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These pages are designed by Michael J. Hammel. Permission to
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(c)1997, 1998 Michael J. Hammel (mjhammel@graphics-muse.org)
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH="100%"><FONT SIZE=-2>© 1998 <A HREF="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">Michael
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J. Hammel</A></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#blender">Blender
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Manual</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#moxy">Moxy 0.1.2</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#quickimage">Quick
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Image Viewer 0.9.1</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#gqviewer">GQView
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0.4.3</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TR NOSAVE>
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#fltk">FLTK
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19981006</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#xawtv">XawTV
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2.28</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#jmkfonts">jmk-x11-fonts
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1.2</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#killustrator">KIllustrator</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#mathmap">MathMap</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#metro-x">Metro-X
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4.3</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#gnu-plotutils">GNU PlotUtils 2.1.6</A></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#direct-media">Simple
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DirectMedia Layer Version 0.8</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#tkscanfax">tkscanfax</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#mam-vrs">MAM/VRS</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="#xig">Xi Graphics</A></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>SiS 5598</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>NeoMagic, Toshiba, Gateway,
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benchmarks</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>3D Hardware Support</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Monthly drawing for FREE Accelerated-X</FONT></FONT></LI>
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</UL>
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B>Disclaimer</B>:
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Before I get too far into this I should note that any of the news items
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I post in this section are just that - news. Either I happened to run across
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them via some mailing list I was on, via some Usenet newsgroup, or via
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email from someone. I'm not necessarily endorsing these products (some
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of which may be commercial), I'm just letting you know I'd heard about
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them in the past month.</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<A NAME="blender"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Blender
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Manual is now available for ordering</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Blender
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Manual</FONT></B> is available for purchase: <A HREF="http://www.blender.nl/shop/index.html">http://www.blender.nl/shop/index.html.</A>
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Looks to be about $49US for a fairly hefty manual.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<BR><A NAME="moxy"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Moxy
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0.1.2</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Moxy</FONT></B>
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is a linear video editor, much like Adobe's Premiere. It can load many
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different file format (Including MJPEG AVIs, P*Ms and JMF) and output AVIs.
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It comes with some transitions (you can make some yourself, they're plugins)
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and you are free to contribute code. </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://millennium.diads.com/moxy/">http://millennium.diads.com/moxy/</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="quickimage"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Quick
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Image Viewer 0.9.1</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Quick
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Image Viewer</FONT></B> (qiv) is a very small and pretty fast GDK/Imlib
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image viewer. Features include zoom, maxpect, scale down, fullscreen,
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brightness/contrast/gamma correction, slideshow, flip horizontal/vertical,
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rotate left/right, delete (move to .qiv-trash/), jump to image x, jump
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forward/backward x images, filename filer and you can use qiv to set your
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X11-Desktop background.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This version works on Solaris/SunOS
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again.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/5235/">http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/5235/</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<BR><A NAME="gqviewer"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>GQview
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0.4.3</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">GQview</FONT></B>
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is an X11 image viewer for the Linux operating system. Its key features
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include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail preview,
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thumbnail caching and adjustable zoom. GQview is currently available in
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source, binary, and rpm versions and requires the latest GTK and Imlib
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libraries.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This release adds copy and
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move capabilities, the ability to hide the tools area, cancel thumbnail
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generation by pressing Escape, and more.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.klografx.de/">http://www.klografx.de/</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/5235/">http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/5235/</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="fltk"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>FLTK
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19981006</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">FLTK</FONT></B>
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(pronounced "fulltick") is a LGPL'd C++ user interface toolkit for X, OpenGL,
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and Microsoft Windows. FLTK is deliberately designed to be small, so that
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you can statically link it with your applications and not worry about installation
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problems. As a side effect it is also extremely fast.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>On September 25, 1998, Digital
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Domain instructed Mr. Bill Spitzak to discontinue development of FLTK.
