[ REQ 5834]: question about bitmap output from geomview

[rideout at npac.syr.edu]

 	I am working on a project which involves making mpeg movies of the
evolution of a dynamically triangulated random surface.  I can generate
OOGL files which can be read by geomview.  The problem is that I can't
seem to generate a binary .tif file (or other type of bitmap format file)
from geomview.  Since I am running on a DEC alpha, the command "(snapshot
cam-id filename)" doesn't exist.  On a sgi machine this commmand generates
an .sgi file which can then be converted to a .pnm format using a sgitopnm
command.  So I have two questions: 

1.  Can I run geomview on an sgi while sitting at a DEC machine?  
Normally it doesn't work because the sgi has special display hardware.  
All I want to do is read in an OOGL file and output a .sgi file; I don't 
need to display anything.
 
2.  Is there some other way to generate a binary bitmap file from 
geomview running on a DEC workstation?  (besides creating a postscript 
file and then running ghostscript on it to get a .gif file)

	Thanks very much.

David Rideout
Syracuse University Department of Physics