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Subject: First General Meeting of 1394 Trade Association -- ASCII
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A users group for the 1394 Hi-Speed Serial Bus is forming.

The first gathering of the Users Group will be in the Bay Area
August 1 & 2, 1994.  This users group mission is to actively
promote the proliferation of the 1394 Serial Bus Technology
into the computer, consumer electronics, peripheral, and industrial
markets as a universal I/O interconnect.

Following a postscript invitation, agenda, etc.
If you need ascii, please send me a note.  Draft bylaws are available.

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gary a hoffman
Power Personal Systems, Austin
512-838-3981 voice
512-838-5989 fax
oasis@austin.ibm.com

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        First General Meeting of the 1394 Trade Association

When:   Monday, August 1st, 2pm - 6pm PDT .. Agenda, page 2

        Tuesday, August 2nd, 8:30am - 4:30pm PDT

Where:  2945 San Ysidro, Santa Clara, Ca. (map below)

        National Semiconductor Building 27

        Badges not required for NSC 27 or Park during meeting

Site Contact:   David Brief, National Semiconductor. 408-721-4985

Site Messages:  408-721-4321

Parking: Park in front and behind the building, on the street
         and in National employee lots during the meeting.

Maps are available upon RSVP.
RSVP: gary a hoffman
      oasis@austin.ibm.com
      512.838.5989fax
      512.838.3981voice


                August 1 & 2 Meeting Agenda

Monday, 8/1/94, 2pm - 6pm PDT   - General Meeting

        >       Welcome - 1394 TA Steering Committee

        >       Keynote: 1394 Past, Present, Future                     - Michael Teener, Apple

        >       1394 Market Perspective - Tom Martin, Adaptec

        >       Serial Bus Protocol (SBP)       - Scott Smyers, Apple

        >       Trade Association Structure

        >       Membership, Bylaws, Steering Committee, Work groups, etc.

        >       Trade Association Activities

        >       Comdex

        >       Consumer Electronics Show

        >       Reception in National Semiconductor Park - after meeting

Tuesday, 8/2/94, 8:30am - 4pm PDT       - Workgroup Meetings

        >       Form Work Groups ( Members & Intended Trade Association Members )

        >       Marketing, Technical Liaison, Protocol, Compliance, Video, etc.

        >       Wrapup

Organizing Participants -

        Adaptec, AMD, Apple, ATT NCR, IBM, Lexmark, Microsoft,
        National Semiconductor, Seagate, Sony, Texas Instruments,
        Toshiba






                          1394 Technology

Goals:

        >       Consumer Electronics Digital Cable Of Choice

        >       Very Low Cost Interconnect To All Components

        >       Very High Bit-Rates, And Superior Efficiency

        >       True Plug And Play Operation, With Hot Plug Capability

Technology Highlights

        >       Automatic Assignment Of Node Addresses

        >       Isochronous - low overhead, guaranteed bandwidth service

        >       User Friendly Cable - for office, home, and mobile apps

        >       A Deterministic, Fair Bus Access Mechanism

        >       IEEE 1212 Standard Programming Interface


        The IEEE 1394 High Performance Serial Bus has a
        number of innovations, not necessarily of a radical nature,
        but rather ones that make it easier to use or reduce the
        cost of implementing a reasonably high speed interface.

                -- Michael Teener, Apple Computer







             Bylaws of the 1394 Trade Association (excerpt)

I.  Name: The name of this group shall be the 1394 High Performance Serial
Bus Trade Association (TA). This group shall not be structured to provide
financial profit for its members, but shall be conducted for the mutual benefit
of its members.



II. Mission: The mission of the 1394 TA will be to actively promote the
proliferation of the 1394 Serial Bus technology into the computer, consumer,
peripheral, and industrial markets so that a true universal I/O and
backplane interconnect can be enabled.



III. Charter: The charter of the 1394 TA will be comprised of 4 major goals:
(1) Promote industry awareness, acceptance, and advancement of 1394, (2)
accelerate the adoption and usage of 1394 products and services, (3) develop
a 1394 infrastructure that enables interoperability, and (4) encourage the
bridging of the consumer electronics and computer markets.



IV. Activities: The activities of this organization will include, but not be
limited to: the development of protocols that will allow compatibility and
interoperability between various equipment; the development and
publication of end-equipment specific application layers; the creation of a
compliance testing group; the active promotion of the activities of this
organization to encourage the advancement of 1394 in the marketplace;
providing educational services; submitting, as appropriate, proposals to
national and international standards bodies; and performing other activities
permitted under these Bylaws in furtherance of the goals of this Association.
The 1394 Trade Association shall make any results of the activities of this
group available to all interested parties on reasonable terms applied
uniformly and openly.
-- 
gary a hoffman
Power Personal Systems, Austin
512-838-3981 office
512-838-5989 fax
