jch@apollo.uucp (Jan Hardenbergh) (05/10/88)
> From: pom@under..ARPA (Peter O. Mikes) > Can somebode please tell me at what stage of developement > is the PHIGS standard for the computer graphics? Is it (or draft) > available (where) and are there any libraries implementing it on > the market? Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS) has been voted on by ANSI X3, The parent organization for all computer standards ( X3H3 graphics, X3J? for languages ). The vote was 33 yes & 4 no. The PHIGS commitee (X3H3.1) is meeting this week. It must respond to the no voters. Once the nos have been responded to it will become an ANSI standard. It will be published in one of those olive drab and white books. It is DIS 9592 in ISO and it is expected to become an international standard with out significant modification. The Oct 87 spec is the one that was voted on by X3. It will get some editorial changes. There is an effort to add lighting and surfaces called PHIGS+. PHIGS+ 3.0 has been forwarded to ANSI X3H3 for consideration. There was a PHIGS+ mailing list set up through this group 1-2 months ago. phigs+-request@ut-sally. There is also PEX ( PHIGS/+ & X11 ). This is being worked on by a subset of the MIT X consortium. Neither of these will affect the basic PHIGS standard. Since the standard is so close to being published I would wait and get the "real" thing from ANSI. Apollo just announced Domain/PHIGS based on the Oct 87 spec. The Digital VS8000 & Stellar's new box run PHIGS. Template (Figaro) & IBM (graPHIGS) both sell PHIGS packages based on earlier specs. I am trying not to let any bias slip through - to the best of my knowledge these are the only available products. Jan Hardenbergh apollo!jch Apollo Computer