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Shortly thereafter a group of developers for FLTK reincarnated the library
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on a mirror site so that development could continue. The FLTK web page,
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FTP site, mailing list, and CVS server are being hosted by Easy Software
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Products, a small software firm located in Maryland. Easy Software Products
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develops commercial software and supports free software.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://fltk.easysw.com/">http://fltk.easysw.com/</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
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<BR><A NAME="xawtv"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>XawTV
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2.28</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">XawTV</FONT></B>
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is a simple Xaw-based TV program which uses the bttv driver or video4linux.
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It contains various command-line utilities for grabbing images and avi
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movies, for tuning in TV stations, etc. A grabber driver for vic and a
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radio application (needs KDE) for the boards with radio support are included
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as well.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.in-berlin.de/User/kraxel/xawtv.html">http://www.in-berlin.de/User/kraxel/xawtv.html</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="jmkfonts"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>jmk-x11-fonts
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1.2</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">jmk-x11-fonts</FONT></B>
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package contains character-cell fonts for use with the X Window System.
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The current font included in this package is NouveauGothic, a pleasantly
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legible variation on the standard fixed fonts that accompany most distributions
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of the X Window System. It comes in both normal and bold weights in small,
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medium, large, and extra-large sizes. Currently only ISO-8859-1 encoding
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is available.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>New in this release of Jim's
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fonts for X is a set of alternate NouveauGothic fonts with a more traditionally
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shaped ampersand glyph, for those who don't particularly like the style
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of NG's regular ampersand.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/fonts/">http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/fonts/</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="killustrator"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>KIllustrator
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0.4.1</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">KIllustrator</FONT></B>
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is a freely available vector-based drawing application for the famous K
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Desktop Environment similiar to Corel Draw(tm) or Adobe Illustrator(tm).
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This version contains a new layer facility as well as some bug fixes and
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performance improvements.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~sattler/killustrator.html">http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~sattler/killustrator.html</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="mathmap"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>MathMap
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0.7</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">MathMap</FONT></B>
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is a GIMP plug-in which allows distortion of images specified by mathematical
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formulas. For each pixel in the generated image, an expression is evaluated
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which should return a pixel value. The expression can either refer to a
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pixel in the source image or can generate pixels completely independent
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of the source. MathMap not only allows the generation of still images but
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also of animations.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The MathMap homepage can
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be found at</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.unix.cslab.tuwien.ac.at/~schani/mathmap/">http://www.unix.cslab.tuwien.ac.at/~schani/mathmap/</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>It includes a user's manual
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as well as screenshots and examples.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Changes since 0.6:</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Implemented the tagged tuples
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type system. This is major feature!</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Implemented better error handling
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by borrowing a piece of code from the current development tree of chpp.</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Mark Probst</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:schani@unix.cslab.tuwien.ac.at">schani@unix.cslab.tuwien.ac.at</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><A NAME="metro-x"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>METRO-X
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4.3</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The following announcement
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was posted to <A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.announce">comp.os.linux.announce</A>
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by MetroLink, Inc.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>NOW AVAILABLE FOR
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LINUX/ALPHA!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Metro-X
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Enhanced Server Set</FONT></B> from Metro Link is now available for Linux/Alpha.
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Metro-X provides more speed and more features at a very LOW PRICE!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Metro-X 4.3 is an X11 Release
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6.3 server replacement with all the features you need. It provides
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support for the fastest, most popular graphics cards on the market
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today. In addition, Metro-X includes touch screen support and multi-screen
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support at no extra charge! So what IS the charge? Only $39!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===GRAPHICAL CONFIGURATION
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UTILITY===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Forget hand editing configuration
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files or clumsy character-based setup utilities. Metro-X 4.3 includes
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a state-of-the-art graphical configuration program. ConfigX helps
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you get up and running in no time.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===EXTENSIVE GRAPHICS CARD
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SUPPORT===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Want support for the latest,
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highest-performance graphics cards? Then you want Metro-X 4.3. Check
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the Metro-X 4.3 cardlist for Linux/Alpha on the web site to see which cards
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are supported, as well as the available resolutions and colors for each.
