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- 1. _I_n_t_r_o_d_u_c_t_i_o_n
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- Welcome to the IRIS Performer 2.0.4 / patch SG0001696
- execution environment. IRIS Performer 2.0.4 and patch
- SG0001696 contain the level of Performer and thus these
- release notes apply to both. Patch SG0001696 can be used to
- upgrade the eoe portion of Performer 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, or
- 2.0.3 to the level of 2.0.4.
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- This execution environment (eoe) includes upgrade DSOs for
- Performer 2.0 as well as a 2.1.2 subsystem to upgrade DSOs
- for Performer 2.1.
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- IRIS Performer provides a powerful and extensible
- programming interface (with ANSI C and C++ bindings) for
- creating real-time visual simulation and other interactive
- graphics applications. IRIS Performer 2.0.4 supports both
- the IRIS Graphics Library (IRIS GL) and the industry
- standard OpenGL graphics library (2.1.2 supports OpenGL
- only). These libraries combine with the IRIX operating
- system and REACT extensions to form the foundation of a
- powerful suite of tools and features for creating real-time
- visual simulation applications on Silicon Graphics systems.
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- IRIS Performer 2.0.4 is binary compatible with Performer 2.0
- with some additional bug fixes. The minor version number of
- the IRIS Performer 2.0.4 and 2.1.2 DSOs has been incremented
- so that the new version numbers are sgi2.3 and and sgi3.1,
- respectively. This allows these DSOs be be differentiated
- from those shipped with the 2.0-2.0.2 and 2.1 versions of
- Performer.
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- IRIS Performer 2.0[.X] is an integral part of the
- Onyx/RealityEngine and Indigo2/Impact graphics systems and
- provides interfaces to advanced features of RealityEngine-
- class graphics. IRIS Performer is compatible with
- uniprocessor and multiprocessor SGI graphics platforms and
- attains maximum performance on all. IRIS Performer provides
- an extensible basis for creating real-time 3D graphics
- applications in the fields of visual simulation,
- entertainment, virtual reality, broadcast video, and
- computer aided design. IRIS Performer is the flexible,
- intuitive, toolkit-based solution for developers who want to
- optimize performance on Silicon Graphics systems.
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- The execution environment for IRIS Performer includes our
- dynamic shared objects for runtime linking for applications
- based on IRIS Performer, as well as the perfly demonstration
- program and sample data files.
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- IRIS Performer consists of our main library, _l_i_b_p_f, three
- associated utility libraries, _l_i_b_p_f_d_u, _l_i_b_p_f_u_i, and
- _l_i_b_p_f_u_t_i_l, and libraries for loading databases of different
- file formats that are part of the _l_i_b_p_f_d_b collection.
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- Note: Packaged with these release notes is a separate sheet
- that contains the Software License Agreement. This
- software is provided to you solely under the terms
- and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
- Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.
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- This document contains the following chapters:
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- 1. Introduction
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- 2. Installation Information
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- 3. Database Loaders
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- 4. Known Problems and Workarounds
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- 5. Bugs fixed in Performer 2.0.1-2.0.4 and 2.1.2
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- 1.1 _R_e_l_e_a_s_e__I_d_e_n_t_i_f_i_c_a_t_i_o_n__I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- Following is the release identification information for IRIS
- Performer:
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- IRIS Performer
- SSSSooooffffttttwwwwaaaarrrreeee OOOOppppttttiiiioooonnnn PPPPrrrroooodddduuuucccctttt
- 2.0.4
- VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn
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- This IRIS Performer 2.0.4 execution environment is binary
- compatible with the IRIS Performer 2.0-2.0.2 releases. The
- 2.1.2 compatibility subsystem is binary compatible with the
- IRIS Performer 2.1 release.
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- 1.2 _O_n_-_L_i_n_e__R_e_l_e_a_s_e__N_o_t_e_s
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- After you install the on-line documentation for a product
- (the _r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s subsystem), you can view the release notes on
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- If you have a graphics system, select "Release Notes" from
- the Tools submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the
- _g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(1) graphical browser for the on-line release
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- Refer to the _g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(1) man page for information on
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- 1.3 _P_r_o_d_u_c_t__S_u_p_p_o_r_t
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- Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
- support maintenance program for its products.
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- If you are in North America and would like support for your
- Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the Technical
- Assistance Center at
- 1-800-800-4SGI.
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- If you are outside North America, contact the Silicon
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- 1.4 _G_e_t_t_i_n_g__I_R_I_S__P_e_r_f_o_r_m_e_r
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- The IRIS Performer execution environment is provided to
- allow the execution of IRIS Performer applications without a
- purchased copy of IRIS Performer. However, you may want to
- buy the IRIS Performer product for its development
- environment, tools, demos, sample applications, and
- databases.
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- IRIS Performer includes sample application source code
- ranging from simple programs to illustrate particular
- features to the comprehensive, GUI-driven file viewer
- _p_e_r_f_l_y. In addition to these SGI-developed tools, IRIS
- Performer also includes a very large repository of sample
- code, databases, games, and movies contributed by the
- _F_r_i_e_n_d_s _o_f _P_e_r_f_o_r_m_e_r: companies and individuals with
- services of general interest to the IRIS Performer
- community.
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- To find out more about IRIS Performer visit our web page at
- _h_t_t_p://_w_w_w._s_g_i._c_o_m/_T_e_c_h_n_o_l_o_g_y/_P_e_r_f_o_r_m_e_r/.
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- To purchase a copy of IRIS Performer contact your local
- support provider.
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