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Re: OpenGL

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From: Anthony Baxter
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 15:17
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In <YedEjV600WB6Q7vPcP@andrew.cmu.edu> jl8p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph C. Lappa) writes:


>Hello,

>   Does anyone have a timeframe for when OpenGL for DECStation 5000s is
>to be released?  I saw a demo being run by DEC at SIGGRAPH so I know its
>for real.

According to the people from DEC I was speaking to at DECUS last week,
around April or so next year - around the same time they expect to start
shipping with X11R5. (Why it takes so long to start shipping something, I
dont know - an X11R5 server for the PXG graphics card would be nice)

Anthony.
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From: anthony@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Anthony Baxter)
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Subject: Re: OpenGL
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