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[mark fichten]

Hello.  My name is Mark Fichten and I am a graduate student at the
Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.  My thesis advisor,
Dr. Mike Zyda, told me about your net and I would like to 'join'.

I am very involved with the IRIS graphics workstations from the 3120
up to the 4D/70GT.  My thesis research is on the FOGM system that you
may have heard of from Dr. Zyda.  It is a moving vehicle simulator that
uses a terrain database from Fort Hunter Liggot, California.  It is working
very well right now on the 4D/70G and is is 99% ported to the GT.

I have one very big gripe with the GT.  The winattach() command is no
longer part of the software.  Wherever the mouse is determines the active
window.  In order to override this, the user must hold down any key on the
keyboard.  THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!  I am unable to 'detach' the
user from my process and allow him to attach himself to another process
arbitrarily since he may move the mouse over other windows accidentely!

Is there any way to 'turn off' this PROBLEM????

Help!!

Mark Fichten
fichten at nps-cs.arpa