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What kind of id is that (102503,3637)? Have they moved you to Paris or have CIS run out of "domestic" id's?
Actually, there is no reason not to have two or more VGA cards in a single machine. Problems is the second/third won't do much if you don't have software for it. The Mac has always had this feature. Some board manufacturers have had this for the PC for quite a…
I had absolutely no problems running 3DS under Win/95. I've been doing this for several months now and it behaves just fine.
Ooh ho.. Ok, in that case, my name is actually Dorothy and I don't exist. I'm just a figure of your imagination… .. twilight zone sound track…
yeah right… I wish… You can't really compare these computers to micro computers. Massive parallel computers work best on certain data models and both OS and application must be hand tweaked to make any good sense. If you could run something like Windows in one of this boxes as is,…
No I don't know anything about NT drivers. I haven't dealt with the PAR for over six months.
>> I'll sell you my SMP Alpha – just bought a used Cray. 😉 Is that right? Which one? I have an X-MP fully loaded. Now all I need is a government grant to pay for the electric bill…
I use the PAR under Windows/95 but there are some tweaks that must be done. First of all, it will not be possible to use it "within" Windows as disk access in Win/95 is done in 32 bit mode (unlike Video which still is largely 16 bits). What I've done…
This is a nature of C++. Without going into much explanation, function names in C++ are "mangled" in order to differentiate between similar named functions in different classes. Because these names are exported [by the linker] you must use a same compiler that "mangles" a function name the same way.…
It seems like your partition table and boot sectors are gone. The partition table defines what type of file system is installed on a particular partition. That's why you get FDISK telling you that's not a DOS disk. The boot sector defines what type of hard disk you have (how…
>> But I am positive we have not purchased or installed NFS on the indy, >> is this the problem? Is this the problem? You bet. If you want to use NFS in order to access the SGI (LW NFS Client) you must have something to answer on the other…
There is no way this can be done as Photshop plug-ins are Windows DLL's. They (the plug-ins) are free to use any function Windows provides and in order to have them running you would have to duplicate the entire Windows API under a DOS session. Under NT this is a…
The Epson printer is primarily a linear device (gamma = 1.0). What might be happening is that you have Photoshop itself set to some other gamma value. Make sure everything in the queue is using gamma 1.0, specially your monitor if you want to see the right color before printing…
Maybe just some clouds is all that's needed… (running away we go…)
I'm almost certain it has nothing to do with cables and/or connections. More likely, you have some program trashing system memory. Specially if you're using a disk cache. As far as the controller goes, if it has its own cache, there is a chance it could be getting screwed up…
I'm not discarding the possibility of a physical problem, but I still think there is a good chance it's just weird data recorded in important tracks. One of the sides of the disk, inaccessible to the user, has all drive information, sector positioning, etc. If that goes bad, specially pointing…
Most drives (the new ones, at least) are meant to work flawlessly for at least 250,000 continuos hours (about 28 years – I guess we have to wait that long to prove it). I have a [ridiculous] number of [large] drives running, some for as long as 8 years, and…
Yep. … and a Corniche is included in every box along with a year supply of Grey Puppon…
>> Could you send me some addresses or phone numbers of the people >> who made your (ISA) extension box. Heck… it's been so long I don't even know if they still exist. The name of the company is Cubix Corporation. They were in Nevada somewhere (I think it was…
Yes the Stylus Color will print at 720 dpi provided you use the special coated paper. I've found that it also works with the HP glossy [desk jet] paper and the results are great. The aspect ratio is square (1.0) as you have 720×720 in every square inch. The final…
The external bus I have is only ISA (16 bits). Included with it came two cards used to connect the computer bus to the box. These cards are needed mostly to handle the signals from one bus to the next. Doing the same for a 32 bit, 33MHz PCI bus…
>> is a commercially available card that will raise things 1/4" or so >> above the MB so the card clears the components? That would screw things up a little as nothing would match up. Your DB9's in the back of the Targa would be half way up and you…
You're running out of swap space. Run "swap -l" and check what you have available. Check "man swap" for more options, including the option of using "virtual" swap space (where the swap space grows as needed depending on disk space).
Oh heck… it's Saturday night, I can look up and see a great nebula right above my head… I haven't been here much lately so I thought… what the heck… let me take a stab at it… (yeah Greg, I know… just move it to Take 5 :> ) First,…
There isn't much preventing you from doing it today. Anyone running a NFS network can do that with release 4. The problem though, you'd better get a T1 link or it will take longer to transfer the images than the time it took to render them, defeating the whole purpose…
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#Internet render farm
Message #181552
There isn't much preventing you from doing it today. Anyone running a NFS network can do that with release 4. The problem though, you'd better get a T1 link or it will take longer to transfer the images than the time it took to render them, defeating the whole purpose…
>> … Then along comes Mr. Gates and takes a software package that retails >> for 17,000.00 and chops it to 7,995.00…. That's called economy of scale… >> … truth is that, relatively, it really doesn't cost that much to design >> and implement. Some people like yourself are overwhelmed…
>> mais c'est beaucoup plus lent. How much memory do you have in your computer? The only reason for it to be slow is lack of memory. Using the default PIF settings (your second question) you should be all right. Win/95 will seat back and 3DS should have full access…
3DSR4 For Sale
Message #180354
Hey dudes and dudettes, I've got a sealed copy of 3DS Release 4 I'm not using and I need the money. It's complete, unregistered, dongled, upgradable, etc., etc…. Please send in the bids… The best one takes it.