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In addition, as support becomes available for new cards between releases,
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these updates to Metro-X 4.3 will be made available at no charge.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===MONITOR SUPPORT===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Tired of adjusting your monitor
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or hand-editing timing parameters? With Metro-X you can relax. Just
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select your monitor from the list and we do the rest. Even adjusting
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the image is made easy with a graphical adjustment tool. Using the
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mouse or keyboard, you simply stretch, shrink, or shift the image placement
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on the monitor!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===TOUCH SCREEN SUPPORT INCLUDED===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>At no extra charge, Metro-X
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4.3 includes support for several models of touch screens. These include
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the serial touch-screen controllers from:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Carroll Touch</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>EloGraphics</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Lucas Deeco</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>MicroTouch</FONT></FONT></LI>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===MULTI-HEADED DISPLAY SUPPORT
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INCLUDED===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>At no extra charge, Metro-X
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4.3 includes support for up to 4 screens per server which can all be controlled
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simultaneously with a single keyboard and mouse. This allows you
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to run many applications without overlapping windows. The graphical
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configuration utility makes it simple to configure multiple graphics cards
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and even lets you pick the screen layout. You can utilize this feature
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with many combinations of these cards:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Millennium</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Millennium II</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Mystique</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Mystique 220</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1> NOTE: Only one Mystique
|
|
or Mystique 220 (not both) may be used in the combination.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===ROBUST PERFORMANCE===</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Reliability and performance
|
|
are the foundation of Metro-X. Our customers are using Metro-X in
|
|
demanding applications from the Space Shuttle to the Battlefield.
|
|
Metro-X 4.3 incorporates advanced dynamic loader technology which eliminates
|
|
the need to build servers for specific types of graphics cards. It
|
|
makes server configuration quick and easy.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===METRO OPENGL EXTENSION
|
|
AVAILABLE SOON===</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Using Metro-X's dynamic loader
|
|
technology, adding an extension like Metro OpenGL is as easy as installing
|
|
a package and running a program. This product will be available for
|
|
Linux/Alpha very soon.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===METRO LINK TECH SUPPORT===</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>As always, software purchased
|
|
from Metro Link comes with 90 days of free technical support (via phone,
|
|
fax, or email) and a 30-day money-back guarantee.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS===</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>HARDWARE: Metro-X 4.3
|
|
requires 14 MB of disk space. 8MB of RAM are required; 16 MB are recommended.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>SOFTWARE: Packages
|
|
are provided in both RPM and tar/gzip formats. Metro-X 4.3 requires
|
|
these minimum versions of software: Linux Kernel 2.0.30; glibc 2.0.5c;
|
|
and XFree86 3.3.1.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION===</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>PRICE: Metro-X 4.3
|
|
is $39</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>AVAILABILITY: Now</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>DISTRIBUTION: Metro-X
|
|
is only distributed via FTP. A postscript version of the Metro-X
|
|
manual is included. With a credit card payment, the FTP instructions
|
|
are usually emailed on the same day the order is received. Be sure
|
|
to include your email address when ordering.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>===CONTACT METRO LINK===</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.metrolink.com">www.metrolink.com</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:sales@metrolink.com">sales@metrolink.com</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>+1-954-938-0283 ext. 1</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>+1-954-938-1982 fax</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
|
|
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
|
|
<BR><A NAME="gnu-plotutils"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>GNU
|
|
PlotUtils 2.1.6</FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Version 2.1.6 of the <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">GNU
|
|
plotting utilities</FONT></B> ("plotutils") package is now available.
