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In article <4daet2$1p4@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, dek@cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:

> Correct.  I ported an OpenGL application which does real-time molecular
> modelling to a PC from the SGI/DEC/HP platforms.  Frankly, no matter
> how fast a Pentium Pro you get, the interactive performance of my port
> will be lower than that of the SGI because of the hardware acceleration.
> It's a shame, too, because a PPro would probably compare to a midrange
> SGI favorably except for that.
> 
> I hear that Matrox is coming out with a (or already has) graphics card
> that has 3d hardware acceleration.  An 8MB Millenium or some such.
> When that comes out, I hope to acquire a PPro with that card and
> benchmark it against the SGIs I use (Indigo^2s). 

Apparently, the new 3d Hardware accelerators for PowerMacs are pretty
impressive. You ought to have a lood at them.
 
> 
> Since this an advocacy group, I might mention-
> the program I ported would not work on NT, 95, or MacOS in a million
> years.  Fortunately, Linus wrote Linux, MetroLink ported OpenGL, and
> I ported a $10,000 molecular modelling package in less than two weeks.

I can't comment on this. Clearly, there are plenty of Mac programs that
have been ported to MacOS and WinNT. If you really need it, I'm sure a
third party could manage to port it for you and make it work.

-- 
Regards,       Joe Ragosta

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