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From: chan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Tak-Yuen Melinda Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Ques: PHIGS on X; FIGARO
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.160458.11018@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 90 16:04:58 GMT
Sender: chan@cs.umn.edu (Tak-Yuen Melinda Chan)
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I have a question on PHIGS on X and I ask for your help.

Background:
I want to port a software which is written in APOLLO GMR and Dialog run under 
DOMAIN/AEGIS environment to PHIGS/X/MOTIF run under SCO UNIX (in 486 plateform).
And I found out that there is a PHIGS version called "FIGARO" that run on 
APOLLO and 386 plateform claim they can provide me such an environment (PHIGS on
X).
However, after I have evaluated it for one week, my impression about FIGARO is
very "shaky" in many ways. 

Question:

(1) Is there anyone of you have experience using FIGARO ? Please evaluate this
    software.

(2) I am going to have a training on using FIGARO on 11/13, what question should
    I ask them concerning PHIGS on X ? (In other words, what are the critical
     functionalities that FIGARO must have to provide PHIGS on X.)

I'll be very appreciate if anyone of you can provide me information on FIGARO
and PHIGS on X because I am neither an expert on PHIGS nor on X.