This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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David – Helix has a forum that you might want to look into. I currently run Netroom and Stacker 4, and have no problem with Discover. Are you trying to run it while shelled out from Studio (that won't work)? bob
Steven – Check out a couple of the fine 3D Studio books that are out there at most larger bookstores – such as Inside 3D Studio and 3D Studio Applied. With their illustrations, descriptions and tutorials, you'll get a good idea of the full range of 3DS capabilities. I know…
Greg – Way out of line on the "lack of support for the customer" thing. One of the things that people who have this program also have is enough self-reliance to ask the question in a way that will get answers. This is the forum where that happens, better than…
Now that I've seen what you can do with unwanted camera roll, I've got an unwanted jelly roll here (left over from this morning's meeting) that would like some attention . Could be a "sticky" situation. bob
Jeff – I've had the same problem – although every 30 to 60 frames or so, I get a new image. I didn't realize that copying using DOS was an option. I had copied out two sequences from the PAR UI, then used the shareware Namegame utility to rename the…
Greg – They weren't able to get the hardware to properly interact with the software – the limbs were connected to the wrong sensors, and strange "sprites" (they said, possibly the presence of so many metal chairs" were causing frequent jerking and moving of nodes in the wireframe figure on…
Martin – Thanks. I picked up Schreiber's Explode Volume. I think it's the best "explode" currently out there. I'm not sure how things looked at Siggraph, but the Flock of Birds/Puppeteer demonstration in El Segundo was not successful – it didn't come together for Scot and the other guy from…
Martin – Let me know when/where the Animator Studio is to be demo'd. I and several others would like to go – and/or have them come down here to demo as well. bob
Lee – Sounds like a plan to me – which congressman do we write to? bob
Martin – Did you bring anything back with you? (That is, that doesn't require a doctor's attention). See you in our October meeting, where yours truly will demo Pennello and Razor. Give me a call! bob
Eric – Saw your note about Eyebrowse problems, and wanted to comment to the reference about the Main Window display and 8-bit displays. You're fighting a losing battle. Several of the new IPASs (Mirage and Eyebrowse) and several coming IPAS tools (the soon-to-be-released IPAS from XAoS called Pennello among them)…
ana – Tell me more. What are the differences between the models mentioned? Do they include the puck, and are the pens cordless? Are they older models, and do Wacom drivers work consistently across their entire product line? And finally, what's the asking price? 🙂 TIA bob
russel – The largest drive currently supported by the PAR is the Micropolis 2217A IDE drive, weighing in at 1.6 Gig. SCSIs are not currently supported. You're correct, this is not one of the SCSI AV drives, but I have yet to see heat recalibration problems with the drive (I've…
Paul – I had exactly the same problem last week (I think) – I would put a background bitmap in video post, and as I left the VP dialog box – BINGO – little green bars across the top of the screen! My solution was to take a copy of…
Robert – You might want to look at Netroom – it's the only memory manager that can regain MORE THAN 640 K (because of the fact that it does unconventional things with TSRs that normally load into the first meg of memory, such as video and bios). I have 686…
Robert – Not sure what the minimum memory requirement is, but QEMM or the Netroom memory managers may help. I currently use Netroom, with great success. I'm running Netroom 3.02, the PAR, and PAR.EXE 1.27B, and have no problems shelling out to DOS, even if I haven't launched 3dshell (Started…
John There is an IPAS routine called Old Movie from the Pyros Partnership that shows mold and scratches, and can add a sepia tone to animations. bob
#DPSPAR 1.25/Windows/etc.
Message #122996
To Alan & Brick – Voila! The last two suggestions solved all my problems (I've even stop losing hair – not). I used the S-VHS out from the board to the TV , using a 50 foot Monster Cable, and the view on the screen is EXCELLENT. And, I no…
Manual Netroom Unload
Message #122795
Used the autoexec.bat and config.sys as you'd editted them, and the computer hung as I indicate below in my message to Stac. Let me know if you don't think it's their question. Thanks again for the help!
