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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 15:03:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 19 15:03:00 1986
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Here are a couple of older articles:

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       ID:  Cahn84
   Author:  Cahn, D., E. McGinnis, R. F. Puk, and C. S. Seum
    Title:  The PHIGS System
   Source:  Computer Graphics World, Feb. 1984, pp. 33-40
Doc. Type:  Journal Article
 Keywords:  PHIGS, GKS, Core
  Remarks:  All of the authors are active members of X3H3.1 and 
	    know what they are talking about.
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       ID:  Wagn84
   Author:  Wagner, P.
    Title:  Graphics Standards, A Special Report
   Source:  Computer Graphics World, Feb. 1984, pp. 11-13,97
Doc. Type:  Journal Article
 Keywords:  Standards, GKS, Core, ISO, ANSI, PHIGS, NCGA
  Remarks:  Introduction to Special Report on Graphics Standards
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And here are a couple of newer articles:

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       ID:  Heck86
   Author:  Heck, Mick
    Title:  PHIGS hits the market
   Source:  Computer Graphics World, Jan. 1986, pp. 149-53.
Doc. Type:  Journal Article
 Keywords:  Standards, PHIGS
  Remarks:  Mike is on X3H3.1 and a project lead for Megatek/Template's
	    Figaro project.
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       ID:  Buns86
   Author:  Bunshaft, Al and Ab-Ezzi, Salim
    Title:  An Implementor's view of PHIGS
   Source:  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Jan (or Feb?) 1986.
Doc. Type:  Journal Article
 Keywords:  Standards, PHIGS
  Remarks:  Al and Salim are on X3H3.1.  Al worked on IBM GraPHIGS 
	    implementation and Salim is responsible in part for RPI's
	    implementation of PHIGS.
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I am co-authoring an article on PHIGS for the IEEE CG&A issue for Siggraph 86.
It will deal with what PHIGS is and how it compares with GKS and GKS-3D.
If the articles above don't answer your questions contact me and we will 
see what we can do.

-- Tom Morrissey.
ANSI and ISO PHIGS document editor
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