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Picky, picky! Yeah, but we end up talking on the phone too long! -Alan
What I was saying, Gary, was that if you originally rendered your files using 3DS's default field order (1), a simple change of the PAR's field order switch to 2 would have allowed you to re-compile your animations to the PAR without re-rendering them. There's no real "proper" or "improper"…
Hi Kyle, Sorry, but I've been so busy getting DEC to come clean, that I've not had the chance to really investigate what's out there in terms of dual proccesor systems. There is a dual 133 MoBo I was looking at called the Tempest. If you're interested, call Joe @…
It kinda looks like "Lots Of Luck" has taken over LOL here… -Alan
Yeah, I think "Lots Of Luck" is the usage we've been seeing here lately…Seems to fit. -Alan
Sad, isn't it? -Alan
In addition to MartinF's comments, I'd say that the DEC Celebris is an excellent, fully upgradable machine, Kyle. I bought one of the original PC/XL's early last year, mainly hoping to eventually easily upgrade to an Alpha, while keeping up with the Intel upgrades in between. Shortly thereafter, Intel changed…
I'd guess KevinK is probably right…. -Alan
I think it used to be Laughing Out Loud, but it sure has been used for something else here recently… -Alan
Welcome, Amit! I hope you enjoy this place as much as I do, and that you can learn from as well as inform the folks here on the forum. -Alan
As these boards seem to need ALOT of VRAM and DRAM to do their thing, I wouldn't imagine there's gonna be a considerably less expensive solution for some time, Scott. Someone did claim, however, that the game-oriented Glint-based board that Creative Labs was going to offer would support the HDI…
Hiya Johnnie! Rest assured that the Elsa folks have every intention of supporting MAX with their GLoria line of Glint-based cards. This comes right from the horse's mouth, so-to-speak. In fact, I've been told that Elsa will offer an 8Mb board that supports 24-bit color without a rendering performance hit.…
Thanks, Peter. I'll let you know… -Alan
In addition to Elsa, Scott, give Omnicomp a call at 713/464/2990. One of their Glint-based cards was used to demo MAX at Siggraph. -Alan
Your processor types should have no bearing on network capability, Michael. As long as both machines are running the proper software, and have the proper network hardare installed, you should have no problem. -Alan
No more dark ages, please! -Alan
Peter, I'll try to answer your questions the best I can, but you'll ultimately be best off by calling DEC PC division at (800)-722-9332 to get DEC info from the horses mouth, so-to-speak. Re the re-compiliation of MAX for Alpha, there is no official word yet from Autodesk. If you…
Probably quite a few… My dual-floppy Amiga 500 had 1Mb of RAM and my biggest dream was a 20Mb hard drive that also came with 3 more Mb's of RAM! 1200$!! Never got it, though. Had a lot of fun modeling (didn't have enough RAM to render!) with Sculpt 3D.…
Hi Steve, >>…do this much?10G per tape with compression, and is VERY fast! It uses standard 8mm video or data-grade tape. I stick to the data-grade ones as they are quite inexpensive and hold so much data anyway. -Alan
I share your enthusiasm about MAX, Tim. As you point out, NT's network capabilities are quite extensive and easy to use. This should help make network rendering a much easier operation (for many folks) than it was in DOS. -Alan
>>…3DS college course…replacing History of Communist Party…
Tim, my Viper has absolutely no problems showing the full Window image during Window moves in NT when set to full drag. Please be a bit more careful about inaccurate blanket statments like this as many folks rely on this forum for information regarding hardware purchases. Thanks! -Alan
Ron, as Gary has stated that MAX's network rendering capabilities will be very much like Classic's, I'd be *extremely* suprised if the "one hardware lock – many slaves" philosophy is done away with. -Alan
Selective raytracing, using the MAX renderer, is one of the options I suspect we'll have, Jerome. -Alan
#raytracing, radiosity
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Jerome, keep in mind that Corel *bought* it's raytracing abilities. The Yost Group typically writes their own stuff, or provides a way for others to contribute. This way of thinking, I feel, is neither ignorant nor arrogant. I just don't want you to be too dismayed if MAX doesn't ship…
If you would have cahnged the PAR settings, Gary, you wouldn't have had to re-render anything! There's something nice about 60 motion calculations per second, eh? Have fun, -Alan
Bill, I'm pretty sure MAX's network rendering will be much the same as it is in Classic, but you'll have to run MAX (read:NT) on the slave machines. You DO want your MAX to take full advantage of yur slaves while rendering, don't you? -Alan
