This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Designer, as are all ADS applications, is fully controllable with LISP. Remember that one of the benefits of the AutoCAD Command Line based interface is customization and scripting. Sure, there are alot of new commands, but nothing to stop you from "scripting or batching" with LISP! In fact, we have…
Jeffrey, You really need to get OZCIS or something for you online work, as there was a gigantic and very informative thread on 3DS books! >> I am thinking about buying Diamond SpeedStar Pro SVGA cards because they cost $130 each and I want to use the 24-bit color graphics…
John, I have installed three Speedstar Pro's (they are only VLB) with the Vibrant drivers and no problems so far! Encouraging words, Chuck
Greg, >> Strange, my Vista does 756×486. Or did you mean 752×480 PAR resolution, which also works?
Here is _today's_ short scoop on Designer as today we started a two day Mechanical seminar co-sponsored by AutoDesk, so this info is hours old! Designer will be priced at $1,500, and there will NOT be an upgrade from AME. The reason for the no-upgrade path is that AME will…
This has to be a real dilema for AutoDesk. My point (which I never made!) was that I feel they have achieved an acceptable balance. 3DS3 is priced accordingly to: 1) Achieve enough market share to generate sufficient revenues to allow continued research and development (and KILLER upgrades like R3!).…
John, Yes, I have heard this rumor also (and would gladly encourage it!), but "nothing on letterhead" yet! Chuck
Evan, >> The truth be known, she's the brains behind Pyros Partnership.
Jeffrey, >> Diamond Speedstar HiColor SVGA cards > Can you read text on that graphics mode?
Evan, >> Besides, the IEEE has not quite standardized the format, if I remember right.
Evan, We just started looking into switched ethernet, and it looks promising!!! Yes, Run Burst is probably the most critical setting, thanks for pointing that out! Chuck
John, I do not have the deep hardware expertise of Gus and others (that's a compliment Gus!), but here is what we have found from experience with Lantastic 5.0 installs…. Anytime you run a processor intensive task (PharLap apps such as 3DS and ACAD) on the server in a peer-to-peer…
Greg, I have our Number9's here working as VESA's for now, as the GXE is a hardware compatible VESA board and for 3DS will not require a driver. Chuck PS Brian, hear our desperate cries for help!
John, >> The Diamond Speedstar Series are all Cirrus Logic.
Jonas, >> Autodesk does not talk about future products, features, etc.
Dr., >> "broken tractor."
Distinguished Dr., I have a Diamond Viper (fortunately one of the old Weitek VGA chipset ones that work with 3DS) and it is KILLER! Main Display in 1280 x 1024 x 256 and _fast_ even without Liquid Speed (budget problem ). I have my Materials Editor at 640 x 480…
John, Why are you "triple Messaging" today? Chuck
Kelly, I just have to jump in here on a different note and urge you to seriously check out designer! I did a demo for a client today (a simple box with the edges radiused, including the corner blend) in about 2 minutes! No Joke, and most of that was…
Greg (and Dan), Do you guys practice this routine? As I always seem to be in a two on one battle! Conrad, I as much as I hate to admit it right now (with Greg here and Dan lurking somewhere amidst the puffed wheat), I have three office copies of…
John (and Mike), PMJI, but there is one other issue that needs to be balanced here – the high end! There are dealers (a couple on this forum regularly) that would _love_ to see 3DS price considerably higher! Not for the profit margins, etc. that ultimately come to mind, but…
John, >> The MGA II's are less expensive, faster in VGA, but don't have 3D hardware as far as I know.
