| Title: |
Scott Gaff
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| Local code: |
OH 359
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
In this interview Scott Gaff, formerly of Lamb & Company, discusses a wide variety of subjects in computer graphics history. Gaff recounts his education and work experience at the University of Minnesota, and his testing of TERAK, Evans & Sutherland PS-300, and voice recognition CAD/CAM systems. Gaff describes his brief stint in 1984-1985 at the failed Minneapolis company Mainframe Productions—which specialized in graphics for television commercials—and rendering and other technical work on Silicon Graphics (SGI) workstations and PCs running Wavefront software at Minneapolis-based animation firm Lamb & Company between 1986 and 2001.
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| Extent: |
68 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=319
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gaff, Scott
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Computer programmer
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| Document location: |
Minneapolis, MN
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| Document date: |
17-Jul-2002
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| Interviewer: |
Matchett, Karin
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023952-25492
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