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Article #43Re: DEC PHIGS binding
From: Christopher T. Faigle
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 17:46
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 17:46
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In article <4528@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>, lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley) writes: >In article <1992Mar31.205618.21232@newstand.syr.edu> cfaigle@sccs.syr.edu >(Christopher T. Faigle) writes: >> I am using DEC PHIGS 2.2 (No PEX) > >DEC PHIGS 2.2 suppoorts PEX. The relevant workstation number is 221, as >opposed to 211 for a straight X workstation. > I should have said that I am not using PEX. (Because I don't have the $$$ for the high-end hardware currently required!) > >So it _has_ been released, then... in the UK our information is that the >product does not exist yet. We are verry anxious to get our hands on 2.3A >ourselves. If anyone in the US is using 2.3A could they mail me a summary >of the changes. For example, I gather that the spurious blank pages >produced when writing to a PostScript, CGM, or DDIF workstation have been >removed. Is this correct? We have it on CD, but it requires a complete workstation software update, so we have not installed it yet. Further, I don't have the release notes yet. > >Also, have the gourand shading problems with fill area set with data been >fixed? Don't know. I'll post when we update the software (hopefully less than 1 week!!) >>Thanks, >>-Chris > >I would also be interested in information on the binding used. > I have been told that the DEC 2.3A binding does not conform to the ISO C binding. > Chris (another one) Thanks Chris! And thanks to all of the other people who responded. -Chris (yet again. Did you keep up?)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!think.com!rpi!sarah!cook!psinntp!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!sccs.syr.edu!cfaigle From: cfaigle@sccs.syr.edu (Christopher T. Faigle) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex Subject: Re: DEC PHIGS binding Message-ID: <1992Apr9.134605.19465@newstand.syr.edu> Date: 9 Apr 92 17:46:04 GMT Article-I.D.: newstand.1992Apr9.134605.19465 References: <1992Mar31.205618.21232@newstand.syr.edu> <4528@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> Reply-To: cfaigle@sccs.syr.edu (Christopher T. Faigle) Organization: Syracuse Center for Computational Science/Dept of Phsyics, Syracuse Univ Lines: 38