This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Matrox Ill Pro and ASDG
Message #51541
forgive me I someone's asked this before but… Does your software directly support the Matrox Illuminator Pro CCIR 601 board? As you described your product, it translates images into CCIR 601 when it transffers them from disk to an Exabyte. What about with the CCIR 601 Matrox board? can you…
John, While comparing Pentium's to PowerPC's, it's interesting to note that Intel has plans to release the 686 in one year and a 786 in two. My guess is that the Pentium is last x86 compatible chip from Intel. Beyond that, x86 will be software emulation only. Freed from 80's…
#3DSr3 release
Message #50199
You guys are announcing ver. 3 at SIGGRAPH this Aug. Does this mean ver. 3 will be distributed at that time, or is the release date later. Thanks.
Strata is the name of the company. They do mostly mac 3D software. Image 3.0, I'll have to dig up.
Friend of mine picked up Playmation. His opinion is the software's fine for making AVI files, but that's about it. The copy he has is filled with bugs and crashs occasionally. But you can't beat the price. It also has unsusual, and undoubtly soon to be copied, ablites to animation…
Congradulations!!!!! …so where're the cigars?
#New Silicon Graphics
Message #49443
Hey, folks, I though youmay be wowed by this. It may even bring tears to some people's eyes. Here's a summary of a PR from Silicon Graphics. Silicon Graphics anounces the unveiling of the SGI Indy – a MIPS 40000 desktop top multimedia/teleconfrencing wor station starting at $4,995. The machine…
#AT-Vista and VidI/O
Message #49305
Greg, I need a bit of advice from you. I have a group of people offering to sell me a used 4MB AT-Vista. They bought a bunch, never used, and what to get rid of them. They asked me what I wanted to pay for it? What'a you think? What…
>> The "mouth"? Would that be Morton Downey? Yes, actually he's worse than Rush . Absolutly true on both counts.
Kevin, your arguments have me sitting on the fence regarding the two boards. What about the TARAG+ supposed inablity to do full broadcast resolution at 24bits. I was told the board does something like 20, or 16 bits at that res.? Any info on that. Thanks.
Hmm. Interesting.
>> Not Morton Downey, Jr.? YES!!!! That's "The Mouth"!!
>> I think not. The only viable political choices in America, IMHO, seem to be centre >> and right of centre (democrats) and right and extreme right wing (republicans) Hmm… this gives a tiny, little hint where on the political spectrum your views are (g) >> Therefore, Ted Kennedy was…
Greg, Maybe my blast at the Digital Vista was a bit extreme, maybe the Vista has extrodinary ablities beyond video production, but my opinion arose from what I heard – the digital vista is aimed at the video market. In which case, those rather extrodinary ablites are minamized. You're paying…
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Greg, I think you ment it for me, Martin. That's my big mouth going off. >> John: >> >> the Truevision board seems to me to be out-dated, way over-priced, and >> >> passe. >> Wow! John, please don't hold back! Tell us what you really feel!
Martin PMJI on your PMJI, but… >> >> Actually I think you underestimate Mr. Limbaugh he's a lot more >> >> liberal than he let's on and he's a lot more human than many >> >> "Liberals" would like him to be >> You are joking, I hope. I listened…
As I have been told, it has RGB out. If not directly, then through a daughter board. Several third party manufacturers are building boards for it, like real-time broadcast quality MPEG. In not aware of anybody building anything for the Digital Vista. The Pro can also be expanded into a…
> Your point about price is well taken, as it is less than half the cost, > and most people would not need the daughter card if they went with > the EXABYTE/ABACUS/ASDG combination. It
> Life would be rather dull, if everthing made sense all the time, > or if there weren't different perspectives. Don't you agree? Too true. > I look forward to meeting you if you're planning to attend [SIGGRAPH]. Since I'm in LA, SIGGRAPH is only a long traffic jam away.…
> Again. How you can say that Monet dedicate his life to capturing light and they say that it has > no meaning. Are his life empty of meaning. VanGogh has no time to paint, he goes crazy for > that. Can you say that their paintings has no meaning?…
Thanks for the info. Film! Wow, now that is cool!
John, Isn't this the same capablity as the Matrox Illuminator Pro but for more money? I don't know the technical details between the two, but the CCIR 601 version of the PRO does the same resolution and 4:2:2 conversion. It also has a digital output daughter board.