PAR q's/PAR + Windows
Message #122794
Alan – You know, that is really strange. I just learned last week what the retail was going to be, and I just about fell down. The effects are great (although I'm struggling to see where I can apply them regularly in my work) – but I can't see anyone…
Alan – Well, I managed to pry defeat from the jaws of victory! I went out and bought an "F" to RCA connector and connected the board to video in on the TV, video in on the VCR with no luck. No signaI, picture or disturbance graces the TV screen.…
Help! with SentinelPro
Message #122688
Brian – Thanks for staying with a hardware novice through all of this – I went with the $20 solution and bought a new parallel port – works like a charm! Thanks again for the handholding! bob
Alan – Thanks for the info – you'd think I could have figured it out. By the way, are you on the beta for Xaos Pennello? I've been having fun with it, but I was curious how others were using it. I've only found one "production environment" use I've been…
#PAR q's/PAR + Windows
Message #122537
Alan- I've still haven't been able to get a clean boot (without Netroom memory manager and stacker), but I'm working with Helix Software on how to uninstall Netroom – it's a long, complicated story and I won't bore you with the details. I have been able to get the PAR…
Brian – Downloaded HWLOCK.TXT and tried those options. Installed the DPS PAR drive and board and a 16 MB SIMM module, but the SentinelPro worked after those installations. In fact, all other programs can print to/use the parallel port. (I can also do DIR > PRN and get dos to…
Actually , Heinz, I think there may be another way to render with custom palette that will even do you a better job. (This may have already been suggested in this thread, and I just missed it). If the "scenary" (read: colors and lighting) doesn't change much, you can render…
Thanks for the good ideas – however – I couldn't get any of the options to work! Since the installation has functioned before, and I'm not having any printer problems (still LPT1, etc.), I don't know what to do next. Have tried to reinstall to see if I have some…
Paul – Just happened to ask a similar question regarding my current 3DS installation. Here's the info I got – you might want to reference the "hwlock" file referred to as well. Good luck! Robert, > Download hwlock.txt from the 3D Studio Library section. Also, here is a posting regarding…
#Help! with SentinelPro
Message #120834
I could use some help! Out of the blue, my Gateway 2000 486DX266 stopped recognising the SentinelPro when it is plugged into the parallel port. I am able to print to that port, from both DOS and Windows, but whenever I launch 3DS – I get a message that the…
Glen – Thx for the input – where did you order the additional DOS-based software? rw
Greg – Thanks for the info. . . two q's – Does it have to run in a DOS window under Windows (I can't see any benefit to running 3D Studio under Windows)? – How does one acquire the .exe file? Thanks. . . and how's the new biz? What…
Lantastic, WFW & Mirage
Message #120642
Don Sorry for the long delay in reply – been on vacation for the last several weeks. I appreciate the info – as a matter of fact, I have had problems restoring readable TGAs from QIC80 tapes at my service bureau. Sometimes the backup software is unable to restore a…
#Lantastic, WFW & Mirage
Message #120641
Glen – Thanks for the info. (Been on vacation for a couple of weeks, so didn't get back sooner). Are you able to use WFW Add-on for DOS to render 3D Studio outside of Windows across a network??? Sure would save me money not having to use Lantastic, etc, since…
Just a suggestion – Shop prices. I got the 1.7 G Micropolis from Hard Disks International (Insight) for $929.00 plus $8.00 shipping. Digimation offers the TBC IV for eight hundred something. Also, I just learned from DPS that their is a conflict between the PAR software and firmware on the…
Kevin – It's sometimes a mistake to surface on CIS. It's now inevitable that someone will ask you when the book is due to be released. I, of course, hadn't even thought to ask . . . By the way …. :-] Talked recently to Martin Foster – he had…
Thanks, Alan Netroom is a great memory manager (I have 633 k bytes of base memory), but it does wierd things like load the BIOS high and reposition the "hard-coded" video area that is part of the first meg. We'll see. In the meantime, I can dream of what my…
#DPS Par Run Time Error
Message #118493
My DPS Par installed fine, and PARINIT and PARDRV install correctly with each boot. I was able to go through all the diagnostics for board and hard disk (Micropolis 2217A) with no problem. So far so good. HOWEVER, when I type "PAR" from the DPS_PAR directory, I get no further…
#Lantastic, WFW & Mirage
Message #118065
Alan – How's life with Lantastic? I guess I'm going to have an opportunity to experience it, along with life with a PAR (just rec'd mine today, with the 1.6 gig Micropolis). Do you know anybody who has successfully gotten Lantastic and Windows for Workgroups (3.11) working? I'd be quite…
3D Studio User's Grp Mtg
Message #116696
The Southern California 3D Studio User's group meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at 10 am in Huntington Beach, as Greg indicated. We meet the Orange County IBM PC User's Group meeting area at 17632 Metzler, Suite 211. To get there, take the 405 (San Diego) Fwy to Beach…
#Siggraph '94 Impressions
Message #116454
Greg – Correct! Can't wait to see it. See you there! rw
Alan – Can't wait to see the demo reel. Can you pick up a copy for your buddy at the So. Cal. 3D Studio sig? The feature list put up by G is incredible. Let me know if you managed to finagle a quick test drive at Siggraph. Call you…
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