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- VISVIP written in standard C.

- Invokes OpenGL for graphic output.

- Invokes Xlib for graphic input (mouse, spaceball, keyboard).

- Uses a few Unix system calls (system, getenv).

- Launches Tcl/Tk process for control menu.

- Both processes are essentially event handling loops. They exchange information via generated X events.

- Uses Netscape for text display and to show pages of website.

- Input data to VISVIP generated by PERL scripts.

- Running on SGI; no known platform dependencies.