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Re: IDL Windows vs Linux [message #8716]

Wed, 16 April 1997 00:00

David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996

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bart hoekstra wrote:
>
> Charles Martin wrote:
>
> One questions I'm not sure of though. We have an OpenGL server on our
> machine
> (i.e. not Mesa). Does IDL 5.0 use the OpenGL server if its available or
> does it
> always use Mesa? OpenGL is significantly faster in rendering.

IDL 5.0 utilizes OpenGL when it is available, including Linux running
on an Intel system and on Windows (95,NT). The new Sparc Ultra's
have OpenGL, as do SGI's. See the January '97 Research Systems
Newsletter for more info.

Dave

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		Re: IDL Windows vs Linux By: David Foster on Wed, 16 April 1997 00:00
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