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#A4000 Repair ?
Message #216371
Anybody know of a reliable and trustworthy place to get an A4000 worked on. Or better yet, someplace that will do a motherboard swap? I think I have a bad socket for my Chip Ram on an A4000. Any help will be appreciated. Brian
Wayne, If you noticed another message I posted to Chuck, the LW 4.0 beta version seems to have massive problems in saving scene information (my problems were with regard to image informaiton, in particular remembering image info and flyer clips mapped to objects, and forgetting other image info that I…
What New Orleans conference are you speaking of? (sorry, Ed, I didn't post according to the thread title again. It IS a useless battle!)
RE: DVC DVCpro, I just read that Panasonic's DVCpro equipment will be able to read the Consumer DVC version. It could have been that Sony is licensing the DVC for consumer stuff only… Hey Tom (if you are out there watching this thread), what kind of Sony DVC stuff are…
I read that right after NAB in an article about the Panasonic show-n-tell of DVC. It said that Sony and someone else were licensing the format. Anyone else out there know anything ? I haven't been to the BP forum lately to see if it is being discussed over there.…
Thanks for your insights. It runs contrary to my in the dark assumptions….which are.. It seems that Sony is also going to use the DVC/pro and come out with equipment very soon. I just assumed that since Sony was going with this format, that it would be the Betacam of…
Hank, or any other flite gear users…. Does flite gear get the time code from the Flyer RS422 ports ? I assume it does, and only needs the other controllers to issue commands to the VCRs. Too bad the Flyer RS422 ports can't be used to control the VCRs. This…
Pardon me for jumping in here… I saw the Diavolo info in another thread. I have Amiback, but no SCSI except for the Flyer. Can I use Diavolo (or AmiBack) with my DAT hooked up to the SCSI3 on the Flyer? .. Thanks in advance, Brian
Jerry, Can you tell me where to get netscape 1.1? I have been able to get Eudora to work with the CIS dial in program (very convoluded, though, so don't ask), so I am hoping that possibly Netscape would work with the PPP connection that the CIS dialer program provides.…
In very refreshing, short order, your tech department has already shipped one to me (at least I think that is what is waiting for me to pick up at the mail box). thanks, Brian
NO problem at all, I was probably out of line. Now, if my 4.03 install disk just wasn't bad, all would be fine in the world… Keep it up !
Jerry, Thanks for the info. I won't waste another night on it! It just is weird that it worked with the 120/240 combo, but doesn't with the 850/240 combo. I have heard that 3.1 isn't very friendly with the Toaster, and all of the support software, so I won't be…
Fred, Thanks for the info. I did a little more research and found out that if I bring up the early startup control screen, that even if my boot partition is listed as available, I still get the load boot floppy animation a couple of times (although it is not…
#Computer Basics
Message #102130
Did they give you any reason why you have to do this warm boot? I got an A4000 with the original 120mb and a 240mb and the system booted just fine. Then, I replaced the 120 with a Western Digital 750mb hard drive as the unit 0 drive. I have…
Erik, thanks for the info. The SCSI ribbon to DB-25 adaptors are little boards at a local electronics shop (they are not boards which would fit an I/O opening in the back of a a PC case). I seem to remember that 3 can be had for about $10, but…
Erik, Do you or anyone else out there know if it is OK to run the flyer SCSI connections through the 25 pin cables that are used on Amigas and Macs? I found a nifty little adapter board at a local electronics parts shop that goes from 50pin SCSI ribbon…
#OS 3.1 probs w/Toaster?
Message #98368
Is anyone using the OS 3.1 upgrade with the Toaster 3.1/LW 3.5 software? What about the Flyer? I am wondering if it is a "safe" upgrade for my Amiga 4000. I want to install the Flyer into a stable system. It looks like I'll have some more time to kill…
I don't remember if it was you that posted it, Gary, but on the internet, there is a guy that got burned from the same people via delphi, and evidently he has found several others that have had the same problem with people of similar names in the same city.…
Who is your dealer????? "My dealer" since no one will identify who "they" are is asking : 2GB: $1895 4GB: $2795 9GB: "unavailable at this time"
To all in this discussion about Flyer HDs: Just look at it this way, NewTek says the flyer is an on-line system. With all of us reluctant to fork over inflated prices for HDs, that statement becomes MORE accurate. Since we won't buy enough space to dump all of our…
Thanks for all that info that a few gave, but I know all that. What I am asking is this: is NewTek setting a fixed price for the approved drives that all are selling them for? Although all drives have to be approved, are all approved drive sources selling them…
#Flyer HD$$ all the same?
Message #97745
Are the flyer HD prices all the same, or is it worth it to shop around to various vendors handling them? Computer Basics is charging (not sure if it includes the external case and all necessary cables). 2GB: $1895 4GB: $2795
when & where is the expo?
A4000 030 Accel?
Message #163654
Will the GVP 040 accel/SCSI boards work in the 030 Amiga 4000s?
