes, mostly in plain text format, on

• 3ds_file.txt some information about a version of the 3D Studio file format;
• 3ds_format.txt some information about a version of the 3D Studio file format;
• binhex.txt a description of the BINHEX format for converting binary files to and from transportable hexadecimal files.
• bsd_license.txt the newer "3 clause" BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) open source license. This license has fewer restrictions than the GNU General Public License.
• calcomp.txt a Calcomp Plotter manual, text only, no pictures, alas!;
• cgc_tribute.txt a tribute to Professor Charles Cullen on the occasion of his retirement.
• clean77.txt a reference manual for CLEAN77, a program to reformat FORTRAN77 files.
• cmssl.txt, "Introduction to the Connection Machine Scientific Software Library", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 16 September 1991.
• compiler.txt, "Introduction to the Cray Compilers", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
• egypt_math.txt a brief discussion of some mathematical aspects of ancient Egyptian culture.
• gif87a.txt, Graphics Interchange Format, version 87a, Compuserve,
  June 15, 1987
• gif89a.txt, Graphics Interchange Format, version 89a, Compuserve,
  31 July 1990
• gnu_lgpl.txt the GNU Lesser General Public License;
• granger.txt, a review of an ABC television production of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", starring Stewart Granger;
• graphics.txt "Introduction to Graphics at the PSC", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 1991;
• iges_format.txt, The IGES Format;
• inkscape.txt, Using Inkscape to Outline Computational Regions;
• machine.txt Investigating the Computer's Arithmetic;
• manhate1.txt "Surviving Documentation Systems", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• manhate2.txt "Surviving Documentation Systems", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• matlab.txt "The MATLAB Programming System", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• matmul.txt "MATMUL: An Interactive Matrix Multiplication Benchmark", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• obj_format.txt, a format for information about a 3D object defined as a collection of polygons.
• pcx_format.txt, a format for storing 2d images, originally developed for the PC Paintbrush program.
• pdb_format.txt, the Protein Data Bank format, a format for storing information about the 3D structure of proteins and nucleic acids.
• perform.txt, "Performance Monitoring", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 30 September 1991.
• ply_format.txt the PLY format, a format for information about a 3D object defined as a collection of polygons.
• pov_format.txt, information about the POV ("Persistence of Vision") graphics file format;
• reu_1998.txt,, An introductory talk about computing a path through a maze, given to the attendees of a Research Experience for Undergraduates at Iowa State University, 27 June 1998.
• rgb_format.txt some information on the RGB graphics format;
• rpc.txt,, Notes on Remote Procedure Calls;
• rpc_irix.txt, Notes on Remote Procedure Calls for the SGI IRIX Operating System;
• smf_format.txt, Michael Garland's brief writeup of the SMF format;
• software1.txt "Software Overview", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 13 January 1992;
• software2.txt "Software Overview", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• starpac_manual.txt manual for STARPAC, the Standard Time Series and Regression Package;
• super.txt "Advanced Programming Topics", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 10 December 1991;
• tga_format.txt some information on the format used by TGA or "TARGA" files;
• trouble.txt "Troubleshooting", a talk given at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center;
• xdr.txt, Notes on XDR, External Data Representation;

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