I spoke to the Post Group today. They do it. I haven't talked with an account rep yet so I don't know the prices, but the digi-techi say they need about an hour to dump 900 frames to D1. To get any other type of tape, they'll have to dub,…
#48009-
#Animations
Message #48434
> Some truths we accept on faith. Alas, I cannot dispute faith. By the way, are you going to be a SIGGRAPH? I'm sure we'd amuse ourselves over some disagreement (g).
> I don't know but there should be at least one in each major city. > I know of at least one in Hollywood Who? Can you me give their name. Thanks
#Abekas/Exabyte More Info
Message #48432
What's your company's phone number?
#Graphics cards
Message #48431
You may want to check out the Matrox MGA Ultima. It runs at 64bits, instead of 32bits like the Viper and Hercules. But the Ultima is a little pricier.
#Questions for ASDG
Message #48430
Hi, I have several questions… 1. I'd like to speak with a rep about your software, so can you please supply me with your phone number or a distributers number. 2. What service bureaus in Hollywood handle your software?
#TNT Extender
Message #48405
If somebody asked this before, I'm sorry for asking again, but…. Will 3Dr3 run under Phar Lap's TNT Extender?
John, > Seeing as you choose to fling around credentials, I apologize if you felt me background was flung at you. I was merely stating the basis for my perspective on our discussion. Neither my education nor experience was intended to intimidate or overwhelm. > And the golden rule was…
Ana, PMJI again, and apologies to those who wish to see this thread of discussion end, but one of your statements surprised me into responding. > If you really can call special effects art, ok then. In my opinion, Terminator II effects > can't be called art. They ARE PERFECT,…
> Sincerelly, I could give one leg, one arm and one eye if someone guarantee me > that I will have someday half the knowledge, the creativity and the talent of one > of the animators who work with genius like Chuck Jones or Tex Avery. I could > also…
> In my opinion Microsoft is after 3DO and the entertainement market rather than > something more serious. That's a much greater market (every household in the > country) compared with the high end graphics. All this actually promisses to be a > very interesting battle. Nintendo, Sega, 3DO and,…
While I can understand a company's desire for secrecy, and am bound myself by several non-disclosure agreements, including from Microsoft, I beleive there should be limits to it. There is a balance where disclusing future information hurts users more then prevents competitors from taking advantage of teh information. While not…
CCIR 601
Message #44157
I spoke to Matrox techie about their Illuminator board recently. He said that they sell two versions – square pixel and CCIR 601. The CCIR 601 has higher resolutions but the software must support it. If the software doesn't, circles will appear as ellipses. So… the question is… (suprise) does…
frame buffers v. Viper
Message #44156
I wanted to ask you guys a bit of advice, if you don't mind. I helping to assemble a 3D Studio video animation system for a institution and a system for my self. The question is… If the new graphics boards, like the Viper, handle 24bit and 32bit images like…
#"Save 80% on render"?
Message #42913
This is a long shot, so humor me if go off the deep end. I have a suggestion for a IPAS (if they can do it) or a 3DS enhancment that may cut down rendering time by 80% and give rendered videos a more "film" feel. Here goes… Being involved…
Where can I find an authorized dealer of this equipment? Also, how does the Matrox's internal (I assume) encoder and decoder compare to Targa+'s?
WOW!!!! I hope Autodesk jumps on this stuff because it looks like the direction PC based animation will go.
While not all people have problems with DOS 6, myself included, there are too many who do. In fact, in a computer industry daily trade journal two days ago, the lead story was DOS 6's problems and the industry wide reluctance by corporate MIS heads to convert to it.
Thanks for advice. Seems that two people here, and others that I asked verbally, all agree that a 66mHz is the way to go.
Thanks for the advice.
#Info, please
Message #41516
I'm interested in receiving information about your products. Martin Kunert 256 South Robertson Blvd. Suite 440 Beverly Hills CA 90211 If the info can be faxed, all the better. (310)278-5910 thanks.
#Questions/ advice
Message #41495
I've been asked to assemble a 3D Studio system for video animation. But is the best hardware and software configuration? This appears to be the best place to ask… so here I am. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. There are a ton of questions. The basic ones…
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