Developer Toolbox New Stuff Nexus

DOCUMENTATION:

• C++:
  • Introduction to RogueWave Tools.h++ Libraries for Irix 6.2

• Developer News Articles:
  • May/June 1996:
    • The Next Generation of Compiler Technology
    • Preparing for the PCI Bus on Silicon Graphics Systems
    • Accessing 64-bit CPU Power with 32-bit Software
    • Analyzing Java Programs with Cosmo Code
    • IRIX 6.2 and the MIPS ABI
    • FORTRAN Dynamic Threads and System Throughput
  • March/April 1996:
    • IRIX 6.2 Update
    • What is a MIPS ABI Process Port?
    • Announcing the Release of Hot Mix 13
    • Silicon Graphics Launches WebFORCE Intranet
    • 1996 Trade Show and Events Calendar
  • January/February 1996:
    • Exploring the Updated Hardware Interfaces of the
      Audio/Serial Option and IMPACT Graphics
    • Adding Session Management to Your Application
    • Attention OpenGL, Performer, and Open Inventor Developers
    • Obtaining Technical Support for Your Silicon Graphics Products
    • efscopy: No Ordinary Copy Utility

• IRIX 5.3:
  • updated Documentation Catalog for IRIX 5.3, July 3, 1996

• IRIX 6.2:
  • What We Did to Port the Developer Toolbox to IRIX 6.2
  • Preparing for IRIX 6.2 & 64-bit, A Nutshell view and series of pointers
  • IRIX 6.2 for System and Network Administrators, Pipeline, May/June, 1996
  • IRIX 6.2 README FIRST -- Before upgrading to IRIX 6.2 please read this information
  • IRIX 6.2 Instructions for Customers Updating From Earlier IRIX Releases
  • IRIX 6.2 Datasheet, June 18, 1996
  • IRIX 6.2 Technical Specifications, January 10, 1996
  • updated Documentation Catalog for IRIX 6.2, July 3, 1996

• OpenGL:
  • OpenGL Character Renderer: A Specification, Version 0.2, 26 Dec 1995
  • enhanced OpenGL: FROM THE EXTENSIONS TO THE SOLUTIONS: various corrections, a set of complete class slides for printing, Search capability, links to other OpenGL web sites, and updated Man pages
  • OpenGL Render Serving "Frequently Asked Questions"
  • OpenGL(TM) and X, Column 9: EXIT: A 3D standard for X (finally!), March/April, 1996
  • HTML version of X Server Multi-rendering for OpenGL and PEX

• PCI:
  • PCI Developer Guide
  • PCI Device Drivers
  • PCI FAQ
  • PCI Developer Lab
  • Preparing for the PCI Bus on Silicon Graphics Systems

• public:
  • SGI Anonymous FTP Sites, updated to August 6, 1996

• Toolbox:
  • What We Did to Port the Developer Toolbox to IRIX 6.2
  • our current DT TODO 18-month-out schedule
  • The janitors' Vision of Collaboration between you and us
  • description of The Remaining COFF Files on the DT as of v6.1

• Video:
  • The Lurker's Guide to Video, a repository for the little-known, undocumented knowledge that you need in order to write any sort of video app on SGI machines. Topics explored in great detail include Video in General, The VL, and SGI Video Devices.

• X:
  • D11: A High-Performance, Protocol-Optional, Transport-Optional Window System with X11 Compatibility and Semantics, February, 5 1995
  • HTML version of Programming X Overlay Windows

• WWW:
  • Grant Gouldon's Web Authoring Notes, some helpful jumpdoors for web authoring.

SRC:

• CDio, software for Writing and Reading CDs enables one to make an SGI efs OR ISO or Audio CD

• stereotest, demos OpenGL stereo-in-a-window with a model that can be interactively manipulated and moved

• Choosing an Input Jack src code example, from The Lurker's Guide to Video, information gold mine of what you need to know about video.

• enhanced OpenGL: FROM THE EXTENSIONS TO THE SOLUTIONS: various corrections, 6.2-built binaries

• Customer Education's opengl1 & opengl2 class source, both sets of which are revamped to use GLUT; opengl2's preferred platforms are Impact, RealityEngine or InfiniteReality and some of the new SGI_extensions must be compiled on IRIX 6.2 else they won't be used.

• fontflip, demonstrates some of the capabilities of the OpenGL Character Renderer, a.k.a. the GLC library.

• gmemusage now includes the 6.2-based src; the binary is shipped in eoe.sw.perf.

• GLUT, release 3.1, May 3, 1996

• cmapdoctor extended so that
  1. list widget displays colormaps sorted by X colormap handle
  2. display now shows the number of colors in the visual

BINARIES:

• public:
  • rebuilt version of Xemacs binary to be overlaid on freeware2.0 installed version

• utilities:
  • a 5.3-built version of the 6.2 utility, showfiles enables people on pre-6.2 systems to extract src and/or man images of 6.2-built inst images like those in freeware 2.0.

INST IMAGES:

• IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 versions of
  • Netscape Navigator Client, 2.02S, August 6, 1996
  • Netscape Navigator Client, 3.0, September 24, 1996

• IRIX 5.3 patches:
  • Patch 1412 - IRIX 5.3 Networking Rollup Patch, August 13, 1996
  • Patch 1268 - 5.3/5.3xfs combined kernel rollup patch, June 6, 1996
  • Patch 1264 - XFS rollup patch for 5.3, May 1, 1996
  • 5.3 X server roll up:
    • Patch 1271 - for Impact systems, May 1, 1996
    • Patch 1187 - for non-Impact systems, March 22, 1996
  • Patch 1102 - IRIX 5.3 NFS roll up, April 3, 1996
  • Patch 1095 - IRIX 5.3 Scrolled Window patch, January 19, 1996