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- From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: SGI-GL in Windows NT??
- Message-ID: <dlcogswe.726886839@vela>
- Date: 13 Jan 93 01:00:39 GMT
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- hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
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- >Well, it might be that the inclusion of the SGI GL in NT will benefit
- >you, given your particular needs - my points remain. [1] It will either
- >not be supported for (S)VGA or will be unworkably slow (for most)
-
- 3D translations done on a machine with SVGA or any other Intel-based
- graphics board are going to take the same amount of time. To alleviate
- your problem with speed I would have to move to an SGI workstation.
- That's impossible.
-
- ; and
- >even if that wait doesn't bother you, there's the wait for things to
- >actually become *available*. NT 3.1 still lingers in beta limbo, and
- >the SGI stuff is slated for the version after *that*. Your *need* for
- >3D is strong - how long can you wait for this?
-
- I can wait until it comes out. :-) I'm running OS/2 2.X now and loving
- it. I have no other alternatives.
-
- >What if OS2 has something
- >included sooner?
-
- That's what I want!
-
- --
- Dan Cogswell Or as we say in Michigan: "Dee-troit"
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