|
|
This release includes a significantly enhanced version of the free C/C++
|
|
GNU libplot library for vector graphics, as well as seven command-line
|
|
utilities oriented toward data plotting (graph, plot, tek2plot, plotfont,
|
|
spline, ode, and double). A 130-page manual in texinfo format is
|
|
included.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>As of this release, GNU libplot
|
|
can produce graphics files in Adobe Illustrator format. So you may
|
|
now write C or C++ programs to draw vector graphics that Illustrator can
|
|
edit. Also, the support for the free `idraw' and `xfig' drawing editors
|
|
has been enhanced. For example, the file format used by xfig 3.2
|
|
is now supported.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>RPM's for the plotutils package
|
|
are available at ftp.redhat.com and at Red Hat mirror sites. The
|
|
following are available:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386/plotutils-2.1.6-1.i386.rpm">ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386/plotutils-2.1.6-1.i386.rpm</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/sparc/plotutils-2.1.6-1.sparc.rpm">ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/sparc/plotutils-2.1.6-1.sparc.rpm</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/SRPMS/plotutils-2.1.6-1.src.rpm">ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/SRPMS/plotutils-2.1.6-1.src.rpm</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>For more details on the package,
|
|
see its official Web page, <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/plotutils.html">http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/plotutils.html</A>
|
|
.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I hope you find this release
|
|
useful (send bug reports and suggestions for enhancement both to <A HREF="mailto:bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org">bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org</A>
|
|
and to me). Enjoy.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Robert S. Maier - <A HREF="mailto:rsm@math.arizona.edu">rsm@math.arizona.edu</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
|
|
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
|
|
<BR><A NAME="direct-media"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Simple
|
|
DirectMedia Layer Version 0.8</FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This library is designed
|
|
to make it easy to write games that run on Linux, Win32 and BeOS using
|
|
the various native high-performance media interfaces, (for video, audio,
|
|
etc) and presenting a single source-code level API to your application.
|
|
This is a fairly low level API, but using this, completely portable applications
|
|
can be written with a great deal of flexibility.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">SDL</FONT></B>
|
|
has been split into a stable release, 0.8.x, and a development release,
|
|
0.9.x. The stable version is very robust, having been extensively tested
|
|
over the past 3 months. The development version has some exciting features
|
|
in progress, such as automatically adjusting to display changes, CD-ROM
|
|
support, and more.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Get it now from: <A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/">http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/</A></FONT></FONT>
|
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>GIMP lovers, grab your brushes!</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The "Official SDL Logo Contest"
|
|
is now in session. Send your entries, or instructions on downloading
|
|
your entries, via e-mail to <A HREF="mailto:slouken@devolution.com">slouken@devolution.com</A>
|
|
The winner will get his or her logo on the SDL web site, and will get their
|
|
names in the CREDITS list for the next version of SDL! You can view
|
|
the contest entries at <A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/contest/">http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/contest/</A>.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>And if you're wondering..
|
|
"what can I really do with SDL?", be sure and download the examples archive,
|
|
which contains demontrations of:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Simple sprite animation</FONT></FONT></LI>
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|
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<LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Flame effects</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
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|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Organic firework animation</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Playing .FLC and .FLI animations</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Playing WAV and Macintosh sound
|
|
resources</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Playing .MOD, .S3M, and .XI
|
|
modules</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Plasma effects and palette animation</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Cut and paste of text and images</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Starfield rotation</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Truetype font rendering with
|
|
FreeType 1.1</FONT></FONT></LI>
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|
|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Dynamic image warping</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Emulating the Prometheus TrueColor
|
|
API</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>If you are interested, join
|
|
the development mailing list by sending e-mail to: <A HREF="mailto:sdl-subscribe@surfnetcity.com.au">sdl-subscribe@surfnetcity.com.au</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Enjoy, Sam Lantinga
|
|
<<A HREF="mailto:slouken@devolution.com">slouken@devolution.com</A>></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
|
|
<BR><A NAME="tkscanfax"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>tkscanfax</FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">tkscanfax</FONT></B>
|
|
provides combined GUI for command line scanner driver and mgetty+sendfax,
|
|
written in tcl/tk. It is a continuation of tkscan-0.8. This version
|
|
adds mgetty+sendfax GUI combined with tkscan to get fax scanning from tkscan.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>It is available from <A HREF="http://muon.kaist.ac.kr/~hbkim/linux/tkscanfax">http://muon.kaist.ac.kr/~hbkim/linux/tkscanfax</A>
|
|
and also from the <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/apps/graphics/capture">apps/graphics/capture</A>
|
|
directory at Sunsite.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>There is no documentation
|
|
at this time. Please send questions, problems, comments or suggestions
|
|
to Hang Bae Kim <<A HREF="mailto:hbkim@muon.kaist.ac.kr">hbkim@muon.kaist.ac.kr</A>></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
|
|
<BR><A NAME="mam-vrs"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>MAM/VRS</FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>MAM/VRS is a library for
|
|
animated, interactive 3D graphics, written in C++. It works on Unix (tested
|
|
on Linux, Solaris and Irix) and Windows 95/98/NT. MAM/VRS can produce output
|
|
for many rendering systems: OpenGL (or Mesa), POVRay, RenderMan and VRML
|
|
are supported. It provides bindings to many GUIs: Xt (Motif/Lesstif/Athena),
|
|
Qt, Tcl/Tk, MFC and soon Gtk. It is covered by the terms of the GNU LGPL.
