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Workstation Characteristics

The chart below shows the McIDAS-X workstation characteristics.

Characteristic

Comment

Gray or color levels (user-defined)

- image

- graphics

 

up to 253 or 254 *

up to 128

Bit plane graphics

yes

Frame size

user-defined

Add frames dynamically

yes

Zoom and roam

yes

Loop rate (frames/second)

hardware-dependent

Run commands outside the McIDAS session

yes

Run multiple sessions on one workstation

yes

Remote operation

yes

NTSC capable

yes, but requires additional hardware

* depends on hardware

 


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