This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Have you actually looked at a PAR displayed sphere rendered to 752X480 at 0.851 AR on your monitor? While I don't have a PVR, I doubt it has the option of 640×480 output which is 1.0 AR. It would seem likely that your monitor is out of calibration. I do…
Time line editors make syncing up audio wav files to video files very simple. Just record the audio to a wav file and then place it on the time line. test the synchronization. then slide back and forth until it looks and sounds together. You can even do lip sync…
This is only from my experience and not based on any text book theories or formulae. The problem with using JPG, even at full quality, vs. targa, even RLE compressed targas is when you have to go through several codecs to reach your end product. When you store the jpg…
>>why not try out GPS? You should be able to get a waterproof GPS device to try out underwater. If it works, it'll give you very accurate data without the reshoot. I'm not sure what else you'd need to interface with it, some sort of timecode/position recorder I'd think. Mabe…
>>(I'm using 32bit Netscape 1.1, running NT, 28.8 access, FWIW Hi John. Thanks for visiting my site. I'm aware of the problem. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer yet. It's wierd. Some browsers will get it but netscape does not. I have the latest 1.2 and can't get it. I…
Thanks Alex. It seems for me right now the right course is to let things the way they are. I have decided to install win95 on it's own HD and electrically switch to it when I want to run win95. The prices of 540 meg hard drives makes this the…
>>Don, may I ask what your' "underwater cave mapping program" is?? It is a program that takes standard underwater survey data and converts it to a graphic map of an underwater cave system. I wrote it years ago in BASIC and later in GWBasic. It is used in the production…
Hi Jonas: At SIGGRAPH95 there was a patch modeler IPAS announced for 3DS r4. What is the expected ship date? It was mentioned at siggraph but I wonder if it is still on target? I have a project that would benefit greatly from its use. My deadline is middle of…
#Kind Hospitality thanks
Message #189945
>>What really kills me is, besides games, the only program I use that I still need DOS for is 3DS! I have three: 3DS, animator pro, and my underwater cave mapping program I wrote in GW Basic. Hey Alan, I never thanked you for your kind hospitality while I was…
Thanks for this tip. I have posted this to my things to check out when the time comes to install win95.
>>Can anyone help me solve this problem? "Invalid Normal Array" is most commonly triggered when the 3DS software has been modified for the purpose of dongle removal. Are you using a hardware lock with your 3DS package? If so, and you are using a registered legal copy then you also…
Hi Martin: I, too, am very impressed with WB. One of my clients has it and I'm always impressed with the stuff he does using World Builder. I agree with you about price whining. The ball is on the seller's side of the court and if WB doesn't sell because…
Dennis: The PAR will output three types of video signals as you know: composite; Y/C; and component Y,R-Y,B-Y. The betacam SP decks require sync to be fed externally no matter what video signal you feed them if the sync switch is set for external. Some beta decks always need this…
Incompatibilities MS admits to are a general statement. If you go to their web site and follow the guidelines for selecting the operating system best suited for ones needs part of the process is to screen your current hardware for NT support. MS admits that with NT there are less…
To Greg, Alec and others; I spent some time reviewing the web pages at http://www.microsoft.com/NTserver/NTs2map? (I think that is where I was) They have flow charts, bullets and a series of web pages with features list explaining how to choose between 95, workstation, and server. It has the system requirements…
Just went through it with them two months ago on a 2210. They have plenty of warranty drives for replacement. You have two choices, Send them your drive and they send you a new one you pay the shipping. Or, give them a credit card# and they will Fed EX…
Thanks for the info, Alex. I've filed it away for future reference.
It's faster to just delete the files than to reformat. I do the same. And guess what? I still get AOL disks and I'm already a member.
Hmmmmm??? I was at Walmart this afternoon and I too noticed the win95 all over the place. Price is now $79. I wonder if Microsoft stock is going to match the win95 selling price.
#AOL -free disks
Message #188452
>>People can't understand why I have no interest… Reminds me of my experience when Prodigy had their TV ad blitz.
I have seen it work, played with it very minimally. In my opinion it is just windows 3.11 repackaged with a few nice features added. Drag and drop and MS network are two that I find interesting. The rest depends on your application softwareand what it does. At the moment,…
Keep us posted if you find out anything, Ralph. It's been a week since the computer stores have stocked win95 and for a month have been announcing about prepay to avoid the "shortage after the 24th. I don't know how many were on that prepay frenzy but I do know…
>>I ain't no NT expert, Sounds like a triple negative. >>I believe the Workstation version will allow something like 5 users to be logged into it. 5 users of what? more NT, WFW? WIN95? Lantastic? Novell? MS LANMGR? etc.
