Pipeline - Table of Contents
January/February 1995 (Volume 6, Number 1)
A list of articles that appeared in the January/February
issue of the Pipeline along with their summaries is presented here.
Extending Open Inventor
Discusses creating and initializing new
Open Inventor classes along with creating
Dynamic Shared Objects (DSOs) and
creating alternate representation nodes for custom object portability.
Introducing IRIX 6.0
Provides an introduction to the IRIX
operating system for the R8000 processor,
IRIX 6.0.
Discusses the similarities and
differences between IRIX 5.2 and IRIX 6.0.
IRIX 6.0 MIPSpro Compiler Overview
An overview of the MIPSpro compilers available with
IRIX 6.0. The MIPSpro compilers are 64-bit compilers that provide
significant performance increases over previous
compilers available from SGI. Information regarding compatibility
with previous compilers, porting implications, diagnosing porting
problems, performance tuning, and isolating
parallel processing problems is provided in this article.
DSO Differences Between IRIX 5.x and IRIX 6.x
Compares and contrasts DSOs on IRIX 5.x and IRIX 6.x.
The 64-bit Cross Compiler Development Environment
Describes the 64-bit cross compiler development
environment available for programmers currently working in a 32-bit
environment under IRIX 5.x.
System Administration Tools: Find
Explores the uses of the find(1) command. Detailed examples are provided.
Controlling Disk Resources: Quotas
Describes how to install, configure and administer quotas on SGI
systems, as well as how to use quotas with NFS.
Frequently-Asked Questions about Communications
- Adding an EISA Ethernet port to the Indigo2
- Identifying the correct Intel LAN Adapter for the Indigo2.
- Where to purchase software for the EISA LAN Adapter.
- Who provides support for the EISA LAN Adapter.
- The number of Intel LAN Adapters supported.
- Types of Ethernet connectors supported by the Intel LAN Adapter.
Frequently-Asked Questions about Multi-Media
- How to have a cursor displayed on the live video output of Sirius Video.
- What may cause the display on some
channels of the Multi-Channel Option (MCO) to blank out.