All,
Why is it so hard to get j3d running on a SUN c.w. a (Windoze)PC?
What sort of setup do you need? I've heard that you need a 64meg machine
with some special graphics hardware with onboard framebuffers(?). Is this
true?
Graham
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From: Harold G. Andrews II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Subra Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 January 1999 21:01
Subject: RE: [java3d] J3D on Mac !
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote:
>> ...
>> While you are at it, I would not mind getting information
>> about the other critical platforms you would like to
>> deploy your applications on. You can e-mail this to
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
>Well, since you ask... I'd like to see something done for Linux. The Linux
>Java Porting Team (Blackdown) team claims to be near completion of an
>initial release of JDK 1.2, but I've never heard them talk about doing
>anything with Java 3D (despite being asked several times about it). Linux
>has a reasonable OpenGL-like library, called Mesa, which, one would think,
>would be sufficient for actual rendering. Hardware rendering is currenlty
>only available with 3Dfx chipsets, but it looks like more will soon be on
>the way. Any thoughts or suggestions would also be helpful.
>
>-Andy
>
>P.S. I read on an earlier post that if you want Java 3D on Solaris, Mesa
>can't be substituded for Sun's OpenGL. Is this true, and if so what's
>preventing Mesa from being used? Thanks.
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> /Subra
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Subra Mohan
>> Sr. Prod. Mktg. Manager, Graphics S/W APIs
>> Computer Systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>> (650)786-5863, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > From: "Julian E Gomez, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> > Now that Apple is an OpenGL licensee it would seem that there's a solid
>> > pathway to finally have J3D on the Mac, although I guess there may
still
>> > be some problems with getting Apple's Java implementation up to snuff.
>> > Any comment from Sun?
>> >
>> > --
>> > What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?
>> >
>> > Dr. Julian "a tribble took it " Gomez
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>> > original member Apple Computer QuickDraw 3-D Team
>> >
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