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From: jch@Stardent.COM (Jan Hardenbergh)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: phigs/phigs+ references
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.180426.419@Stardent.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 91 18:04:26 GMT
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reposting, first one got lost.

> What (if there are any) papers/books/etc exist on PHIGS/PHIGS+?

There are many papers on PHIGS about 57 through 1989 and another 22 last
year according to a recent library search. This is a little out of date
but great.

>   An annotated PHIGS bibliography
>   Howard, T.L.J.
>   Source: Comput. Graph. Forum (Netherlands)  vol.8, no.3,    pp.: 262-5
>   September 1989.

[Toby just offered this by mail, I assume it is updated ]

As far as new books go:

"A Practical Introduction to PHIGS and PHIGS PLUS" has been published by
Addison Wesley in England. It's written by Toby Howard, Terry Hewlitt
and others. It should be in stores in the U.S. in April.
(ISBN 0-201-41641-7)

Prentice Hall will actually be publishing a book on PHIG's very soon.
It is by Valerie Clark (formerly??? of Sun Microsystems)

John Wiley and Sons, Inc.  is also planning to have a book available at
SIGGRAPH91. "A Primer for PHIGS" by Hopgood & Duce.
(ISBN: 471 93042 3, due Aug 91, 280 pp)

There is also some speculation that the PEX-SI man pages - quite good -
will be published by O'Reilly Associates.  Neither the SI folks nor
O'Reilly will say anything about it.

The old Template book is rumored to be re-issued, too.

After SIGGRAPH and before the end of the year there are supposed to be
two more books on PHIGS coming out.  I wish I were writing one, too.

Speaking for myself, 

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