Chapter 1. Hardware and Software Support and Requirements

This chapter provides the following information about the IBM Personal graPHIGS API:

• Hardware support
• Hardware and software requirements for the graPHIGS API gateway daemon

Hardware Support

The graPHIGS API supports the following:

Xstations, POWERstations and POWERservers

• RS/6000 Xstation
• RS/6000 POWERstation
• RS/6000 POWERserver

Adapters and Processors

• 7250 POWER GXT500
• 7250 POWER GXT1000
• 7235 POWER GTO (Graphics Processor Subsystem)
• Grayscale Graphics Display Adapter
• Color Graphics Adapter
• High Performance 8-bit 3D Color Graphics Processor
• High Performance 24-bit 3D Color Graphics Processor
• High Performance Graphics Subsystem (included in RS/6000 POWERstation 730)
• POWER Gt1
• POWER Gt3 Feature
• POWER Gt4 8-bit Feature
• POWER Gt4 24-bit Feature
• POWER Gt4x 8-bit Feature
• POWER Gt4x 24-bit Feature

Displays

• IBM 5081 16-inch Color (RPQ 8K1679 is required)
• IBM 5081 19-inch Color (RPQ 8K1680 is required)
• IBM 6091 19-inch Color (1280 x 1024 60Hz only)
• IBM 6091 23-inch Color (1280 x 1024 60Hz only)
• IBM 8508 19-inch Monochrome (1280 [default] 1024 67Hz only)

Tablets

• IBM 5083 021
• IBM 5083 022

Pointing Devices

• IBM RS/6000 family Mouse - 3 button (#6041)
• 6094 030 Spaceball

Lighted Program Function Keyboard

• IBM 6094 020 Lighted Program Function Keyboard

Dials

• IBM 6094 010 Dials

Plotters

• IBM 6180 Color
• IBM 6182 Color
• IBM 6184 Color
• IBM 6186-1 Color
• IBM 6186-2 Color
• IBM 7371 Color
• IBM 7372 Color
• IBM 7374 Color
• IBM 7375-1 Color
• IBM 7375-2 Color

Keyboards for National Language Support

• IBM Chinese Keyboard (#6033) (required for Traditional Chinese Language Support)
• IBM Korean Keyboard (#6031) (required for Korean language support)
• IBM Japanese Kanji Keyboard (#6030) (required for Japanese language support)

Hardware and Software Requirements for the graPHIGS API Gateway

In addition to the minimum requirements for the graPHIGS API, gPgated requires the following:

RS/6000 workstation:

Host Interface Adapter, PN 09G3667 or higher.

Minimum hardware requirements for the RS/6000 to be used as a gateway are the same as the minimum requirements for installation of AIX and the AIXWindows/3D feature of the AIXWindows Environment/6000: 16 MB real memory, 400MB DASD, and an ASCII terminal on s1/s2. You can install up to three Host Interface Adapters (HIA) on an RS/6000. 32MB real memory is suggested for optimal performance with multiple HIAs.

IBM S/390:

• GDDM/graPHIGS API V2.2.1 and GAM/SP 3.0 or 3.1 with the current service level updates
• The following 5088 or 6098 microcode EC levels:
  • 5088 microcode 9056 or higher
  • 5088-11R microcode 5187 or higher
  • 6098 microcode 0104 or higher
  • 6098-1R microcode 3846 or higher.

See The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference for more information on using the graPHIGS API gateway.

Requirements for Connection to 6098 with FDDI

In addition to the minimum requirements for the graPHIGS API, the graPHIGS/GAM direct connection to the 6098 with the FDDI feature requires the following:

• 6098 Channel Control Unit with the FDDI feature
  • 6098 microcode 2.02 or higher
• IBM S/390
  • GDDM/graPHIGS API 2.2.3 or higher, and GAM/SP 3.0 or 3.1 with the current service level updates