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From: feil@prl.philips.nl (Hans Feil)
Subject: Showcase: rotate text impossible ??? help.
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 10:02:47 GMT


Will it be  possible to rotate text 90 degrees in showcase?


Now I have some xy plots and I want to have text along the y-axis.
Rotating is not allowed according the on-line help ( and the
square rotating handles). I really need this option and probably
everybody who makes xy plots that have to be submitted to a
scientific journal.

I hope that this feature will be in some next version of Showcase....


Hans Feil 
Philips Research Labs
Eindhoven
The Netherlands
feil@prl.philips.nl

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: "alan kennedy" <alan.kennedy@canrem.com>
Subject: paint programs
Reply-To: "alan kennedy" <alan.kennedy@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 5 Nov 92 00:50:44 EST

->  I was wondering if any users out there know of any good paint program
->on the SGI platform.  We're looking for something that could compete
->head-to-head with, say, a Quantel Paintbox - i.e. fast response and a
->very full range of paint tools.  Any good/bad experiences from anyone?
->
->   J.C.
->

John:

My company has two Barco Creator - high resolution systems, that we use in 
conjunction with our Wavefront 3D animation systems. This was chosen, as 
we already had a Quantel Paintbox, and an Ampex AVA.  However, I was 
speaking with our SGI rep yesterday, and we were talking about the Aurora 
Paint system which now runs on SGI. That is supposed to be very good. 
Another thing you may want to look into, is a product called "Flame"?
I'm not sure of the exact name, but I think that was it. It is something 
like a non-real-time Quantel Harry. A Harry is a powerful paint & 
compositing system. All these products will be on display at the SMPTE 
conference next week at the Metro Convention Centre.

If you need more information, you can give me a call at 591-1400. I am the 
senior animator at a company called The Image Group. 

Good luck!

Alan Kennedy
The Image Group Canada Ltd.
26 Soho Street
Toronto, Ontario
(416)591-1400
alan.kennedy@canrem.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: miguel@boytoy.csd.sgi.com (Michael/Miguel Sanchez)
Subject: Re: Problem with filesystem export and pcnfsd
Keywords: exportfs, pcnfsd
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:04:04 GMT

In article <19334@smoke.brl.mil>, jwalter@tbd2.brl.mil (John Walter ) writes:
|> Hi,
|> 
|>     In attempting to export a filesystem from a 4D-35 (Irix 4.0.1) to a PC,
|> everything works except that the authentication daemon (pcnfsd), running on
|> the 4D, refuses to accept the user's password when the PC attempts the mount.
|> The pcnfsd.c I have is rather old (1986) but compiles and executes without
|> complaint.  Comparing various relevant files (e.g., /etc/services) on the
|> 4D with those on another machine (a Pyramid) on which everything works OK, has
|> not turned up anything obvious ... but then I'm a neophyte at all this.
|> 
|>     Any suggestions or pointers would be very helpful.
|> 
|>                                                   John Walter


start by getting the latest pcnfsd deamon from anonymous ftp at sgi.com...
look under support/pcnfsd.sysV

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: keving@corin.ultra.com (Kevin W. Gurney)
Subject: Re: More malloc() questions.
Keywords: malloc, WorkShop
Reply-To: keving@corin.ultra.com (Kevin W. Gurney)
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies, Inc.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 01:51:08 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.212516.336@den.mmc.com>, beck@enterprise.den.mmc.com (Fred R. Beck) writes:

|> 
|> So, I have been wondering, what is, or where can I find the 
|> difference between the malloc()'s in:
|> 
|> 	/usr/lib/libX11.a:256:malloc.o 264:usmalloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libX11_s.a:260:malloc.o 268:usmalloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libc.a:278:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libc_G0.a:265:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libc_s.a:308:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libgen.a:78:zmalloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libgen_G0.a:78:zmalloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmalloc.a:1:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmalloc_G0.a:1:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmalloc_cv.a:1:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmalloc_d.a:1:malloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmpc.a:33:malloc.o 68:usmalloc.o
|> 	/usr/lib/libmpc_G0.a:33:malloc.o 68:usmalloc.o
|> 
|> I understand that the lib[*]_s.a are "shared" libraries.  I
|> understand that the lib[*]_G0.a are graphics related routines.

libfoo_G0.a consists of the same objects in libfoo.a, each compiled with 
ld(1)'s "-G 0" option.  Nothing to do with graphics at all.  See ld(1) for
more details.

|> I am confused on what the lib[*]_d.a is.  Also, though I expect
|> the libmpc[*].a to be MP libraries, where can I find info on the
|> various mallocs() and thier differences?

