MEX (windowing system)

MEX (Multiple EXposure) was "Silicon Graphics' original high-performance windowing system", used on 68k-based IRIS systems and early IRIS 4D systems.^[1] MEX was originally loaded over a network through the utilization of GL1 routines kept on a remote host machine, usually a VAX. When the IRIS 1400 workstation and GL2-W (IRIX) were introduced, MEX was allowed to run locally. MEX was used in IRIX from the GL2-W2.1.0 release to the 4D1-2.3 release.

With the introduction of 4D1-3.0 (IRIX 3.0), and the complete migration to MIPS processors, support for the GL / GL2 powered MEX ended in the late 1980s, replaced by Sun Microsystems' NeWS and the 4Sight window manager.

References

↑ Rocky Rhodes, Paul Haeberli, Kipp Hickman, "Mex — A Window Manager for the IRIS", USENIX Conference Proceedings, Summer 1985, pages 381–392.

Silicon Graphics

Company	Silicon Graphics (1981–2009) Silicon Graphics International (since 2009)

People	James H. Clark Kurt Akeley David J. Brown Herb Kuta Abbey Silverstone Bob Lutz Rick Belluzzo Paul Haeberli

Motorola 68000 computers	SGI IRIS

MIPS computers	IRIS 4D Indigo Indigo² Indy Crimson O2 Octane Challenge Origin 200 Origin 2000 Onyx2 Origin and Onyx 3000

Intel-based computers	Visual Workstation Altix Prism

Graphics hardware	Geometry Engine Elan Impact VPro RealityEngine InfiniteReality

Other technology	IRIX Image format MEX Workspace 4Sight Interactive Desktop Xsgi 4Dwm XFS IRIS GL OpenGL GIO XIO NUMAlink IndyCam

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