ivan%nepjt@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Ivan Maldonado) (03/01/91)
Hello, I need some advice please. I have had some experience with GKS programming, and I have a rather complex GKS program that can run on a VaxStation (written by someone else). Upon acquiring a couple of RS/6000's (one with all the graphics capabilites, etc), one of the new challenges for somebody around our department (looking more like ME each day) is to port this FORTRAN/GKS code from the VAX to the RISC. I asked around and looked through some of the directories and found a GKS library "/usr/lib/libgksco.a", I cannot find any information on GKS through InfoExplorer or within the graPHIGS manuals. The basic question is: How compatible should I expect the GKS "calls" to be between these two platforms ? The first crack at compiling it, spat out all the calls as "undefined". I suppose this means that either the call names are different, or that this library is not what I think it is. Assuming that considerable work may have to be done to "hammer" this program into the RISC, can somebody recommend whether it should be best to just go ahead and replace equivalent GKS calls by graPHIGS/GL/SGL ones ? The idea is to eventually take full advantage of the graphics capabilities of the RISC and move toward more "sexy & exotic" (2D to 3D to 4D) improvements. Any advice will be greatly appreciated, -Ivan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Guillermo Ivan Maldonado | Internet: ivan@nepjt.ncsu.edu | | Dept. of Nuclear Engineering | BITNET : maldonado@ncsune | | North Carolina State University |------------------------------------- | NCSU Box # 7909 | ... que viva Quito ! | | Raleigh. NC 27695-7909 | ... que viva el ECUADOR !! | ------------------------------------------------------------------------