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              Beginning TAAC-1 Programming Course
   
SunFLASH Vol 21 #2					      September 1990 
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Sun Consulting will be offering the following course:

              Beginning TAAC-1 Programming Course
   Tuesday, November 6, 1990 through Friday, November 9, 1990.

The course will be held in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Sun development facility.  The four day course will start at 9:00 am
and will last until 5:00 pm each day.

The point of contact for scheduling your attendance is:
	Mary Lee Bigger	( mbigger@east.sun.com)  (919) 469-8300
or 	David MacFawn 	(dmacfawn@east.sun.com)  (919) 469-8300


                     TAAC-1  COURSE OUTLINE

	Welcome and Introduction
	1.0 Overview - what does TAAC do, i.e.
	     features, and how can I utilize it?
	2.0.1 Hardware
	  2.0.1.1 General Description
			programmable frame buffer
	  2.0.1.2 More detailed description
	2.0.1.3 Video
		 Video keying
		 sync files, config file
		 single/dual monitor
	2.0.2 Software
	   2.0.2.1 Reference / Use: TAAC-1
	   2.0.2.2 Concept of Host/TAAC software
	   2.0.2.3 Programming
	3.0.1 Installation and diagnostics
	3.0.2 Volume rendering
	3.0.3 Graphics lib
	3.0.4 Image Processing (IPLib, Host Callable IPLib)
	3.0.5 advanced rendering (optional)
	3.0.6 microcoding (optional)
	3.0.7 MapVu


This course will emphasize programming the TAAC-1 over theory of
operation.  Programming will be taught via lectures followed by
programming labs.

In addition, upon your request, Sun Consulting will teach the TAAC-1
programming course at your local site.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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