Jeffrey, Let me respond….. 1) Be patient, we didn't all start out with Pentiums, and I still have a 486/33 VLB computer at home. Make sure that you are fully exploiting you hardware before you move up. I have gotten to the point where my computer runs 24 hours a…
John, Thanx, I guess I just remember when I was in his shoes, and _nobody_ would help me! Chuck
Evan, PMJI, but there was one point in this thread that you made that I felt compelled to expound upon. I'm NOT disagreeing, just adding additional info…. >> Regarding the performance of a 386/40 versus a 486/33 as a network server – there are too many factors to make a…
Dave, Any info on how to scrape up a QFX demo? Thanx, Chuck
Greg, Hey, I caught the "ordered three Pentiums to evaluate" out of an earlier part of this thread, how's it going with them? (are these the pentiums that I'm thinking about?) Chuck
Tim, The simplest way is to add "C:\VIPER\VPRMODE VESA" into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and then use the VESA options in 3DS VIBCFG. I have run my Viper (VL Bus) this way and it works fine. Chuck
Jeffrey, Well, even with the revised numbers, you overall status screen looks good. And always with 3DS and ACAD, buy AS MUCH horsepower as you can afford, and then make sure you keep thing optimized to take full advantage of it (no swap, purge your drawings, etc.) Chuck PS Let…
Pavel, I should have a supplier for these ligraries Monday or Tuesday. It is not available from the same distributor as the boards, but my MGA distributor is making arrangements for me! Chuck
Jeffrey, Actually, the swap numbers look VERY good. Let me explain … >> Free disk: 1144536448 > Virtual memory allocated to program: 13436 KB > Amount of program in physical memory/Total (virtual) program size: 84%
Jonas, Well thanks for the offer, I will start polling my clients. Chuck
Jonas, Thanks for the tip! That comment wasn't about waiting for Chris, it was about calling the main number and asking for someone, guaranteed Lala land trip! Chuck
Greg, PC-NFS I have never had a problem with. This one is a stumper! Chuck PS From my experiences with Pathworks, I would like to comment about it! But that is one of those Cereal Malt conversations that we'll have in CA! Oooops, I just justified the Dr's earlier comment!
David, As I had detected when we had breakfast that morning in Bellvue, WA (Dr. Pixel's stompin' ground) with Karen, you could best be described as professional. I am just embarrassed that I didn't figure this out from the info you were providing about Facade! I'll call in, as I…
Based on the info I gathered from the thread, I think that Facade is just the product we need. Now, if I can just get past the Mechanical seminar we are having Wednesday………… Chuck
Don't look at the hard drive light, mesh one of the models and then type STATUS. Post the results here.
Pavel, I will definitely pass this to the technically superior (that's you Gus! ), as you have definitely left my league here! Still like the idea though, Chuck
I definitely second the wish list item (who is the "keeper of the wish" list anyway, do we have one?) as this board is WONDERFUL in ACAD. Have you seen it yet? I have a 3MB z-buffered board that I use for my Designer demos. I always finish the demo…
Good Luck!
Greg, Does Gus have that slave renderer ready for SGI's yet? Chuck
Ang, As a friend of Conrad's (not his dealer though) let me quote the Mountain Dew commercial and say… Did That, Done ThAT, Tried THAT, BEEN THERE ……. AAARRRGGGHHH! Chuck
David, DUH! I'll call in and talk to Susan, Wanting to hide right now, and glad 98% of you don't know my face (no GIF files please!) Chuck
Greg and The Distinguished Dr., Way to easy, you need to make it tougher! Now, about that beard and speedo….. Chuck
Mom's a pretty sharp cookie!
Jeffrey, The swap file will dynamically update as required based on what you are doing. Load a bigger drawing, more swap!(By the way, I am saying that YOU DON'T WANT SWAP with ACAD!) Chuck
Dave, The words used were "Windows NT, OR the current 32-bit Windows Derivative (be it "Chicago", Windows 4, etc.). I agree with you on the Windows NT numbers and demand, and therefore wouldn't support a "Windows NT Only First". But I do think that AutoCAD R12Win is pushing Win31 furthur…
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Gus, >> I traced the code and found that SERVER.EXE will trap int 14 and do all kinds of stuff with it.
Greg, >> Sure! Just call (415) 332-2344 and ask for him!
Gus, >> If this is one of those "rendering engines", it won't do much good.
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