New IBM Graphics Workstations
Kathy Kuba
kuba at hpfcdj.HP.COM
Wed Aug 22 07:06:10 AEST 1990
>*>
>*>Has it been released yet or is it still vaporware? Something else to
>*>consider is that IBM's high-end graphics board is an IBM proprietary
>*>and does not run the GL.
>*
>* Is this right? I thought that all the 3D graphics options for the IBM's
>*were SGI technology. An IBM rep told me they would support GL. I don't
>*know if it has been shipped yet.
>
>
>It is quite possible that they've ported the GL to run their high-end
>system, but that means that they'll only be tracking what we've sold them
>to date. Which says to me that they won't be offering full compatibility
>with the current incarnation of the GL.
At SIGGRAPH, IBM told me that GL runs across their entire 3D product line,
which includes the Personal Iris boards on a 320/530 and the 730 with
proprietary supergraphics. It is supposed to be code compatible with
SGI, but I do not know of anyone who has tried this yet--anyone out
there know for sure?? Their PHIGS (GraPHIGS) also runs across the entire
line.
Kathy
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