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32 Solaris 7 11/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide • November 1999
Installing SunVTS
See “Installing Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD Software” on page 23.
Using SunVTS Software
To use SunVTS software, refer to the SunVTS 3.4 User’s Guide in the Solaris 7 11/99
on Sun Hardware AnswerBook set. For SunVTS test and quick reference
information, refer to the SunVTS 3.4 Test Reference Manual and SunVTS Quick
Reference Card.
OpenGL Software
The Sun OpenGL software for Solaris is Sun’s native implementation of the OpenGL
application programming interface (API). The OpenGL API is an industry-standard,
vendor-neutral graphics library. It provides a small set of low-level geometric
primitives and many basic and advanced 3D rendering features, such as modeling
transformations, shading, lighting, anti-aliasing, texture mapping, fog, and alpha
blending.
Supported Platforms
The Sun OpenGL 1.2 software for Solaris supports the following devices:
■
Creator Graphics, Creator3D Graphics, and Elite3D Graphics—OpenGL
functionality is accelerated in hardware.
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SX, GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+, S24—OpenGL functionality is performed in software.
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All Sun SPARC
TM
systems equipped with the following frame buffers are
supported on the OpenGL 1.2 software: the TCX, SX, GX, Creator, and Elite3D
families of frame buffers. This includes Ultra desktop, Sun Enterprise and all the
legacy SPARCstation family.
Removing Old Packages
If you have older versions of the Sun OpenGL software for Solaris packages, you
must use the
pkgrm
command to remove them.