GL2-2.x: Difference between revisions

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GL2-2.x was released in 1986 for the IRIS 1000 and 2000 68000-based SGI terminals and workstations. It is the origin of the EFS system which replaced the AT&T UFS implementation. Replacing GL2-1.x which only ran on the IRIS 1000 series, it was a major improvement forward with TCP/IP stack, improved filesystem, and many other features.

Changes from 1.x

Rebased on early UNIX System V Release 0 sources from 1983
MEX was introduced as the sole GUI offering.
TCP/IP was introduced from 4.2BSD.
Actual use of the Geometry Engine as intended by SGI.

Known Applications

Early versions of CATIA and CAMP are attested in historical sources, as well as SGI's splot/gplot demos, Pontiac Division Graphics Systems, and such.

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 GL2-2.x was released in 1986 for the IRIS 1000 and 2000 68000-based SGI terminals and workstations. It is the origin of the [[EFS]] system which replaced the AT&T UFS implementation. Replacing [[GL2-1.x]] which only ran on the IRIS 1000 series, it was a major improvement forward with TCP/IP stack, improved filesystem, and many other features.
+== Changes from 1.x ==
+* Rebased on early UNIX System V Release 0 sources from 1983
+* [[MEX]] was introduced as the sole GUI offering.
+* TCP/IP was introduced from 4.2BSD.
+* Actual use of the Geometry Engine as intended by SGI.
+== Known Applications ==
+Early versions of CATIA and CAMP are attested in historical sources, as well as SGI's splot/gplot demos, Pontiac Division Graphics Systems, and such.
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