Building 20 Live Presentation Information

The presentation "TMRC - the future" was held Friday March 27th, 1998 at 4:05pm in N52-118, TMRC's new clubroom. The presentation was broadcast live over the internet, a first among any railroad club. This presentation was the first of many steps the club wants to take in order to combine model-railroading and the internet.

If you missed the presentation, don't despair, we saved a copy of it, which you can find here:

*Please see system requirements, 56.6kbps min connection required

NEW June 29th 1998
We now have a full copy of the PowerPoint(r) presentation in the web. While the animation is not there, all the pictures and text are there for you to follow the video!

System Requirements

• Real Player 5.0
• Network Connection at 56.6kbps minimum
• Pentium Computer (or equivalent)

You can get Real Player for free

Schedule for March 27th

Here is what happened during March 27th, for the record.

2:45pm	Video Feed begins with tests and setup
4:05pm	Presentation begins
4:30pm	Presentation ends, video feed ends
7:00pm	Copy of presentation available

Credits

• Ben FrantzDale - encoder software setup
• James Knight - server setup
• Jeff Birkner - video equipment
• MIT EECS - computer hardware
• MIT I/S - network feed

Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT Room N52-118 265 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139	+1 617 253-3269 Email: tmrc-web@mit.edu