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- From: kipp@warp.asd.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
- Subject: Re: Capabilities of OpenGL
- Message-ID: <onq83jo@fido.asd.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Advanced Systems Division
- References: <1992Aug17.222701.27227@src.dec.com> <on06b4k@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:39:03 GMT
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- In article <on06b4k@fido.asd.sgi.com>, kipp@warp.asd.sgi.com (Kipp
- Hickman) writes:
- |> In article <1992Aug17.222701.27227@src.dec.com>, najork@src.dec.com
- |> (Marc Najork) writes:
- |> |> I have access to a Personal Iris 4D/25 with Turbo Graphics
- |> option.
- |> |>
- |> |> Am I right in assuming that even under OpenGL, neither alpha
- |> |> buffers,
- |> |> nor stencil buffers, nor blending, nor auxiliary buffers will be
- |> |> supported?
- |> Nope. You are wrong. OpenGL, when running on a machine without
- |> a particular hardware capability is *required* (by law, you get
- |> shot otherwise :-) to implement the capability anyway, even if it
- |> means using (dread) software.
- |>
- |> Of course, it won't be very fast.
- |>
- |> No subsetting is allowed. Period.
-
- Ahem. Let me make a clarification on this statement, and be much more
- precise. OpenGL requires a complete implementation of the API. OpenGL
- requires a depth buffer, a stencil buffer, an accumulation buffer. OpenGL
- does not require a destination alpha buffer, a back buffer, or any aux
- buffers. OpenGL does require at least one color index visual and one
- rgb visual.
-
- So, to better answer your original question: no alpha buffers will be
- present on your 4D/25TG; yes, there will be a stencil buffer, but it will
- be implemented in software; most blending functions will work except for
- those that depend on destination alpha; no aux buffers will be provided.
-
- I am very sorry for the confusion my blanket statement may have caused!
-
- kipp hickman
- silicon graphics inc.
-