  We consider the 1+1 dimensional N = (8,8) supersymmetric matrix field theory
obtained from a dimensional reduction of ten dimensional N = 1 super
Yang-Mills. The gauge groups we consider are U(N) and SU(N), where N is finite
but arbitrary. We adopt light-cone coordinates, and choose to work in the
light-cone gauge. Quantizing this theory via Discretized Light-Cone
Quantization (DLCQ) introduces an integer, K, which restricts the light-cone
momentum-fraction of constituent quanta to be integer multiples of 1/K.
Solutions to the DLCQ bound state equations are obtained for K=2,3 and 4 by
discretizing the light-cone super charges, which preserves supersymmetry
manifestly. We discuss degeneracies in the massive spectrum that appear to be
independent of the light-cone compactification, and are therefore expected to
be present in the decompactified limit K -> infinity. Our numerical results
also support the claim that the SU(N) theory has a mass gap.
