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           SunPHIGS 1.1 Is Now Shipping
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Here is a summary of key points:
 
   - SunPHIGS 1.1 really flys on a Sparcstation 1 GX.  Best case
     performance is 195K 3D vectors/sec for groups of 512 - 10 pixel
     polylines.  An un-tuned real-life application is already getting 
     80K 3D vectors/sec.

   - SunPHIGS 1.1 is PHIGS and PHIGS+ functionality accelerated on 
     all Sun-3/4/SPARCstations, GX, CXP, GXP, and TAAC-1 systems. 

   - New orders, updates to customers on maintenance, and updates to 
     all field sales office libraries will occur over the next 30 days. 
 
   - SunPHIGS 1.1 requires SunOS 4.0.3 for all systems, and feature tape
     if GXP.  Each box of SunPHIGS 1.1 has the 4.0.3-GFX feature tape. 
     SunOS 3.5, Sun386i, and Sun-2 are not supported.
 
   - SunPHIGS 1.0 is now obsolete and no longer orderable.  
 
   - A SunPHIGS training class will be available in January 1990. 
     Please contact Sun Education for details.