|
|
Visit our homepage for more information and to download it:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mam">http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mam</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Though this is the first public
|
|
announcement, MAM/VRS has been in active development and use for a long
|
|
time and is stable. MAM/VRS is not a 3D modeler or a 3D CAD/CAM program,
|
|
but it ...</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>is a C++ 3D graphics library,</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>offers a convenient scene graph
|
|
API to quickly build complex 3D scenes,</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>contains many classes to modify
|
|
or interact with the objects of the scenes, and to create animations,</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>is very extensible: support
|
|
for new renderers, GUIs, shapes, attributes, interaction or rendering techniques
|
|
etc. can be added easily,</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>comes with a tutorial, per-class
|
|
documentation and many examples.</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
|
|
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
|
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<BR><A NAME="xig"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Xi
|
|
Graphics</FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>There were a slew of announcements
|
|
from Xi Graphics posted to <A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.announce">comp.os.linux.announce</A>
|
|
this past month. I've globbed them together here under a single section.-
|
|
<B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><B><I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>SiS 5598 support</FONT></FONT></I></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Xi Graphics made
|
|
SiS 5598 support available on September 14th, joining the previously supported
|
|
SiS 6326. Configurations for 1, 2, 3 and 4MB are supported.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The SiS 5598 is not capable
|
|
of supporting overlays but does support hardware gamma color correction
|
|
in all color depths. Maximum supported resolution is 1600x1200@60Hz
|
|
in 8bpp, and 1024x768@75Hz in 24bpp (packed) operation. Hardware
|
|
cursor is supported in all color depths. The Accelerated-X Server
|
|
conforms to the X Window System as measured by the freely available X Test
|
|
Suite.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The update, which should
|
|
be applied against the desktop (AX version) Accelerated-X Server version
|
|
4.1.2, is available from the Xi Graphics Anon-FTP site at URL:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/updates/accelx/desktop/4.1.2/D4102.013.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/updates/accelx/desktop/4.1.2/D4102.013.tar.gz</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Instructions for applying the
|
|
update and more detail may be found in the URL:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/updates/accelx/desktop/4.1.2/D4102.013.txt">ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/updates/accelx/desktop/4.1.2/D4102.013.txt</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The update may be applied to
|
|
the freely available Accelerated-X demo at URL <A HREF="ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/demos/AX412.Linux.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/demos/AX412.Linux.tar.gz</A>
|
|
for customer testing prior to purchase of the product.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>NeoMagic MagicMedia, including
|
|
Toshiba Tecra 800 and the Gateway Solo 5150</FONT></FONT></I></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Xi Graphics is pleased
|
|
to announce the release of support for the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV, also
|
|
known as the NM2200 and the NM2360. This is much faster than previous
|
|
NeoMagic chipsets as the new benchmarks show. The initial machines
|
|
explicitly supported are the Toshiba Tecra 800 and the Gateway Solo 5150.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Benchmark tests were conducted
|
|
on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a Pentium II/266 Mhz processor, making the
|
|
results broadly comparable with those for the ATI Rage LT Pro announced
|
|
in August. The Accelerated-X Server, Xaccel, passes the X Test Suite
|
|
with hardware acceleration in all color depths.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Accelerated-X/OGL</FONT></FONT></I></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Xi Graphics, leader
|
|
in X Window System technologies for Intel Linux and UNIX Systems will be
|
|
shipping a limited quantity edition Technology Demo of its' new A<B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">ccelerated-X/OGL</FONT></B>
|
|
product.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Accelerated-X/OGL is the
|
|
fifth architecture generation of Accelerated-X and has been specifically
|
|
altered to provide support for a wide range of 3D graphics chips.
