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From: levine@well.sf.ca.us (Ron Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Practical Intro to PHIGS (new book)
Summary: May be available sooner or later
Message-ID: <24395@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 24 Apr 91 01:22:47 GMT
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eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods) asks, about the tutorial of 
which I dropped a hint:

>        Is this available commercially, or do the corporation hold the 
>copyright? I'm sure many of the readers of this board, including myself,
>would be quite interested to read it...

First, it is a little broader than PHIGS PLUS, covering also some 
more general topics in 3D graphics.  Then, with respect to the 
PHIGS PLUS treatment, it is restricted to a particular 
implementation, and does not always try to point out the 
differences between that implementation and the standard or other 
implementations.   I recently used it in teaching an internal 
course with some success and much positive feedback.

The work certainly belongs to the company in question, because 
they paid me an hourly rate to produce it.  The question of 
making it available to a wider public is under consideration.  I 
will advertise it here if and when it becomes available. 

        Ron Levine
        Dorian Research, Inc.
        (415)-535-1350