Re: which linux/chip?

[David Grimes]

Hello, if you are interested in doing awesome
OpenGL in Java and don't wan't to wait for sun to get their ?$%#
together and write Java 3d for anything except windows
and sparc solaris I'd highly recommend you check out Magician.
Magician is a very thin Java layer into native OpenGL, and it 
works with LINUX!! Very well in fact.

I'd recommend a high end Pentium II 350-450MHz 64M+ RAM and
Red Hat or Debian.

Check out http://www.arcana.co.uk/products/magician

(Note: I'm in no way associated with Arcane Technologies.. this
is just my opinion)

Have fun,

    David

-David Grimes-
 Computer Science Student:
  University of Colorado at Boulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Software Engineer:
  Forecast Systems Laboratory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
>Hello,
>
>I am struggling with a decision that some have
>probably been through, or are currently experiencing:
>
>If one wishes to run Linux and write Java code
>(including, the potential of the java 3d api),
>should one get and x86 and run RedHatx (and or another
>x86 flavor), or should one go with a PowerPC and run 
>LinuxPPC (or MkLinux).
>
>My concern is primarily with the prospect of future
>java support (for access to the latest), in Linux. 
>I have a leaning toward getting a PowerPC for gut 
>reasons. But, I am having difficulty determining
>the current pulse regarding the commitment to
>java on PowerPC's. I realize that Java 2 will soon
>be out for both x86 and PPC, but is there any indication
>that the PPC will be java supported into the future? 
>I realize that there is no guarantee, I am just looking
>for indications.
>
>Other issues of interest are the future prospects
>of java 3d on x86 and PowerPC linux versions. 
>Are there 3D accelerator drivers currently in the
>works for Linux OpenGl api type graphics, that
>java 3d can take advantage of. If so, do/will there
>be drivers for the PPC as well as the x86 chips.
>And is there a port of the java 3d api to linux/(Mesa 
>or other OpenGl api) in the works?

Re: which linux/chip?

[David Grimes]

In response to the question about mesa and magician:
Yes, Magician comes with a precompiled Mesa library in both
static and dynamic forms. You can also use other versions
of Mesa such as the 3d-fx accelerated but I have not tried
and have no ideas about it's performance or viability.

-David


-David Grimes-
 Computer Science Student:
  University of Colorado at Boulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Software Engineer:
  Forecast Systems Laboratory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--


>On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, David Grimes wrote:
>
>>  Hello, if you are interested in doing awesome
>> OpenGL in Java and don't wan't to wait for sun to get their ?$%#
>> together and write Java 3d for anything except windows
>> and sparc solaris I'd highly recommend you check out Magician.
>> Magician is a very thin Java layer into native OpenGL, and it 
>> works with LINUX!! Very well in fact.
>
>Do you know if it works with Mesa also?
>
>Brett W. McCoy   
>http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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