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Subject: Z buffering issues
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Date: 12 Oct 90 23:34:02 GMT
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Give me a call, but you also will want to read the article
The Hidden Charms of Zbuffering
Which appeared in the Iris Universe Magazine, issue # 12.

My feeling is that sgi could use a floaing point Zbuffer, as the
dynamic range of a 16 bit z short int z buffer is to small to
be of real use in many real time applications.

dan.
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