>>I was told that DPS has no plans to support additional / larger hard drives. That is exactly opposite of what Brick Eckstein and Dave White told me at SIGGRAPH. It is also exactly opposite of what they recently did. The Version 1.51 was released for the sole purpose of…
I would see the reason to switch to the PVR if one already has a Pentium with PCI empty slot and running NT and needs the increased quality NOW. DPS has assured me they will support the PAR as long as there is ISA. An example of this is the…
>>DPS now has a new system to replace the PAR that produces even higher quality output for the same money. The official word from DPS is that the PVR is not replacing the PAR. You should think of the two like this: The PAR is an animation recorder capable of…
If you read the win95 box it says total compatibility with win 3.1 apps. If you listen to all the talk there is nothing but bugs doing this. I think the latest idea I had is to test the waters with a separate C: hard drive I can move the…
Some good solid advice! Thanks. I do have ethernet with Lantastic AI 5.0. I guess I use dual boot for the windows NT machine and run 3DS max and R4 on it. Will the NT boot talk to my other drives, ie recognize the AI network? What about using windows…
The theory has been tested here and as far as WFW is concerned it failed the acid test. I had so many problems with large file handling (eg. 1 meg size) that I just gave up, switched to Lantastic and all those problems went away. MS would never admit to…
#Windows NT How to?
Message #187938
I have a problem that I'm sure many out there also have and many here are in a position to offer many opinions. I have a Lantastic 5.0 network on 4 – 486-66's with 32megs of ram on each running peer to peer. I run windows 3.11 with win32's flawlessly…
#ASOFT Party
Message #187342
Hey David: The problem here is that the images are still so the VBLUR suggestion is good, I think. Field rendering is only an issue when there is motion, ie animation. I have never tried it since most of my problems that Christophe has stems from Corel Draw art created…
Don't worry, you are not having this problem due to being in the PAL format. Your problem stems from the interlaced scanned TV that is displaying the hard edged horizontal lines in your graphics. When the very edge of the horizontal line goes from a dark (usually black) line to…
If coming from a Hi8 master the video on the VHS will look better if you took from the composite PAR out instead. If you mastered from the Y/C to betacam SP then this beta source will look just as good as the original PAR composite when viewed from the…
I have been using a 12v. 4 inch fan on both my 1G and 1.6 G. Micropolis drives. A contact thermometer reads 94 degrees F. I suggest using a fan at all times on these drives.
#183212-
#Autodesk 3ds party
Message #183275
Hi Nik: How about posting an unofficial invite to all of us that didn't receive the official one. I need to know where the party is being held and when. Address please! I will print out your message to this effect and bring it with me. I'm leaving tomorrow morning…
Very simple rule. I would only buy from a forum regular. If a stranger shows up making a fabulous offer too good to be true it probably is. I wouldn't have any problems buying from individuals who are on here on a daily basis. These people won't be selling out…
>>(We always *used* to get invites for these copies.) Hey! Don't blaim me, I voted for Bush.
Hi Paul, Looking forward to meeting you this year as we missed you last year. Things are doing fine here in the video business. I'm full A/B roll betacam SP now and everything's working fine. I ended up with all UVW decks. Don
>>Please be aware, that if you have a "not for resale" copy (evaluation, education, etc.), that you were not sent an invitation. Well that explains why Gary Yost is not getting an invitation but I've been registered since release 1.0 and original Animator 1.0.
OK Gary. I'll print your message out for admission. I don't want to get beat up by those LA cops and be prosecuted by Marcia for crashing the ADESK party.
Thanks Jonas. I thought the mail was just doing its black hole thing again. I'm leaving for CA next Wednesday so I thought I'd better ask. Seems many here are in the same boat.
#ADESK Party
Message #182153
Has anyone received extra ADESK Party passes? I didn't receive one this year so I assume it was lost in the mail. I would appreciate it if anyone is not going to forward one to me otherwise I will be forced to party on my own that night in LA,…
Paul, Do you know anything about the Cineworks D-Vision? How does it compare to better NLE systems. I don't have any specs handy and a client here has asked me for my opinion.
>>but just so that you don't feel alone, we didn't get ours yet either! Maybe we'll just have to throw our own party next door.
Great, then we can have all those machines sitting in our net as failed with no way to "clean" them unless we hop on a plane and fly around the country to reset them.
#181476-
#Internet render farm
Message #181491
Great, then we can have all those machines sitting in our net as failed with no way to "clean" them unless we hop on a plane and fly around the country to reset them.
While at Comdex in April, Intel announced p5-75 pricing for the end of the year at $175 retail. They announced that this will be their entry level processor. At that time pricing was ~$600, I believe. FWIW 486 MB's are now below $100. PCI and pentium MB's are falling rapidly…
#ADESK party
Message #181395
Has anyone received the invites yet to the ADESK party. Or are they being handed out at the booth this year. To Alan: I got the Siggraph badge in today's mail. Thanks again. Don
Thanks. Well, once again the technology explosion supports one of my economic theories: "NEVER BUY PROMISE OF TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY WITH TODAY'S DOLLARS. IT WILL ALWAYS BE CHEAPER AND BETTER IF YOU WAIT UNTIL IT BECOMES TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY." dlandis
Because Ted probably wants a different picture on his badge. This way he can attend as an imposter. GR&D.
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