> >I have a complete doc set for the VAX GKS software (whatever
> >the heck it is)
> 
> Graphics Kernel System, maybe?  Sounds dimly familiar from the Core
> graphics library for the Pro, unless I'm confusing it with something else.
> 

GKS is a 2D graphics package developed in the late 1970s.  It is
a vector based package, and based on display lists.  It was later
replaced by PHIGS, which is a 3D grapics package.  PHIGS and Core
have similar functionality, but are quite different in their internal
details.


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