This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Meshes on CD/ROM
Message #98969
Actually, I'm just window-shopping right now seeing what I can find, rather than spending the rest of my like re-drawing things that have been done before! … Anyway – sent you back personal mail, I got a portion of what you sent – sorta strange.
Meshes on CD/ROM
Message #98968
Casey – you company is one of the (only one?) few that I *do* know about – I have the CD/ROM (and my 5 free meshes – thanks!) already.
##98119-New IPAS
Message #98967
OK – already got it. I reported that it cured all the ills of my 2MB VLB Orchid F1280+, but still locks up occasionally on the machine that has the Hercules Graphite/Pro VLB (2 MB as well), but not an often crash-and-burn as before – and no random 1/5 black…
Gary (or whomever), what are the latest VIB drivers out there now?
#Meshes on CD/ROM
Message #98827
Being relatively new to this stuff, I know there must be a vendor CD/ROM, etc that allow you to import pre-designed, material-applied and mapped goodies, like furniture, road signs etc. Can you guys give me a little help (and direction?) TIA!
Thanks, please do!
I'm in Charleston, S.C… I own a computer retail/repair store, and have been doing 3DS (almost exclusively broadcast design) for about 6 months, now… I have 21+ years experience in the computer industry, and would like to (plan to!) get into the 'accident reconstruction' field, but need a little boost…
Nope – I've stipped it down as far as loading only FILES=, BUFFERS= and the mouse driver, of course…
Good ADesk BBS's w/3DS
Message #95243
Thanks, Dave! I'll give it a try…
#Beta Vibrant driver
Message #94051
Replacing the VIB* files on my machine cures one of two problems: no more lock-ups with random black and green dots on the top 1/6 of the screen, however I'm still locking up occassionally (Orchid F1280/Plus VLB w/2MB) at random. I still don't see any pattern to it… Both the…
#Good ADesk BBS's w/3DS
Message #94050
Where are the really good AutoDesk BBS's that have good 3D-Studio, guys? I *know* there've got to be some…
I, too am very interested in carrying on about same – my business partner is a lawyer, and he wants us to get into such things ! Maybe we should take it private?
OK – thanks, Alan! I'll give that a shot. Seems like a plan to me…
OK – thanks, anyway!
"Watermark" for logos
Message #87346
OK, guys – here's one that should be a no-brainer, but I can't seem to figure out exactly "how-to": 'Watermarks' or the company or station logo that broadcast stations have added to the lower-right hand corner, which look as though they are clear, and allow anything that they are superimposed…
#More colors in "Flic"
Message #87345
I've heard through the grapevine that soon we will be able to create 64K- and 16M-color "Flic" format files – and noticed that 3DS v 3.0 supports adding playback modules for those high resolution/color formats already. Where do we stand on this, and how far down the road should I…
Thanks, Alan – I was beginning to question my sanity there…
Well, I suddenly got "Read Error 27" messages from WordPerfect when trying to edit some files – the application is installed on the server. (error 27 is their cryptic message meaning "A)bort, R)etry, I)gnore", etc) Anyway – all seems well as of late friday – more news at 11
I found my boots, snuffed out the network connections, reinstalled 3DS on both machines from the original diskettes and all seems well, except some projects files I created in the last two weeks seem to have inherited the attributes (sorry – no pun intended) of the ugly(s) from the server.…
Oh, believe me, I know! I've been fighting the PC-based computers for 11 years now, and everyone loves to play "Stump the Rat" for a pasttime … I've got it all licked, I do believe (well, except I'm sitting here with a Netware 3.11 server that apparently isn't catching write…
Thanks, again John! I like cats, too…
Everything went OK last night! I left four renderings in the queue on one machine, and put a 360-frame render on the other – all came out just fine! Thanks for your help – seriously – sometimes we think we're losing our mind these days …
I was beginning to think that was the case, too – only problem was I didn't see the spaceship come in and zap both machines … Anyway – see other posts in this thread today. I think I've got it cornered. Now I just have to find my pointy-toed shoes…
Thanks to you, as well, Gary. I think you're right in this case – see previous posts this afternoon. Bummer is that now I'm going to end up with two severed 486/66 machines, and will only be able to transport file "the old fashion way" until I get the drive…
Thanks, John – it's been a pleasure seeing people "come to my rescue" that don't even know me from Adam's house cat! I think I've got a handle on it, but it not, I'll be the first to start squacking again!
Well, I *think* I've found the culprit – it =really= didn't make sense to me that both machine would "go south" on me at one time, but this morning when I was trying to copy some WordPerfect documents off the file-server I got an I/O error on the H: (network)…
#3ds3 big bad juju
Message #82663
Have you been following my "BIG problems w/3DS " thread, guys? What the heck is going on here? I've got $3000 worth of program that won't do anything but fall over and play dead right now – not too happy a camper!
OK- so far, for 10 days, I've been left out in the dark, IMHO. I think (since I've been in computers for 21 years, and a reseller for 8) that I know computers pretty darn well. I've run every diagnostic known to man – and *nothing* else has any problem(s)…
Well, unfortunately, the fact is that I have already rendered 1000' s of frames using the exact same configuration I am running now. I have dropped back to DOS 5.0 at one persons suggestion, "unStack"ed my stacker drive at another, reconfigured the vibrant driver to plain "VESA" compat. driver, and…
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#BIG problems w/3DS
Message #82502
OK – I'll see what I can find, but I've already booted "clean" without any drivers except "FILES=", "BUFFERS=" and "Path" and the mouse driver on both machines (remember – we're talking about two different machines having similar but not the same problems…
#BIG problems w/3DS
Message #82501
I haven't changed any settting from the defaults on the cards, so I'll check that out – thanks!
BIG problems w/3DS
Message #82500
Don't know – haven't tried that, yet. You're saying I should take it *out* of the custom configuration for my Hercules Graphite and/or Orchid F1280/VLB and try "VESA compatible" instead?
Well, both machines are at 640x480x64k colors. Changing the resolution doesn't seem to buy me anything. From what I've been told today by a couple of the local 3DS gurus is that MS/DOS 6.x "just ain't cool" (yet), and that I *have* to get rid of my 'Stacker' volume on…
#BIG problems w/3DS
Message #81822
Hey! I'm trying to use 3-D Studio 3.0 (Rev 2) on a Novell network (3.11) and it's doing all sorts of wierd things! Sometimes, I can render everything just fine, and then it will often just lock up with "video noise" (only way I know how to describe it -…
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