I can't believe that the flyer won't do LW animations! Did they really say that or sufficiently avoid your question to lead you to believe that? Seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot on that one. I agree with you along the lines of … "hey, what do…
Flyer info from exhibit
Message #88546
I went to a video exhibit this weekend and saw the flyer. It did have pretty good picture quality, but the software was lame. Here are a couple of tidbits I picked up that I haven't seen posted. The sound interface is really screwey for say, background music. If you…
As far as A/B editing, will they let us use our own brain and put the main material on one drive and the B roll stuff on the other, or are they going to force an inneficient "for the dummy" system that uses more disk space than is really nec.?…
Thanks for the flyer update. I hope to get to see one at a show this weekend. Your insert edit example really sucks, if that is the way it works. How do you do a video insert from B source for cutaways, and keep A's audio track intact throughout? If…
Really distressed by your message. I thought I was told that 3.5 had the plug in architecture and all that needed to be done was the essence type packages needed to be modified into a LW plug in. Also, I saw a demo of the metaform function and it looked…
If you mean no release date for the LW 3.5 update, I got a call from my dealer today saying my 3.5 upgrade is ready to be picked up.
It is assumed, but I have not seen it officially verified…. What kind of LW3D/Flyer features are going to be included. I assume basic anim rendering, but will there be any editing beyond going THROUGH the toaster board for animations?
Thanks for the info. Do you happen to know if it also would support a time code interface to the Sunrize boards in case you need to do multiple track audio work (sync the extra audio tracks 5,6 into and back out of Sunrize). Brian
Did they mention how many stereo or mono audio tracks are available? Brian
Sorry my message was garbled. What it said was basically, will we be able to capture at a lower resolution (higher compression) in order to get more raw material on the disks, do our editing, and then tell the system to go and automatically re-acquire the used stuff at the…
please upload it to the CIS library. It could come in handy and it would help us LW neophytes learn, too. PS, I'd be interested in a stormy sky, too. Brian
WTB: Amiga Appletalk
Message #155275
Anybody have working, up to date (works with AmigaDos 2.x+ HW/SW to put an Amiga (2000 and 4000) on Appletalk with Macs. If you dont' need it anymore, I Would like to be able to mount Amiga disks on the Mac. Other network solutions will be considered, as long as…
Wayne, have you or anyone else heard if the flyer will let you acquire at a lower resolution (reading in lots of material), edit, then actually do the re-aquisition (implies machine control which is doubtful), or help you in the process (prompt you). I heard that it was going to…
Thanks for info, Jeff. Your advice to stick with the Amiga sounds good. I've never worked on a PC I didn't hate, anyway! Brian
#Using PAR on network
Message #42145
Has anybody put an Amiga with a PAR on a network with a Mac or PC and rendered the Mac/PC animation using the Amiga based PAR? I would like to be able to use the PAR with all platforms and am wondering if I should get the Amiga or the…
#Flyer pre-purchase
Message #84830
Is anybody pre-purchasing the flyer through AmigaMan (or anywhere else) for $3000 ? Do they want all the money up front or just a deposit? Just curious about opinions as to the safety of buying it this way, this early, especially since my local dealer told me the Flyer wouldn't…
Glenn, I am most curious in your question to the thread about how people are using the Sunrize audio boards. My original interest in the board was much the same as your application… I wanted to do all my video edits and carry forward all of the sound to my…
#LW3d utilities/add ons
Message #84255
With so many utilities out there, which ones are worth it and which ones aren't or are not mature enough to be of value to a light LW3d user. In particular WaveMaker, Hollywood Effects, Power Macros for LW, Pixel 3D, Dynamic Motion Module, Sparks, Newton's Law, etc. Also, are there…
LW3d planets etc…
Message #84254
Does anyone have LW3D objects and maps to create the planets, sun and moon that they are willing to share, or does anyone know of a package that has this in them? Need some really good looking stuff. Also comets. Thanks, Brian
Stephen, I don't know what version of Toaster S/W you have. If you don't have a version that you can use the ToasterPaint buffer as a background for a CG page, you can creat a CG framestore page with the text you want with a black background. After you render…
Glenn, are you syncing your Amiga to the video while running TC GEN now? You should be able to do this by firing up the toaster and running the video into input 1. This shoud keep your Amiga in video sync while the TC Gen program is running striping you…
Glenn, how are you generating the LC time code? Is whatever your source synced with the video signal, or is it freerunning independent? Just a thought. Brian
Please put my address in your address book and let me know the resolution, if any. I would like to get a sunrize and use it exactly as you are, re-edit the entire soundtrak of a completed (video-wise) production. If your problem can't be solved, it is not the solution…
Paul, could you eloborate on this system, or just give a brief comparison of it and the Flyer? thanks, brian
#PAR + Sunrize
Message #82726
I have heard that somehow the SunRize board can be used for audio with the PAR. Is this so? If so, does anyone know if the 12bit board can also be used in this way. How exactly does this work? Does the PAR somehow have LTC capabilites? I am particularly…
Aki's recommendation is probably the best one. I did that to do a few transition takes (using the keyer and transitions to move CG stuff on and off) to make a poor mans animation of stuff flying on and off the screen. The other recomendation about making an AREXX script…
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