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>> I'll drop Pax a line to find out what's going on with the local >> Siggraph chapter. Thanks for the tip! No problem… it really is a small world, isn't it? Just the other day, Lynn Finch, the Orlando SIGGRAPH Chairperson, posted a call for entries to this year's…
>> Just think about the applications and what it would mean to tie VR in >> to BioFeedback regarding Physically Challenged and Brain Damaged >> individuals more access and control. One of my Mechanical Engineering professors did this on the side. Used Silicon Graphics boxes with motion analysis gadgets (that's…
>> William Gibson is the pinnacle of the genre IMHO. Check out the new (Sept/Oct) issue of WIRED. Great magazine. Cover story by William Gibson… "We sent William Gibson to Singapore to see whether that clean dystopia represents our techno future." Other articles include an interview with George Gilder (Microcosm,…
>> The Tseng ET4000/W32 chip provides quite good Windows accelleration >> along with the same DOS VGA speed the ET4000 has always had. Good chipset. Supposed to be completely backwards compatable with the ET4000, so, all other things failing, you could always use a generic ET4000 driver. Not the best…
#3ds and video post
Message #56003
Nope, no experience with Modcomp or Harris stuff. I should clarify that I work at the Daytona Beach facility, which was part of the General Electric Aerospace acquisition early this summer. Not much has changed since then… signs still say GE. We use primarily Sun Sparc 1/2/10s… approximately 70% of…
>> Benchmarks in a recent comparative review show that the Hercules >> Graphite 1MB ISA board — ISA, mind you!!! Not EISA or VLB!! — is >> actually FASTER than any other company's fixed-function VESA VL-Bus board, >> including the Diamond Viper VLB, Metheus 928 VLB, #9 GXE VLB, or…
>> Greg, we spoke several months ago about the use of DEM's in 3DS. >> Here's an update on my progress if you are interested. PMJI, but what's a DEM? Is that similar to the Digital Mapping Agency data we use at work? What is the source and the format…
There is a great deal of graphics activity in the Orlando area because of the University of Central Florida (well, at least that's one reason). UCF has one of the most highly regarded Computer Science ciriculums in the _country_, up there with the bigwigs like Stanford, Car/Mellon, MIT, etc. UCF…
>> I'd die without NDOS If you think NDOS is keen, you ought to try 4DOS v4 by JP Software. Symantic/Norton bought the rights to v3.0x of 4DOS so they could include it in NU 6.0. 4DOS v4.0 came out after DOS 5.0. (WOW! It just occured to me that…
>> Please contact me if you have any more questions. Thanks so much for the informative discussion of your books. They sound great! I will be calling Pyros real soon! Dan
Michele, I am interested in your books, and have contacted Greg Pyros about ordering them. I have yet to do so, though, because of the pending release of r3. If you have had the opportunity to work with it, would you care to comment on the applicability of your books.…
Orlando SIGGRAPH is one of the most active and exciting local chapters in the country. We have the finest newsletter, great monthly presentations, a SIG Kids chapter that is active in education, a yearly (coming in November) VideoGanza (feature length presentation of the best in local animation talent – GREAT…
I will certainly take a look at DEALER.LST… but I would have to give the r3 upgrade to you or Greg P. Definitely the kind of proactive dealers that I would prefer to deal with. Since you are on the east coast…. charge sales tax for a Florida sale?! Dan
3rd Dimension Readers!
Message #55380
Well, I hope that the folks at Metrolink are sucessfull in getting one started. I'm sure that they could use all the help that they can get (starting such a group is no simple matter, a fact that you are very aware of at this point ). Give Garry a…
Howdy, Rick. Sorry I haven't contacted you sooner, but I moved and am under deadline at work. Did you get the Orlando SIGGRAPH article I emailed you? Some folks from MetroLink, Inc (also in Ft. Lauderdale / Pompano Bch) were in attendance at our last meeting… they were checking us…
Angelo, I would very much like to be included on your mailing list for 3rd Dimension. I feel very strongly that Autodesk's dealer program is one of their weakest links, so it has been refreshing to chat with respectible dealers like yourself and Mr. Pyros in this forum. Dan O'Leary…
#3ds and video post
Message #55278
>> Lastly, I am in Orlando, Fla. Wow! Another local. Where do you work? Are you active with our local SIGGRAPH chapter? Dan
This is very true. It does all go back to connectivity and, as you say, robust(ness/ivity). An excellent idea, though. I would like to have a couple of R4400s under the hood of a dedicated 3ds render engine! How bout it? You could call it…. Farm in a Box. Or…
#SGI and NewTek
Message #52391
Ok, folks. Saw the SGI show the other day. $4995 price point is a hoax. Every SGI guy/gal I talked to recommended a minimum of 64megs as a realistic animation and video start-point. That alone will set you back a cool $6000! Hard drive is also extra, lots extra. Look…
#SGI Indy system
Message #61452
Well guys and gals, you can all relax. The indy system isn't the amiga-killer many of us thought it would be. I saw an SGI showing of it 2 days ago here in Orlando. (It's touring the country, call SGI for more info – Voyage of Discovery it's called 1-800-800-7441…
Let me know if you need a water boy for that sponge! Dan
#Books?
