Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!eos!data.nas.nasa.gov!eagle!news From: tttron@escher.lerc.nasa.gov (William Krauss) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization Subject: Re: AVS Network Abstraction Message-ID: <1990Nov28.165621.1640@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Date: 28 Nov 90 16:56:21 GMT References: <4054@network.ucsd.edu> <1990Nov23.174301.24230@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: tttron@escher.UUCP (William Krauss) Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland Lines: 28 In article <1990Nov23.174301.24230@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> fsfacca@ZoSo.UUCP (Tony Facca) writes: >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. > -- >>>>> William D. Krauss NASA Lewis Research Center <<<<< >>>>> tttron@escher.lerc.nasa.gov Cleveland, OH 44135 <<<<< >>>>> (216) 433-8720 (or -8798) U.S.A. Earth <<<<<