> >I have a complete doc set for the VAX GKS software (whatever
> >the heck it is)
>
> Graphics Kernel System, maybe? Sounds dimly familiar from the Core
> graphics library for the Pro, unless I'm confusing it with something else.
>
GKS is a 2D graphics package developed in the late 1970s. It is
a vector based package, and based on display lists. It was later
replaced by PHIGS, which is a 3D grapics package. PHIGS and Core
have similar functionality, but are quite different in their internal
details.
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Dr. Mark Green mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
Professor (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Mon Mar 27 2000 - 12:14:48 BST