/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb V73 Features, Programming Features, 3D Graphics Support  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The PowerStorm 300 (PBXGD-AD) and PowerStorm 350 (PBXGD-AE)
    graphics cards are now supported on Alpha-based systems. The
    OpenGL 3D graphics API is now provided as part of the OpenVMS
    base operating system. The version of OpenGL supported on the
    PowerStorm 300 and PowerStorm 350 graphics cards is Version 1.1.

    The implementation of OpenGL Version 1.1 for the PowerStorm 300
    or PowerStorm 350 is designed to coexist with installations
    of the Open3D layered product for older graphics cards. The
    images shipped with OpenVMS are named DECW$OPENGLSHR_V11 and
    DECW$OPENGLUSHR_V11. The _V11 suffix is used to distinguish the
    OpenGL Version 1.1 images from the OpenGL Version 1.0 images
    shipped with Open3D (DECW$OPENGLSHR and DECW$OPENGLUSHR).

    Applications using only OpenGL V1.0 features may be linked
    against either the Open3D images or the new Version 1.1 images.
    Applications using OpenGL Version 1.1 features should be linked
    explicitly against the Version 1.1 images.

    For further information on OpenGL support for the PowerStorm 300
    and PowerStorm 350, refer to the PowerStorm 300/350 Installation
    Guide and Release Notes documentation shipped with the graphics
    card.

                                 WARNING

       If 3D graphics will be used extensively, particularly in
       an environment using multiple PowerStorm 300 and PowerStorm
       P350s in a single system, read and strictly observe the
       guidelines for setting SYSGEN parameters and account quotas
       contained in the PowerStorm 300/350 OpenVMS Graphics Support
       Release Notes Version 1.1 and the Compaq PowerStorm 300/350
       Graphics Controllers Installation Guide shipped with the
       graphics card. The Release notes can also be accessed on the
       OpenVMS Documentation CD-ROM in the following directory:

       Directory                File Name

       [73.DOCUMENTATION.PS_    P300_350_REL_NOTES.PS,TXT
       TXT]