1998.01.20 UpBeat Daily Reality 1.5 Mention
1998.01.21 UpBeat Daily SurReal Mention

9801 SOUNDBLASTER AWE 64 GOLD[?]

19980101 WaveEffects
19980114 Creative announces top honors for AWE64 Gold

First affordable synthesizer with multi-timbral physical modeling.

Back: Frank, David
Front: Greg, Stanley, Dave

It was worth doing just for the expression on the Korg R&D faces when they realized we had just obsoleted their exotic hardware plans. We were also pretty cocky at the show because we were already negotiating with Creative Labs.

19960108 Microsoft announces WDM to kill NSP
19960115 Intel takes optional non-compete extension
19960115 Intel discloses MMX to Seer
19960122 Intel Re-Releases NSP code (without Native Audio)
19960124 Seer requests Intel approval for Creative deal

19960101 Creative losses: $30M in quarter
19960101 SEEERSYNTH > CREATIVE WAVESYNTH 1.0
19960103 LOI draft
19960111 LOI final / No shop
19960112 National Semiconductor
19960118 NAMM 96 Anaheim: showed SeerSynth & Reality prototype

19960125 Draft Technology License Agreement (TLA)
19960126 SJ TLA response
19960130 Seer Patent Report
19960131 Reality Biz Plan 2.0

19951001 SJ Merc reports Intel/MS dealing
19951001 Seer offers Intel progress demo

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19951009 95 C Corp Reorganization
19951009 SJ Chair & CEO
19951012 DS President
19951012 David Roach VP R&D
19951012 Frank Kurzawa (FK) VP Eng
19951015 Henry Velick
19951015 Greg Lee consultant
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19951020 SJ hears of Creative-Brooktree deal
19951025 SeerSynth version A demoable
19951025 Seer offers Intel demo