michelle@osc.edu (Michelle Messenger) (12/15/90)
The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project at the Ohio Supercomputer Center is
pleased to announce that apE software for visualization, version 2.0, is
now available.
apE is a software toolkit for visualization. Highly flexible, it allows
users to convert information into imagery in many different ways.
Scientific and engineering data can be processed and viewed as plots,
color images, and three-dimensional objects. Different imaging techniques
can be prototyped by adjusting the kinds and order of processing performed
upon the data.
apE is a dataflow environment, with a high-level visual programming
paradigm that allows the construction of complex flow topologies,
including multiple fan-in/out, branching, and looping.
The apE release contains all source code and scripts necessary to compile
the software. Pre-compiled binaries are included for the SGI Personal Iris
and the SUN SPARCstation. In addition, a complete set of apE documentation
is included, consisting of a reference manual, a user's manual,
programming guides and tutorials. The software is available in 9 track,
cartridge, or 8mm formats.
Technical papers on apE and the apE documentation are available via
anonymous ftp from apE.osgp.osc.edu (128.146.18.18) in the directories
pub/doc/papers and pub/doc/release.
We began shipping November 26, 1990, and have received more than 350 orders
to date for the software. If you have already ordered your copy, you
should be receiving it in the next few weeks.
Our limited staff is doing its' best to fill the orders as quickly as
possible. We appreciate your patience.
apE is being distributed for a nominal $75.00 fee. apE order forms,
license agreements, and additional information are available three ways:
1) via anonymous ftp from apE.osgp.osc.edu (128.146.18.18) in the
directory pub/doc/info
2) by sending electronic mail to michelle@osgp.osc.edu or
apE@apE.osgp.osc.edu
3) by calling the apE information line at 614-292-0006
Questions regarding apE or the ordering process should be addressed to
michelle@osgp.osc.edu.
An apE symposium that would focus upon use of the apE system and include
advanced training, investigations of future directions for the system,
and an exchange of user-developed filters is currently being planned for
this spring.
We would like to thank our beta testers and those who have supported our
project throughout the development of apE 2.0. Without you, the finished
product would have never been possible.
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Michelle Messenger | email: michelle@osgp.osc.edu
The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project | Phone:
1224 Kinnear Road | (614) 292-0006
Columbus, Ohio 43212 | FAX: (614) 292-7168