Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!news From: fsfacca@ZoSo.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization Subject: Re: AVS Network Abstraction Message-ID: <1990Nov23.174301.24230@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Date: 23 Nov 90 17:43:01 GMT References: <4054@network.ucsd.edu> Reply-To: fsfacca@ZoSo.UUCP (Tony Facca) Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland Lines: 20 In article <4054@network.ucsd.edu> slamont@network.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) writes: > >It (AVS) is available on an SGI platform (sort of). > >Convex supports it in a distributed mode, with a client running on a Convex >box (or, I'd guess a Stardent, as well), and a server running on the SGI. The ^^^^^^^^ Maybe not. Convex actually diddled the AVS code to take advantage of DGL. I had heard that Stardent was reluctant to license AVS to SGI but Convex was able to get a license for both DGL and AVS, so they ended up doing the port to SGI. I saw it at AUTOFACT and it looked good. Convex also had an 8 bit X version running on the Iris. The rendering was done by the 220 and the bitmaps sent to the Iris. Not too-too shabby either. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Facca | fsfacca@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov | phone: 216-433-8318 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are at Witt's end. Passages lead off in *all* directions.