http://www.sgi.com/news/apr_02.html (Silicon Surf CD, 01/1995)
NEW SILICON SURF brings Silicon Graphics data onto Information Superhighway
NEW SILICON SURF brings Silicon Graphics data onto Information
Superhighway
On March 14, 1994 Silicon Graphics, Inc. announced Silicon Surf(tm),
an Internet World Wide Web (WWW) information server designed to
provide Silicon Graphics' customers and all Internet users with
information about the company, its partners and its products. The
graphical point-and-click interface allows users to easily navigate
through text and graphics images and takes advantage of Silicon
Graphics workstations' industry-leading digital media capabilities.
"The Silicon Surf information server capitalizes on the Internet
structure that is already in place as today's information
superhighway," said Bert Fornaciari, vice president of Silicon
Graphics' Customer Support Division. "With Silicon Surf we can
instantaneously distribute vital sales and support information to
current or potential customers around the globe. A wide range of
information is now only a few mouse clicks away."
The Silicon Surf information server will be updated as new products
and services are announced, providing customers with a single source
for the most current information about the company and its
technologies. The Silicon Surf information server is organized
into the following five categories:
- HEADLINES includes press releases announcing new products,
relationships, and other significant news from Silicon Graphics.
Hyperlinks to product brochures, data sheets and technical
information make Headlines a logical place for users to begin a
search for information about new products and services.
- SURF SHOP is a "store" of product information that features
brochures, data sheets and interactive catalogs. In Surf Shop,
users will be able to review hardware specifications and learn
about application software for Silicon Graphics' full line of
workstations and servers.
- CLASSROOM describes Silicon Graphics' latest instructor-led
hardware and software courses. Information such as objectives,
prerequisites, and duration of classroom instruction help users
select the most appropriate courses.
- TECHNO CORNER offers electronic access to volumes of
technical information including manual pages and white papers
contributed by Silicon Graphics and its partners. Hypertext links
to Wide Area Information System (WAIS) servers enable users to
seamlessly access archives of Silicon Graphics newsgroups contained
on remote systems and to search them via simple keyword searches.
- FREE LUNCH offers free software such as the Silicon
Graphics(r) InfoNavigator(tm) file navigating system shown in the
summer blockbuster movie "Jurassic Park" as well as graphics images
created on Silicon Graphics workstations.
Accessing Silicon Surf:
The Silicon Surf information server is available immediately and is
free to anyone with Internet access. Users can navigate through
the Silicon Surf information server using the appropriate version
of Mosaic, a popular browser available at no charge through the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. By using the appropriate
version of Mosaic, Internet users can access Silicon Surf with
Silicon Graphics, HP, DEC, IBM and Sun Microsystems workstations,
Apple Macintosh systems and personal computers running Microsoft
Windows.
Internet users can send email to siliconsurf@sgi.com for more
information about obtaining the Mosaic browser and accessing the
Silicon Surf information server.