See malloc(3C) for the one in libc*.a and malloc(3X) for the one in
libmalloc.a.  A quick reading of malloc(3X) doesn't say what libmalloc_d.a
is, but I think it's just a debugging version.

I can't find any other man pages that describe "malloc", but then again,
I don't have a whatis database built up.  Try "man -k malloc" on your
system.

|> 
|> -ferd  (It's friday...)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: ssundara@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Sridhar Sundararaman)
Subject: Re: Line that never gets erased
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:12:18 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <1992Nov11.070556.6088@news.csd.sgi.com> martinm@sgi.com (Martin McDonald) writes:
>In article <BxJ614.6DB@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> ssundara@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Sridhar Sundararaman) writes:
>>hai
>>
>>This might be a dumb question. I have a problem ,where there is a line (red)
>>on the screen and it would never get erased. The line was formed after 
>>running snapshot. The user pulled the snapshot window and for some reason
>>killed it without using the exit option of snapshot. Now the line refuses
>>to get erased. 
Mr. McDonald replies:
>
>use gclear to clear the planes in the different buffers. this
>will clear the red line as well.
>
>--
>Martin McDonald       Up there they got a lot of sand, but down here we got a
>hot crustacean band. each little snail he know how to wail.  that's why it's 
>hotter under the water under the sea.
>                                                         -sebastian


I tried 'gclear' and the system gives the following error message

% gclear
GL: X request = 81.0, error code = 12
ERROR #93  Error in communication with window server: ERR_WMANIPC

Can anyone say what's wrong.

Thanks
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From: mark@ginger.biophys.upenn.edu (Mark Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: HELP using a HP DeskWriter on my Indigo
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:24:52 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	I posted a request for info on this once before, but got no response..

	I would love to connect a HP DeskWriter C color plotter to a serial
port on my Indigo. The DeskWriter expects page descriptions in QuickDraw, a
Macintosh format. Does anyone know of a filter which would convert IRIS RGB
(or postscript) to QuickDraw?

	Please let me know if you do.
	Thanks in advance.



Mark Elliott                       |     
Dept of Radiology                  |     Voice: (215) 898-9357
University of Pennsylvania         |     FAX  : (215) 573-2113
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA         |     Email: mark@ginger.biophys.upenn.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: betsy@vesuvius.esd.sgi.com (Betsy Zeller)
Subject: Re: Workspace doesn't start
Keywords: workspace nfs nis
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:44:02 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.111631.27264@uts.uni-c.dk>, carlkb@uts.uni-c.dk (Klaus Bock) writes:
|> Some of our users cannot start workspace. It simply hangs as a process
|> for ever, having used 0 cpu seconds. No display appears.
|> 
|> The users have home directories that are accessed via NFS. We don't run
|> Yellow Pages (and we don't want to!).
|> 
|> However, for some users it IS possible to start workspace, even though
|> their home directory is accessed via NFS.
|> 
|> We run 4.0.1 on the machine to start workspace, and 4.0.5 on the machine
|> that exports the home directory of the users in question.
|> 
|> Does anyone know anything about this???
|> 
|> Regards,
|> 
|> Mogens Kjaer
|> Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of chemistry
|> Gl. Carlsberg Vej 10
|> DK-2500 Valby
|> Denmark
|> carlkb@uts.uni-c.dk

The problem here is that Workspace checks to see whether there
is a workspace process for that user on that machine, before it
starts up. In 4.0.1, the mechanism that it used did not work
well over NFS. A different mechanism was used in 4.0.5, and the
problem will not occur on machines running that release.

To work around it, you can go to the users ~/.workspace directory,
and remove the file called .wsLock<machinename>.0.0
Instead, create a symbolic link in ~/.workspace/.wsLock<machinename>.0.0, and
have it point to /usr/tmp/.wsLock<machinename>.<user>

eg ln -s  /usr/tmp/.wsLockvesuvius.betsy ~/.wsLockvesuvius.0.0

would do the job for user betsy on vesuvius

This should allow your users to run workspace. The problem
is fixed in 4.0.5.

