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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

2581.0. "How does server exploit graphics accelerators?" by MDVAX3::CHANDLER (Shoot lo boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies!) Fri Apr 06 1990 18:20

    Hi,
    
    With the empending availability of the 2D and 3D graphics hardware
    accelerators on the DS5000, can anyone tell me how this hardware is
    exploited on the server side?
    
    More specifically, does all of the graphics acceleration techniques
    reside in the device drivers or does the X server kernel have to be
    modified to take advantage of this hardware?
    
    Someone (not me) would like to plug in the MIT X server (R4) in
    place of our R3 server and still get the advantages of the hardware
    accelerators. Can this be done?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Jim
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2581.1Can you say Server Extension ?GSRC::WESTVariables don't, Constants aren'tMon Apr 09 1990 12:358
  It is done with a server extension.

  This has been done for over a year on the VS3520/40 with PEX (Phigs+ extension
to X) for DEC PHIGS.

						-=> Jim <=-