[net.followup] partial followup to CORE and GKS standards hunt

lgondor (03/10/83)

There exist three versions of the CORE standard under UN*X:

	On the 1981 Usenix distribution tape, there is a UNIX implementation
	of Core Graphics from the Dept of Defense. I believe it was an 
	experimental version; the only driver supplied is for a Genisco.
	The contact listed is:
		Mike T. Garrett R53
		Department of Defense
		9800 Savage Rd.
		Ft. George G. Meade, Md. 20755

	This from:

		David Brown
		Varian Instruments
		2700 Mitchell Dr.
		Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
		(415) 939-2400
		...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!varian!david

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	We have a partial implementation of the 2-D subset of CORE running on
	an AED 512.

	James Thiele
	Boeing Aerospace
	decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!james


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	We have a not very wonderful implementation of CORE for Unix.
	Its not in very good shape, but I'll send you a copy for free,
	just send me a tape with sufficient return postage.

		Stephen Daniel
		Microelectronics Center of NC
		PO Box 12889
		Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
		27709
		(..!decvax!duke!mcnc!swd)

There have been no replies regarding GKS (the European and soon to be
international standard).  This may be due to decvax losing a lot of
net traffic last week (if you happened to send me any information not
included in this posting, PLEASE resend it).

The information that follows was culled from back issues of Computer
Graphics:


A copy of the GKS (Graphical Kernal System) standard, version 7.0,
might be obtained by writing:

	Prof. Jose Encarnacao
	TH Darmstadt - FB Informatik
	FG Graphische Datenverarbeitung
	Alexanderstrasse 24
	D-6100 Darmstadt
	West Germany.

[N.B. this annoucement was made in June 1982, with the caveat lector
 that only a limited number of copies were available. ]


Release of the international standard (V8.0) is expected sometime
in the summer of 1983.

Some papers relevant to GKS are:

Bono, Peter, et al., IEEE Comp. Graph. and Applic., July 1982

Buttals, P., "Some Criticisms of GKS", Comp. Graph., vol. 15, no. 4, p. 301

Hatfield, Lansing, "GKS and the Alphabet Soup of Graphics Standards",
	Comp. Graph., 16, 2, 161 (June 1982).


				Les Gondor
				Computer Systems Research Group
				(..!decvax!utzoo!utcsrgv!lgondor)