Betsy Zeller
betsy@sgi.com
From: rck@fangio.asd.sgi.com (Robert Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Logging out under 4.0.5
Keywords: logout 4.0.5
Date: 6 Nov 92 18:28:18 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: fangio.asd.sgi.com

carlkb@uts.uni-c.dk (Klaus Bock) writes:
>4.0.5:
>
>PROP_DISPLAY=`expr $DISPLAY : '\(.*\).[1-9]' \| $DISPLAY`
>/usr/bin/X11/xprop -display $PROP_DISPLAY -root -remove _SGI_SESSION_PROPERTY
>
>4.0.1:
>
>/usr/bin/X11/xprop -display $DISPLAY -root -remove _SGI_SESSION_PROPERTY
:
>What is the purpose of this change? What will go wrong if I change endsession
>back to what it was under 4.0.1?

The intent of this change was to get the "logging out" business
to work on all the heads of a multiheaded system.

That is, if you ask to logout on head 1 ($DISPLAY = :0.1, say), the 
xprop command has to remove the _SGI_SESSION_PROPERTY property from 
to root window of head 0 ($DISPLAY = :0.0).  This is because the 
_SGI_SESSION_PROPERTY is only important on head 0 (rendez-vous and
all that...).

If you have a one headed system the 4.0.1 way is no different from 
the 4.0.5 way.

...robert
From: simon@lia.di.epfl.ch (Simon Leinen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Bug in SGI ansi compliance (or are the others wrong ?)
Date: 12 Nov 92 10:11:46 GMT
Organization: DI-LIA -- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
In-reply-to: hoesel@igc.ethz.ch's message of 11 Nov 92 22:54:22 GMT
X-Md4-Signature: 4931a1eb0301df8b48bf3a2d9b6facf1

In article <1992Nov11.225422.2888@bernina.ethz.ch> hoesel@igc.ethz.ch
(Frans van Hoesel) writes:

   You might find it a '(normally minor)annoyance' but lex produces
   code that does *NOT* compile using -ansi, exactly because of the
   above reason!!  (you can check that easely by creating a file with
   two lines of '%%' (a minimal lex program) run lex with it, and try
   to compile with -ansi)

I don't think anyone claims that LEX generates ANSI C, so you
shouldn't use -ansi anyway.  I'm not sure whether the offending LEX
output (an initialization of a static variable to "stdout" or
something like that) is allowed by the standard.
-- 
Simon.
From: schoenzeit@vixvax.mgi.com (Loren Schoenzeit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Automount Bugs ??
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:15:54 GMT
Organization: Management Graphics, Inc.




Automount BUGS !!!!


In article <1992Oct23.220531.2809@sierra.com>, taylor@sierra.com (Taylor Clark) writes:
> kevin@tamri.com (Kevin Dalley) writes:
> : 
> : If you don't mind the automount bugs.  Occasionally files disappear,
> : though it's only temporary.  Occasionally automount causes crashes.
> : This is with Irix 4.0.1, but I believe that there are still bugs under
> : 4.0.5.  Automount is a wonderful concept.  When SGI fixes the bugs, it
> : will be nice to use.
> 
> Bugs, what bugs? Are other people having these disappearing file problems too?
> 


	As many have pointed out, the Automount feature in IRIX 4.0.5F still
	has bugs.  SGI has been very good at addressing the needs of its users.
	Can some one from SGI comment on how we get the Automount bugs fixed 
	and when the fix will be available.


								Thanks	
								-Loren
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From: wsj@triton.mti.sgi.com (Bill Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: More malloc() questions.
Keywords: malloc, WorkShop
Date: 7 Nov 92 02:53:14 GMT
Reply-To: wsj@mti.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1992Nov7.015108.259@ultra.com>, keving@corin.ultra.com (Kevin W. Gurney) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov6.212516.336@den.mmc.com>, beck@enterprise.den.mmc.com (Fred R. Beck) writes:
|> |>
|> |> I understand that the lib[*]_s.a are "shared" libraries.  I
|> |> understand that the lib[*]_G0.a are graphics related routines.
|> 
|> libfoo_G0.a consists of the same objects in libfoo.a, each compiled with 
|> ld(1)'s "-G 0" option.  Nothing to do with graphics at all.  See ld(1) for
|> more details.

