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#NT , flaky system blues
Message #168079
Ok, now I must de-flake my system…. NT boots and runs fine, but in my endless quest for the Tweak, I peeked at the Event Log and low and behold, I see several errors. It says that a device attempted to use COM3 and failed. Of course it failed, I…
>Do you know you can use Alt-Tab to switch between apps in Windows >also? Yes, I know you can, but with the resource limitations with windows, I've never been able to do it with BIG graphic Apps. only with small word processors and utilities, etc. On my first NT session,…
>John, now seriously, this is how rumors get started. No that is not true. >You can use 2 disk drive per controller with up to six IDE/ESDI >controllers. > >One thing that many people may not be aware of is that NT is a tight OS. >If your system is…
>Hmmm…someone on the WINNT forum said this also, and said it >*does* work for him. I'm hoping the fact that all my HD's are identical will let it work. (fingers crossed.. good luck……… DC
>I thought I heard of a problem with NT was that you couldn't have IDE's >and SCSI HDD's co-exist. Have you heard the same? Not at all. I did have a problem with 3 IDE drives, but I also have an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card connected to a Seagate 1Gb…
>I saw you mention this a little while back. Are you saying NT won't recognize more than 2 IDE HD's ??? I've got one of the Intel P90 MB's, and have 4 identical 540meg drives hanging off it, (they're on the HCL list). Am I going to lose 2?. If…
>Bullet Proof…. It is fantastic alright. My problems stem from two unusual circumstances. 1) I have a mother board with TWO built in IDE controllers,. I had 3 IDE drives on the system. NT has a bit of a problem with that. The problem is documented but the solution is…
Thanks, So far, the only Win16 apps that crashed in NT are ones that just don't work. I migrated my WFWG groups to NT, so a lot of the programs are not compatible with NT. So far, it's been love and hate all the way. I fell in love with…
> PAL and NTSC >Different boards. Shame…… Not related to the above, but I'm considering getting an old fashioned PAR. 1) The quality is fine for what I'm doing. It's available now 2) It's fairly well debugged. 3) There is some good 3rd party software available. 4) I can run…
>Great, so you'll keep us posted as you delve into it more… You betcha, delving away…… (Now I can't quite get a proper PPP connection going, getting close though, at least my modem stays connected. A BIG improvement over yesterday ) Bye David
>Sounds like you've got it covered Yeah, I had to lose a drive but if I can get a decent download of the NT service pack #2, Ill probably get that back. Ever since I started working with computers (8088 Tandy, Atari St, Amiga 500, etc ) I found the…
>that's good to hear, I crash windows a lot, and try to only have one or two >open apps at any one time. Same with me. crash after crash, It's not so bad now that I have "Landmark DataSafe" it allows you to recover from GPFs and other crashes most…
Thanks John I'll try taking Phar Lap out of the System .INI….( god ..it's going to be great not having to deal with that next year.) As soon as I I had a hang up durning the ESDI/IDE driver install (express) and I saw the info on page 33 of…
Yeah…. Considering the problems I had ( no where near as bad as trying to get my scanner to work with my SCSI card) but still, annoying enough, I'm sure many people will have questions / problems with the move to NT. It is a fairly amazing Opsys. It feels…
>Hmm.. Feel free to use Hardware/Opsys/Video section when it relates to >our products and your system and NT. Thanks, Jonus I'm sure it will be appreciated by a lot of people in the coming year. David
#NT………..Hmmmm.
Message #167391
Because of the direction that 3D Studio is headed, I think we should have a place on this forum for Windows NT questions. I just got NT so I would be very comfortable with it by the time 3DS 5 comes out. The setup was a real PAIN IN THE…
tricky,tricky,tricky…… It took me a LOT of trial and error to get it to work using the bevel function in the lofter. It's hard but it can work. You should get the book "Inside 3D Studio" (New Riders Pub.) there are a few other solutions…. 1) there is a shareware…
>yes. Great DC
Thanks Dave, PAL really isn't an issue for me right now, It does come up often here in Miami, but if the NTSC card ships on sched. , I'll be a happy camper. Now that you brought it up, will a NTSC card be software changeable to PAL? David Camp
Thanks, I look forward to using your "crane" now that I have an idea how. Thanks again DC
Help…Learn the Camera
Message #166921
Thanks, I look forward to using your "crane" now that I have an idea how. Thanks again DC
Thanks, I look forward to using your "crane" now that I have an idea how. Thanks again DC
>Thanks for all the feedback! Well, ……. thanks for all the fonts! David Camp
Just thought I'd let you know (not that it really matters, but what the hey ) I'm so happy about your decision to go to NT, that I went out and got a copy now. Thats it Bye DC
Mike Whoa boy…….. this is a friendly discussion, not a war Of course everyone (we hope) really wants to have all their IPAS stuff for the great changeover, but let's face facts….it wont all happen at once. In some cases, as with some of the better share/free ware, it may…
>If 3DS had a proprietary font format I'd gladly give them to Gary for the >next release > Considering how easy it is to support a proprietary format, ( a couple of >lines of code), > Wouldn't it be great to type paragraphs of type in 3DS with perfect >kerning,…
Thanks for the info
>The only thing wrong with that scenario is that it means you'll have to >have a dual boot sequence, something I definitely will NOT do if I change >over to NT What's wrong with a dual boot seq? NT senses if you have Win/Dos installed and can be set up…
>film project… It turned out to be nothing, the person approached me at the Convention Center durning the Strictly Business Computer Expo. He took my number but hasn't called. If he does, I'll put him in touch with you. I am very interested in film. ( I worked in the…
> I am trying to use the stars.ipx to create a star field that moves in the >back ground. It looks like the manual says that if you animate your >camera, the stars will move accordingly. Well I have the camera target >linked to a dummy – which happens to…
Please put me on the list for NURBS information also. Thank you.
