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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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