Yeah, Don, I haven't had to use AAP in a while, so I kind of forgot about it. But you're right, it's another one thats not gonna run in NT. Thank God for the dual boot! I'm very glad you enjoyed your stay out here in SoCal, Don. It's got…
GO Bob! Have a blast… -Alan
Rabbit Who? Rabbit, please don't pretend that folks here would be out of line suspecting that "Rabbit" was a handle — especially when there's no last name! A little reality check is in order here. Go ahead and post with your full name, and things'll be just fine! Sincerely, -Alan…
Most welcome, Harley (great name!), and thanks so much for the kind words. It was nice seeing you at Siggraph. Hope to see you next year in N'Awlins! -Alan
Oops! By "someone" I meant Matrox! -Alan
Yup, totally agreed, James. The NT backup works flawlessly here. Since NT sees the *whole* thing, NTFS and DOS/FAT, this is a viable solution because of the very decent backup support in NT. A killer piece of hardware like the 8505 doesn't hurt! But I totally understand Greg's reasoning as…
Dave, I *started* learning about 3D with Sculpt on an Amiga 500 in 1986. That Sphere-dude juggling the globes on TV was just too much for me. I HAD to learn about it. Many great memories of those days… -Alan
Greg, Here's something that might help you… ******************************************************************* Scott, Do it all the time. But I must add in a pretty round about fashion. I Iges out from Pro-E. Iges in to Autosurf. Iges back out. Iges into Autocad and back out in dxf form to 3ds. (simple eh?) It…
NT boots fine from the first installation disk, Greg!
Gary, try switching the field order in the PAR software (under PREFS/IMPORT:ORDER=)and re-compiling your animation to the PAR. The DPS fellows' field names (1, and 2) differ from the Yost Group's (0, and 1), so 3DS's default field order of 1 actually syncs with DPS's field order of 2, get…
Aleksey, I just wanted you to know that I showed Refraction Mapping to the San Diego User's Group last night and it was very well received. Combining 3DS cubic reflection maps with your wonderfully thought out refraction mapping techniques provided a truly convincing, efficient solution without the need to raytrace.…
Thanks for the info, John. I figured someone out there had the dual monitor setup. -Alan
I know nothing about any CD writers, Rachel. Maybe someone else here has a clue for you… We'll keep ya posted on the Open… -Alan
I went with the non-AV version, and it's working just fine, Jim. Sounds like they've got a little dialing-in to do on the spindle bearings, huh? If you've got the P9000 version, I think RalphF is having the same problems. I've been using the Viper PRO SE 4mb with the…
Terry, you're talking about rendering to a seperate NTSC frame buffer with it's own NTSC monitor for preview! This is something completely different than what it seemed you were describing. It's a great way to go if you are developing animations *for NTSC video*. RGB and NTSC are completely different,…
Yup, Lydell, this is what I thought he was asking about. This might have been a reasonable solution years ago, but now with the price of large monitors way down, the single, large monitor, IMHO is a MUCH better way to go. I've used that Mac system and it gave…
Uh — yeah, Phillip, I've done that here for years. But that's not what he was asking, or so I thought when he said "like a MacIntosh" and for "multiple Windows apps", not to mention the OS part of his question. This clearly implies using two RGB monitors to broaden…
Yeah — 4 weeks of US Open. That would be wonderful! I know what you mean about the weather changing — that's why we moved to San Diego. NO more winters! I'm sure we'll hit at one point or another… -Alan
Harley, by your message, it would seem that the difference in price between a single and dual-processor MB is about the same as 32mb of RAM. Is this the case? if so, there's definitely something wrong there! I think the difference should be around 300$, and that's only around 9mb…
Ah — you mean using more than one monitor simultaneously! I've really no idea how one would go about doing this (and truthfully why one would want to, although I'm sure there must be a reason that I'm just missing here). There's probably some video card(s) out there that support…
..And it bears repeating: The Stealth_C scum-germ can REALLY screw up any attempt to install NT (as well as any boot-resident virus, I'd imagine). Running an anti-virus program should be SOP before trying to install NT, it seems… -Alan
..And then we'd have two "old" guys… How's that shoulder? -Alan (go for the cortisone!)
I agree with your comments about Monica, Mike. One only had to watch her match with MartinaN to know she was 95% back (and her 95% is enough to plaster most everyone on the woman's tour). I just hope she feels half as happy-go-lucky after 6 months on the tour.…
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