From: P88033@BARILVM.BITNET (Shlomit Rot)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex
Subject: SUMARRY: Workstations and applications already using PEX
Date: 30 Mar 92 13:08:53 GMT
 <92071.090300P88033@BARILVM.BITNET> <1992Mar11.172443.2023@dsd.es.com>
Organization: Bar-Ilan University Computing Center, Israel

Here is the answers that i've got to the question:

From: Bob Schulte <rws@shograf.com>
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 92 23:08:53 PST
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Subject: Re: Worstations and applications already using PEX
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex

  Regarding your inquiry about current PEX products, this is what I know:
  The currently shipped workstations that run PEX which I know about are:

	DEC	 	DECstation 5000/200
	E&S	 	(all)
	SUN		(workstations running OpenLook 3.0)
	Tek	 	(I don't remember the model number; It's so
	          	slow you'll be better off forgetting it too).

  Those soon to be shipped

	HP		700 series
	SHOgraphics  	(all)
	IBM		(to be announced, probably their RS 6000 series)
	Intergraph	(to be announced)


  The applications that I know about (these all run on the DEC)

	I-Deas
	AVS
	PATRAN
	Wavefront
	Pro Engineer

  Obviously, when HP gets their PEX server on their hardware, they'll
  have ME30 running on PEX. I would assume IBM will do the same with
  their CAD programs.

  Remember, however, that there is a problem with PEX. If you have
  an application that someone can purchase to run on a particular
  platform, they can display it on any other display. So someone
  could rlogin to a machine and have several copies of it running
  at a time. This brings about the old 'network license server'
  problem to 3D the same as the X Window System has brought it
  to "2D" applications. I for one find this a "good" problem -
  others have dealt with this problem already (such as FrameMaker),
  and the end user will most definitely benefit from the PEX solution.


  Hope this helps,
  -Bob Schulte
   rws@shograf.com
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To: P88033@barilvm.bitnet
Reply-To: michaelh@orca.wv.tek.com
Subject: Re: Workstations and applications already using PEX
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:44:35 PST
From: michaelh@endeavor18.wv.tek.com

If you're going to generate a list, you should include the Tektronix
XP29P PEX terminal.  (O.K., it's not really a workstation, but it
does support the PEX server extension.)  We've been shipping this product
since June 1991.

Concerning PEX vs. GL, there have been several discussions recently
on that topic, so I won't bother to comment.

We are seeing a lot of interest in PEX from ISV's; and yes, many are
currently porting their applications to PEX.

Mike Herbert
Tektronix, Inc.
Network Displays Division
P.O. Box 1000, M/S 60-850
Wilsonville, OR 97070
(503) 685-2145

michaelh@orca.WV.TEK.COM
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>From March 1992 Computer Graphics World, p 112:
>
>"[...] DEC, IBM, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, Hitachi, Sony,
>Kubota, Ithaca Software, Convex, and Evans & Sutherland have all
>announced commitment to PEX. [...]" I'm sure each company could
>provide you with a list of current products.
>
>You can call Evans & Sutherland at 1-800-367-7460 for information on
>our PEX-based hardware and software. (I would provide a list myself,
>but it would probably be incomplete, since I'm not involved in
>marketing or applications.)
>
>Not sure what you mean by a comparison to GL; are you talking
>performance? Interface to the application? Do you want hardware
>considerations to be taken into account?
>
>As to whether "famous GL applications" are porting to PEX or not, you
>should check with the individual software vendors. I have no info on
>that (and if I did, it would probably be proprietary).
>--
>
>   -paul        pmartz@dsd.es.com
>                Evans & Sutherland
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