Conference oass::racers

I would hardly call Digital a 'major' sponsor of Ferrari.  Fiat *owns* Ferrari 
and they only get a sticker about 2 feet long....

Anyway, it appears that DEC Italy has donated some hardware for CAD use to 
Ferrari and that prompted the stickers on the front wing.  This deal has been
discussed in MARVIN::CARS_UK a bit as well.

Dave

There were Digital billboards up in at least two places around Monza that
were visible on T.V. this weekend.

    I don't have time to post everything right now, I'm just trying to
    catch up on my first day back at work from a trip to European DECUS
    that included two weekends in Milan to attend events at Monza (the
    Italian F3 championship round on 9/1 and the Italian GP the next
    weekend).
    
    Anyway, Digital in Italy does have a fairly significant presence at the
    Monza autodrome for the Italian GP, I will post later (within a few
    days, as time permits) more of the details, along with a report on the
    two race weekends.
    

    			DIGITAL AND FERARI
    
    I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST THE BENETON TEAM (THEY HAVE ALSO
    VAXES) AT THE BELGIUM GP. THERE I MET THE GUY WHOS IS RESPONSABLE
    FOR THE TELEMETRIE AND RELATED SOFTWARE & HARDWARE.THEY HAVE A
    NICE CONFIG. 4 VAXSTATION 3200 ,4 COLOR MONITORS AND A COUPLE
    OF LJ250,LA75 AND VT320. 

    I, also, am interested in DEC's involvement as a sponsor. Is there
    any type of work that needs volunteers? Even though we are in a
    remote area compared to Mass. locations I would still like to help
    out if possible. And yes, if there are promos out there I would
    like to get my hands on some.
    
    Regards,
    Peggy Gordon

    
    NEWS FLASH - D I G I T A L  logo spotted at LIME ROCK PARK !!!!!!
    
    	Yes, that's right race fans,  LIME ROCK, right in our own
    backyard!!  As part of the IMSA GTO / GTU race at LRP (Sept. 28-29) 
    two (2) F40 Ferrari's were on hand to battle the Roush Cougar's, Team
    Nissan 300ZX's, Team Mazda's GTO RX-7's and more.
    
    The Ferrari's paddock was swarming all weekend.  And, right there, on the
    side of the Ferrari RED transporter was the DIGITAL logo for all those
    estatic Ferrari fans to see.  The cars, the paddock, the transporter,
    were all immaculately clean, I heard someone comment that even the dirt
    in the Ferrari paddock was the cleanest!!!!  It was quite difficult to
    get a clear, clean look at the cars, as people were stacked up 15 deep
    to try to get a closer look, but, at the end of the day, after the
    crowds had departed, I did get a close up look at these F40's.
    
    I WANT ONE! 
    the  

    I got to talking to the folks on the Ferrari team (worker's whites are
    a great advantage at times) and learned that the transporter is an old
    truck from the F1 team, thus the Digital logo.  That explained the
    licence plates being from Modena.  Also, the F40s carry the Digitec
    data acquisition system developed by Magneti Marelli for the F1 cars. 
    Now if we could only get them to use some DEC gear as well....

    any word on promo items.  i.e. a F1 with a DIGITAL sticker on it?
    I will gladly pay.
    
    thanks, jim
    DTN 540 1094
    

    Not Ferrari but still with F1. I have fixed problems at Leyton House
    and williams over the past few months. Both fairly minor problems with
    digital hardware But probably major to them. Leyton house was the most
    interesting , They wanted to send cad information of some sort to a CNC
    milling machine via a decserver from a vax. I beleive the information
    being sent was to the mill basicly programmed the mill to cut car
    parts.
    
    Garry

    You may wanna talk to Mr Tagliabue at DEC Italy Milan Hq. He allocates
    the "money" for the deal.