After so many replies, let me give another 2 cents… The cost difference isn't too great. A comparable PC (CPU+Memory) isn't that far off. The cost of the software, however, is typically 10x due to the reduced market share. The support contract is a bargain if you consider your time…
>> From 6502 assembler to C++ in 15 years… Some things change pretty >> radically if you just give it enough time. The changes are very subjective. From a 1MHz 6502 to a 133MHz P6, I would expect something more than C++. Something more in the lines of thought replicators…
PARDRV will complain about the DOS version because when you run OS/2, you are not running DOS. The PAR driver relies in DOS structures that are not duplicated under OS/2. I haven't toyed around with OS/2 for over 4 years. They might have changed some of that but if PARDRV…
Yup, David's right. Here's an old post from Gus regarding the difference between single, double and long precision. Note that David's comment re reorienting the scene around the origin ought to help quite a bit. – G : 126684 S2/Autodesk 3D Studio 02-Oct-94 05:32:13 There are, in the PC architecture,…
He, he, he… Yo, I got your call the other day. I have put so many hours of work lately that I've decided to throw my watch away so I don't have to look at it….
>> The '~' usually means that what follows is a User ID on a UNIX >> system. Actually, that's an alias for your home directory (an user's own home dir). What follows isn't an user ID but instead, it would be whatever file and/or subdirectories under your home directory (user's…
PAR in WIN95???
Message #174833
I have no clue. I do not work for DPS. I just wrote that one driver for them. I don't have any experience with Win/95. I went straight to NT bypassing it all together. As far as I know, Win/95 is still the same old Windows 3.1 with some fancy…
I use the Turtle Beach's Monterey card for audio recording, SAW for editing and a MIDIQuest MX32 for SMPTE/MIDI control. SAW (short for Software Audio Workshop) is an 8 track audio editor/mixer. It tracks SMPTE provided by the MX32 card (it reads and writes SMPTE). Call Innovative Quality Software at…
It sounds like you've got some problems with the PAR board. The "Super 8 Timed Out" message is given out by the PARINIT program while loading the microcode from your computer up to the PAR (Super 8 is the CPU used in the PAR). I don't know what that error…
The orbit "prediction" and derived calculations can be found in a number of astronomy books. There isn't a "model" per se as the position is different every moment. The first version of the Solar Path PXP I wrote will create a DXF path (in real scale) of any body in…
Nope. I simply had a Targa installed on that computer. I can only use it while in DOS. Yes, I'm also waiting for a NT version of it.
$300 ain't bad when compared to similar Unix solutions. It's a lot when you think it came from Microsoft though… NTFS is the way to go. It's faster, more stable, and by far more secure. It's BS you can't exchange files with other file systems. A file system only determines…
No you do not need the Advanced Server. The Workstation will work just fine for just about all the folks in this forum. When you switch to 20 machines rendering, you might begin thinking about it but even at that is optional. I'm running version 3.51. I don't know what…
The whole Sunpath system is metric. No worries mate… (I was born with the metric system).
Yep. For what is worth, the Sanyo responds just fine. The problem I noticed is that its implementation of the 422 protocol is a bit too slow. The key to that protocol is that no answer should take longer than 9ms, beyond which it is to believe the link is…
Thanks for the note. That did it. Not only the cabling is different (pin 6 must be grounded) the power-on order is also important. Controller first, Sanyo second. Now they talk to each other (though they have some very heavy accent to over come)…
Invalid Normal Array? Nah… But the synch does go haywire after a couple of minutes. Darn… I should know better not to download video equipment with my replicator…
#Sanyo GVR-950
Message #172384
Yo, If anyone knows how to hook up the GVR950 to an editing suite (RS-422) please let me know. As far as I know this unit is supposed to be RS-422 (Betacam compatible) but it doesn't seem to give any sign of life out of its 232/422 connector. I lost…
To calculate precision (especially the difference between 3DS and Acad), you need to understand the differences between single and double floats. Here's a good posting from Gus on the subject: : 126684 S2/Autodesk 3D Studio 02-Oct-94 05:32:13 There are, in the PC architecture, 3 types of floating point numbers. The…
Wattage would not be accurate regardless what you use (raytrace or scanline render). Wattage is a function of energy spent not amount of light produced. Different sources of light consume different amounts of energy even if providing the same amount of light. Maybe lumens would be an alternative or add…
You must be using the first version of ParOut (1.0) where the "orphan" frames were deleted only at the end of the project. These orphan frames used to dangle around as they were written by 3D Studio only _after_ ParOut had processed them. The new version will keep an internal…
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