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From: LEONARDZ@VM.UOGUELPH.CA (Len Zaifman)
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Subject: Re: Undergraduate Engineering Education
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Date: 14 Mar 91 22:05:51 GMT
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On 12 Mar 91 20:25:25 GMT you said:
>I am interested in corresponding with SGI owners whose machines
>are entirely used for undergraduate engineering education.
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>Sutherland PS300's with SGI equipment, but are somewhat concerned
>about the apparent lack of an interactive graphics environment such as
>an interpreted PHIGS.  Although our students typically write all code

   I just received from SGI's software express some info on TGS Phigs products
including a product called PCI ( PHIGS command interpreter ). This sounds like
it may be what you want. Call 1-800 345-0222 and choose the right options to
get to software sales,assuming you have a digital phone.

   You may want to talk to someone about it as all I have is a twosided glossy.

>they require, the language is an interpreted data-flow PHIGS-like
>language that is extremely easy to learn: no C or Fortran wizardry
>or mastery of a number of procedural graphics calls is necessary to
>build and manipulate quite complex visual environments.
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>Thanks.
>
>Patrick Fitzhorn            !
>Mechanical Engineering      ! Then remembering he was an automaton,
>Colorado State University   ! he decided to  spend the night at the
>Fort Collins, CO  80523     ! Hotel du Determinisme.
>(303) 491-5505              !                           (P. Morand)

Len Zaifman
Information Technology Coordinator,College of Physical and Engineering Science
Department of Computing Services
University of Guelph
Guelph,Ontario.  N1G 2W1
(519)821-4120 xt 6566
email : LeonardZ@VM.UOGUELPH.CA