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From: jch@apollo.COM (Jan Hardenbergh)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Looking for PHIGS
Message-ID: <42fca2f8.137b8@apollo.COM>
Date: 2 May 89 20:30:00 GMT
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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> I'm looking for any information on PHIGS (Programmer's
> Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standard).  Is it P/D
> or commercial?  Is the standard on line anywhere?  Any
> good books/articles on it?  Ect., ect.

The following was an incomplete answer. Template is one of many vendors
supporting PHIGS. It runs on almost every workstation either by a
vendors native (Apollo/HP, Sun, DEC, IBM) implementation or by
Template's.

> Template Graphics Software, Inc.
> 9685 Scranton Road
> San Diego, CA 92121

I'm pretty sure there are no public domain PHIGS implemtations. In
1991 or so PEX ( PHIGS extension to X ) is scheduled to be released
from MIT. That will be a public domain implementation.

The standard is not online anywhere because ANSI gets a decent amount of
it's revenue buy selling those olive green books. The standard is ANSI
X3.144-1988. ANSI says they should have it soon. You can send $50.00 to
( $45.00 + $5.00 shipping )

        ANSI / Attention Sales
        1430 Broadway
        New York, NY 10018

If you can't wait for ANSI to publish it you might still be able to get
the 87 draft from Global (?Engineering) by calling (800) 854-7179. 

Good books?

Of course the easiest way to get the best PHIGS info is buy ordering

    Programming with Domain/PHIGS  009701-A00
    Domain/PHIGS Call Reference    009702-A00

from Instant Apollo 1-800-225-5290, have your credit card ready. They
are somewhere around $35.00. Domain/PHIGS is based on the Oct 87 draft
which became the standard (PHIGS88 to distinguish it from PHIGS PLUS).
PHIGS+ Version 3.0 was published in ACM Computer Graphics July 1988.
It has been adopted by the same standards body that did PHIGS X3H3.1.

There is also a short book called Understanding PHIGS from Template
and a Video tape from RPI (518)266-6752. Have fun.

Jan Hardenbergh    - jch@apollo.com -        (508) 256-6600
Apollo Computer,   300 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824