Actually, it's the -G 0 option to the compilers, in this case.
-G 0 instructs the compilers to put (and expect) no globals in
the GP area.  man ld(1) or cc(1) will give you more info.

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MTI Compilers                                         Fax:(415) 390-6170
From: karlton@fudge.asd.sgi.com (Phil Karlton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: changing icon title dynamically
Date: 11 Nov 1992 18:34:21 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: fudge.asd.sgi.com


In article <1992Nov11.175635.28531@tamsun.tamu.edu>,
	vamsee@bioiris.tamu.edu writes:
> Is there someway to change the icon title dynamically for xwsh ?
> I can change the window title with 
> alias setitle 'echo -n "\033P1.y"${host}:$cwd"\033\\"' 
> 
> but how to change the icon title in a similar manner ? This is useful when
> I iconify remote login windows. 

Check the xwsh man page. Use a '3' instead of a '1' in the escape
sequence. Something like

		echo -n "\033P3.y"${host}"\033\\"

should work.

PK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: grege@chopin.asd.sgi.com (Greg Estes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: paint programs
Date: 6 Nov 1992 01:03:16 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: chopin.asd.sgi.com

In article <1992Nov5.193003.16651@odin.corp.sgi.com>, stanj@ferrari.corp.sgi.com (Stan Jensen) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov5.4553.21677@dosgate>, alan.kennedy@canrem.com (alan kennedy) writes:
|> 
|> |> Another thing you may want to look into, is a product called "Flame"?
|> |> I'm not sure of the exact name, but I think that was it. It is something 
|> |> like a non-real-time Quantel Harry. A Harry is a powerful paint & 
|> |> compositing system. All these products will be on display at the SMPTE 
|> |> conference next week at the Metro Convention Centre.
|> 
|> D.A. Technology in Melbourne, Australia (61 3 529 1711) makes the Flame
|> product that Alan refers to. I've also heard good things about it.
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> Stan Jensen, Systems Engineer                          stanj@corp.sgi.com

What Stan *meant*, of course, is that DA Tech used to make Flame before they
flamed-out about 6 mos. ago :-). Gary Tregaskis took his code with him to Discreet Logic in Montreal. (514) 272-0525. They're showing it at SMPTE.

Greg Estes
Silicon Graphics
From: d3a132@pnl.gov (Carl P Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Increased Prices for Memory
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:03:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: oracle.1992Nov10.000322.1716
Reply-To: d3a132@pnl.gov
Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories

OK, I can't resist.  Washington wines (grown right here in the USA in
Washington state) are often world class.  Some names to note:
  Bookwalter
  Waterbrook
  L'Ecole No 41
  Leonetti
Also, Preston, Chateau St. Michelle, and numerous smaller wineries.

Perhaps we should drop this thread as contributing noise to the
bandwidth.

-- carl

Carl P Baker
cp_baker@pnl.gov
509-375-2724

Disclaimer: I am not the official spokesperson for anyone.  For which
organizations that use spokespersons are profoundly grateful.
From: akin@tuolumne.asd.sgi.com (Allen Akin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: How display a GL application on remote X server ???
Date: 10 Nov 1992 19:25:07 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: tuolumne.asd.sgi.com



toepfer@du9ds4.uni-duisburg.de (Hansjoerg Toepfer) writes:
> I have remote access to an IRIS Indigo.
> Is it possible to run remote GL applications with display on my SUN under X11?

Not unless you have a third-party implementation of IRIS GL running on
your Sun.  (And even then it might not be possible; I don't know
whether any of the third-party implementations support DGL.)  For
information on IRIS GL for Suns, contact Dupont Pixel Systems at
800-542-1484 or Nth Graphics at 512-832-1944 (npgl@nth.com).


In article <1dopuhINNrm@gap.caltech.edu>, rickert@cco.caltech.edu writes:
> In order to run a GL application, you need a GL server running on the
> machine in question.  To the best of my knowledge, there is not 
> currently an OpenGL server running on the SUn ( by which I mean a
> commercially or freely available one, I am sure that people are working 
> on it)
> Without that, you can only display X programs on he sun, not GL ones.