Message #51279
Hello again, Greg. Word has it that you carry the set of 3 books that Ms…. (I'm horrible with names!) has done. One on the lofter, one on… well, I'm not sure, really, that's why I'm contacting you. Could you give me a brief description of them, with prices and…
Just after composing my message concerning the demo reel, I did read your note to Mr. Johnston. Sounds as though we are on our own. As far as August weather in Orlando, we joke that the forecast is the same every single day that time of year… 75 in the…
I would like to be on the receving end of this issue, please. My address is… 275 E. Central Parkway #638 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 ^^^That's just north of Orlando, so we'll get to meet next year at SIGGRAPH 94! Dan
Hot Stuff CD
Message #51061
Word has it that you have some books available on 3ds. Could you please give me a summary of each, along with ordering information and prices? thanks Dan
20 minutes of video, eh? According to my quick and dirty calculations, that would only take 8 MONTHS of continuous rendering to generate. ohhhh… I'd give my kingdom for a cheap real-time box. Dan
For us poor souls who won't make it to sunny California for this year's SIGGRAPH…. how do we get a copy of the demo reel? Dan ps – We'll just see how many of you make the trek to OTown (Orlando) for SIG 94!!! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE. Anyone out there gonna be…
>That's what I've refered to (on ironic tone): the price! It's a >great box for its price but then you have to get the software… and >it has a (BIG) price. Before buy, I allways ask twice about the >price of the complete solution. I know how greats Unix programs…
>You may be right and the market may never materialize, but I think >it could if SGI really makes this machine visible. A lot of Mac and >PC people know almost nothing about SGI. You stand to win even if the SGI machine doesn't go off like a rocket. It…
Boy howdy is that machine (the Extreme) an unbeliveable package. We have one at work…. not that I can use it of course. There is absolutely no question that SGI has the best line of machines on the planet, I'd take any one of them (I'm holding out for an…
> I'm sure he remembers the Boot Camp stuff… That was an incredibly > useful set of tutorials that he wrote. HE DID WRITE THOSE!!?? GAWD. He really _IS_ my hero. I need to get him to sign my 3ds manual! Dan
What about the software?! The best rendering and animation software around is available for Unix platforms. This machine is binary compatable with all other SGI boxes… over 1800 apps! Plus Insignia Solutions has made software emulators for it… runs windows and dos apps. Kinda blows the whole idea though, 8…
Did I mention that it also runs Windows and DOS apps via software emulation (by Insignia Systems). Yes, software emulation is slow on slow computers, but this a 100MIPS box we are talking about. DannO
I think that the primary importance of the INDY is what it will do to the market. Even without a drive $4995 is a phenomenal price for this kind of package. Nothing on the market today comes close. 100 MIPS, 61SPECfp92, 26K triangles/sec (thats dithered 8bit, expandable to true 24bit…
I was 10 in … (hear the calculator working?) … 1979. That is an approximate guess of when I had my Atari… 10-12 anyway. Don't worry, I never program. DannO
Well, more like 10 years old and STRUGGLING to TRY to learn assembler. Never really got it down, but I did write a few cool display list interrupts. Color cycling was all the rage then. Dan ps – ask him if he remembers the 'Boot Camp' series of articles on…
So Tom Hudson is the same guy who used to write the columns in the Atari magazines…. he was like a god to me then – 10 years old, Atari 800, learning assembly language on 6502. Those were the days. dan
> Ahh. Oh yes, that makes sense. I guess the software and hardware markets are pretty different critters. Aldus, while alienating dealers with a direct-only upgrade path, at least can make some money at it because they expect future upgrades. Not so with Herc. DannO
> WHO DID YOU TALK TO?!?!? I called all over trying to get 3ds at student discounted prices and was told on numerous occasions that there was no such beast. Is it release 2? What did you pay for it (hope you don't mind me asking)? What is your dealer's…
> Any good books out there on NTSC, etc. DannO
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