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From: jch@Stardent.COM (Jan Hardenbergh @stardent)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: implementations of graphics standards?
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.190859.3490@Stardent.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 90 19:08:59 GMT
Organization: Stardent Computer, Newton MA
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> From: bergman@scripps.edu (Larry Bergman)
> Date: 2 Jul 90 21:57:20 GMT

> I'm interested in finding out about availability
> of graphics implementations on several platforms.
> In particular, I'd like to know about Dore and/or
> phiggs+ implementations for Iris, Sun, Dec, Stardent,
> and IBM workstations.  Any information on what's 
> available from 3rd party vendors would be useful.
> If you have any experience with an implementation, 
> please let me know how complete it is, and how well
> supported/maintained it is.

Well, I'm a PHIGS bigot so first...

PHIGS (PHIGS88+PHIGS-PLUS) runs on all of the boxes you mentioned. For
some it is based on code from Template Graphics; for others it is done
by the vendor. In all cases you would want to contact the "consumer
compatible live-ware" of the vendor. PHIGS has been a standard for just
over a year and a half, so implementations are starting to mature.

Dore' runs on Stardent machines. Portable Dore' is a source code product
and has drivers for Suns and Irises in its user contributed collection.

The is a Dore' mailing list - dore@stardent.com ( to join
dore-request@stardent.com)
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-Jan "YON" Hardenbergh - jch@stardent.com                uunet!stardent!jch
Stardent Computer, Inc.,  95 Wells Ave., Newton, MA 02159 (617)964-6228x261