You're correct that there is not yet an OpenGL implementation available
for Suns.  However, the original poster is looking for an IRIS GL
implementation.

Nth Graphics is working on OpenGL for Suns.  I would guess that other
companies are doing so, as well.

Allen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: jchauvin@netcom.com (John H. Chauvin)
Subject: Reading a tape created with vadmin WITHOUT using vadmin?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:43:12 GMT


I have been using the vadmin tool to backup my home directories using a 8mm 
internal tape drive. Can someone tell me how to obtain a list of the files
on a tape created with vadmin WITHOUT using the vadmin tool. Can I extract
files without using vadmin? 

Thanks

jchauvin@netcom.com
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Netcom - Online Communication Services San Jose, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Subject: Re: R3000 -> R4000 Upgrade Questions
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 08:17:05 GMT

In <34019@adm.brl.mil> johnson@euler.jsc.nasa.gov (Stan Johnson) writes:

| We are planning to upgrade our Indigos from R3000 to R4000 XS-24.  On our
| network, we also have a 4D-210, a 4D-310, two 4D-35s, and a 4D-25S server.
| We depend heavily on NFS, and we would like to keep all our machines more
| or less binary compatible.  What impact would there be if we only upgraded
| the Indigos, or should we also upgrade to an R4000 fileserver for better
| NFS performance?  How does the 32-bit/64-bit R4000 architecture affect
| NFS?  Will we have NFS, network, or compatibility problems if we don't
| also upgrade our other 4D systems?

You can't upgrade non-Indigo's to that OS release, unless they
have reality engine graphics; 405F (the r4k indigo release) is
not a general release.

There shouldn't be any compatibility issues, although of course
there will be slightly different bug lists on the various machines
(fewer on the later releases, we hope!).
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because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: telnetd[2280]: ttloop:  peer died
Date: 6 Nov 92 18:45:36 GMT
Organization: Xyvision Design Systems

In article <1992Nov5.203731.29701@Princeton.EDU> clk@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Kranz) writes:
>Dear People,
>
>I have been getting the following error messages several times a minute for
>the last couple of days:
>
>telnetd[2280]: ttloop:  peer died
>
>Has anyone seen this error before?  

Yes.  At various times, ftp, telnet, rcp, rsh and others will say things 
like this.

The best book for little gems like "peer died", "connection reset by peer",
et al is the classic "Computer Networks" by Andrew Tanenbaum.  The book is 
old, but the meaning of these phrases has not changed.  There is too much 
to do any summary, so I will not try.
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      Legalize guns, drugs and cash...today.		101 Edgewater Drive
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Subject: Re: help with logical volumes on Crimson
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 02:53:39 GMT

In <BxK48p.E2B@ra.nrl.navy.mil> haynes@obiwan.nrl.navy.mil (John Haynes) writes:
| I would like to make a logical volume consisting of two 2 gigabyte
| disks.  Since I am doing this on a Crimson, I have the option of
| putting each disk on a separate SCSI channel.  Is the performance of
| the logical volume better if the disks are striped across controllers,
| or will striped disks on the same controller provide similar
| performance?

You will almost always get better performance if they are on different
controllers.
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Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: finin@algol.cs.umbc.edu (Timothy Finin)
Subject: xbiff++ for SGIs?
Organization: Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:24:54 GMT

Does anyone know of a port of xbiff++ for SGIs?  This is an extension
of xbiff that enables one to display a custom bitmap and a play custom
sound in response to incoming mail based on a pattern match against
the new message's headers.  I got to like it on my SPARC and would
like to continue to use in on my Indigo.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi,com.graphics
From: hooplet@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (HOOPLE TOM)
Subject: NURBS basis function on SGI's
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:30:21 GMT

I'm a grad student at UCCS (The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs),
and I'm doing a NURBS project for my geometric modeling course.  We're using
some Indigo SGI's, and I'm running into a problem with trying to figure out
what the basis function should be.  Is this part of the Graphics Library and
can it be called somehow?  I'm thinking about using the basis function for
NURBS out of the Foley and Van Dam book, but I know that this one is
different from the one SGI uses.  In particular, SGI seems to handle the
case where the denominator of the basis function is zero differently than
it is handled in the Foley/Van Dam book.  Any help anybody can provide
would be appreciated.
-Andy R. Hoople
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi,comp.mail.elm