Bravo.
>Well, sure, I want to know that Meshpaint, Bones Pro, LensFX and >MeteReyes will ALL be available for R5 (because if even _one_ isn't, I >ain't upgrading!). > >I also want to know that I won't have to spend a thousand dollars just to >upgrade all my routines. I mean,…
>Hi, I'm new. Can you tell me hoy to go into a chat, and if there is a free >dowenload section Hi I'm David Camp. Are you using WinCim? > a free >dowenload section? Sometimes i spend $50 – $100 a month for compuserve downloads. Only selected things a free…
#Metaballs Ques.
Message #166459
Hi Kyle, When ever I try to make a complex metaball model, I always hit the 64K limit! I've tried many different settings but I can't seem to get a good balance between not having too many facers or getting enough detail. How do you approach this problem? BTW Your…
Thanks… you take care also DC
> RP is so nice. Yeah, fate is a funny thing. after looking at both, and really putting a lot of effort into finding out as much information about both as I could, I made a very carful and well thought out decision. As soon as I could, I would…
> I had one client that needed these capabilities and was able to >purchase them. >This doesn't happen often. It happens all the time ( every time I fall asleep, ) Bye….you lucky guy, you David
Thanks for the info….. Do you know of anyone working with a PAR and Premiere 4.0? Are the drivers out? David White from DPS hasn't answered that question, (I've asked Twice) Thanks again Bye David
> enjoying it greatly 🙂 We all do it just for the fun ………ah …. yeah……ahummmm………cough
> Razor pro is just not in my current budget however. Same here……… 1st priority is a PVR (or a cheap PAR, if I can find one) I'll survive with Premiere for a while and, hopefully, there will be drivers for Premiere from DPS in the near future. Bye David
What about my other question? Premiere 4.0 support? Can the PVR and Premiere work together or must I get RAZOR right away? Where are the PAR drivers for Premiere? ( I was offered a new PAR for an amazingly low price, I may go for it.) >I believe the rumors…
>(I know, easy for me to say!) Ok…. sometimes you make a lot sense I was just offered a PAR (new in box, from a dealer) for $1400. This decision is getting harder all the time. The only thing that "might" make me go for the old instead of the…
>What exactly is considered film resolution, anyway? See the other replies, they tell it better than I could. David
I suppose with the wide distribution of film through the video media ( Cable, VTR, SAT. etc) The definition of "acceptable" film resolution is probably in a constant state of flux. I does open a lot of doors to a lot of people if PCs can now handle motion picture…
>I have a working version here and IT will start shipping in June. I wish I >could find out who you talked to because it is not true. Ok I'll take your word for it and wait, but I sure hope that you're right. If it is delayed more than…
>really? I've had great results with SeeZ. Really? when you use it for a map for Displace? I'll have to spend a lot more time playing with it, because I must've been doing something wrong. Maybe it was how I used displace, not SeeZ. It just seemed that there wasn't…
>…… pretty straightforward: I find everything in 3D Studio fits that description. I'll try it tonight, I appreciate it. Thanks again David
> If only Premier would read *.ani files the product would be better than >Insinc's Razor pro. Every day I spend some time exploring Premiere and it hasn't stopped amazing me. I do hear, however, that the latest upgrade to RAZOR PRO is really great. I may end up getting…
>we haven't actually done film resolution yet. So far it's only D1 (720 x >486). I'll have to ask Greg Pyros about it.. As much as I'd like to back into motion picture production, my better judgement tells me to pass on the project. 3D Studio is just about the…
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