|
|
The limited edition Technical Demonstration release offers an opportunity
|
|
for games and other developers to influence the final delivered product.
|
|
The Accelerated-X/OGL Technology Demo Evolution 1 product features:</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Only available for threaded
|
|
OS's:</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Linux/glibc2</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Solaris/x86 2.51, 2.6</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>UNIXware 7</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Fully accelerated 2D Server,
|
|
X11R6.4 specs</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>OpenGL 1.1.1 libraries, GLX
|
|
Server extension</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Hardware accelerated 3D support
|
|
for:</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Number 9 Revolution IV aka Ticket
|
|
to Ride IV</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Intel 740</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<UL>
|
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<LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Real3D StarFighter,</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Diamond Stealth II G460</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
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<LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>etc</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>3Dlabs Permedia 2</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
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<UL>
|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Diamond Fire 1000 GL Pro</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
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|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>ELSA Winner 2000/Office</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>etc</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
|
|
<LI>
|
|
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>3Dlabs Glint MX & Delta</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
|
<UL>
|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>ELSA Gloria-XL</FONT></FONT></LI>
|
|
|
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<LI>
|
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Leadtek L2520</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>etc</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>SiS 6326</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>ASUS AGP-V1326</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>etc</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>8, 15/16, 24/32 bpp if supported
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by hardware</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Overlays if supported by hardware</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>multiple concurrent 3D windows,
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not just full screen</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Tablet support (Wacom, Summagraphics
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protocols)</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Spaceball (6DoF) support for
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Logitech Magellan</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>For this limited edition of
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the product, please contact <A HREF="mailto:devrel@xig.com">devrel@xig.com</A>
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to apply for a copy. The Xi Graphics Sales are unable to take
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orders for this product as we expect the demand to significantly exceed
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the supply!</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Monthly drawings for copies
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of Accelerated-X</FONT></FONT></I></B>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Xi Graphics is pleased
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to announce that we're giving away free copies of the industry leading
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Accelerated-X Display Server. These are full, up to date, legal and
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supported copies of the product.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>To register to win one of
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the two free copies we're giving away every month, either register for
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the monthly draw on our web site (<A HREF="http://www.xig.com">http://www.xig.com</A>)
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or send email following the directions published below. We do, of
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course, have a motive for this. We want to know what Graphics Board,
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Monitor, Input devices and Operating Systems you'd most like to use with
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Accelerated-X and we want to find out about the kind of machine you use.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>To enter the drawing by email,
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you must complete an entry form for that months draw. Send the email
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to Andrew Bergin (<A HREF="mailto:abergin@xig.com">abergin@xig.com</A>)
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with the subject "Free Draw Entry" and include in your message the following
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details:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your Name</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your Company or Organisation</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your Shipping Address</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your Email Address</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>(Optional) Your Web Site
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Address</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>What make and model of computer,
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and processor speed</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Graphics Card you'd
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like to use</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Monitor you'd like to
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use</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your preferred pointing
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devices</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your preferred operating
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system</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>There will be a new draw every
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month. You must enter each month to be eligible for that months drawing.
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Only one submission per person, per drawing will be accepted.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The winners name may be put
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on our web site and in other promotional material. Information collected,
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including your email and physical shipping address, will not be sold to
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any third party. We may use your address for our infrequent mailings
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unless you write to ask us to remove your name from the mailing list.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Xi Graphics will pay the
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cost of shipping only, including international shipping. Any and
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all customs charges and/or taxes are the responsibility of the win</FONT></FONT>ner.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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