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#TurboDLDDemo v2 is Here
Message #91138
PANACEA(R) OFFERS UPDATE TO FREE, FULLY FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY & RENDERING DRIVER FOR AUTOCAD R12 & 3D STUDIO LONDONDERRY, NH — March 15, 1994 — Panacea Inc. today announced the availability of TurboDLDDemo(tm) v2.0, a FreeWare ADI 4.2 Display Driver for AutoCAD Release 12 and 3D Studio Release 3. TurboDLDDemo provides…
If you want a TurboDLDDeluxe that works only on the 24X, you can get such a beast free from Diamond shortly after our commercial release. If you want a TurboDLDDeluxe that works on virtually any graphics adapter, you can upgrade your OEM version (i.e. the one that came with the…
Eli, While Chris is a Panacea employee, he has no way of knowing what the whole company is doing any at given time (that's more my job). So, let me clarify a few points: 1) Diamond is NOT shipping beta TurboDLD software. They are shipping a 24X specific version of…
Hi Mark. If I'm reading you correctly, you want to play back a 24 bit per pixel FLC? That won't work since both the FLI and FLC file formats are limited to 8 bits per pixel (256 colors). Additionally, to play back a FLC file, you need a higher resolution…
Roger, I take responsibility for you never getting notified that we finally started shipping full 3DS 2.0 support in a newer version of our DLD and PanaRender software. It was something that I had on my long list of to-dos, and plainly speaking I screwed up and no notification went…
Actually, I have a question, Tom. When are you guys going to drop that unprofitable hardware business and go full-time with the software? Jake
Seems rather Karmic, doesn't it? 🙂 Jake
Hiya Scott! The Stealth board seems like a pretty nice product. It got PC Mag's Editor's Choice in the current issue, a Best Buy award from PC World (March), and the top pick in Computer Shopper… Jake
Thanks Ang! We're pretty excited about the write-up in PC Mag. It still amazes how different (and larger) the mass-market/Window market is for software. I'll tell you more about it next week. Jake
Keep me posted on your needs. Jake
Check your mail. You'll find a large ZIP file with the drawing, the script, and a BAT file. We don't really use any benchmarks in-house for our DLDs, as I have oft mentioned. Jake
Ricki, My understanding is that RapidCAD is basically a 486DX chip that fits in a 386 socket. If that's so, why is it being marketed solely as a CAD enhancement solution? Seems to me that any PC application could benefit from a performance boost, even those without FP requirements. Jake
Oliver, There is _currently_ no real performance difference in display list operations between the real and protected mode DLDs. However, memory management has improved in the protected mode version, so overall AutoCAD performance should also improve. We will be releasing our Turbo DLD386 software shortly however, which will provide a…
Steve, Call Diamond at 408-736-2000 to get a free update/fix to the problem you're experiencing. Jake
The problem you mention was a glitch that was immediately fixed. Get an updated DLD386-VGA driver from Diamond at 408-736-2000. As far as Gateway having switched to the ATI Ultra on some of their systems, that's certainly true. It unfortunately does not ship with our DLD software (but you can…
Didn't you get my reply? If not, here it is again: Sounds like the Bernoulli controller is getting in the way of the VGA ROMs. Disable your Iomega controller card's ROM (RCD.SYS replaces this anyway) and see what happens – we have a number of Bernoulli's here in the office,…
Actually, my lovely wife, Linda, did the first Riverwalk Walk Script for COMDEX/Fall 1989. Since then it has been copied, edited, reused, etc. But, that's the script file. We got the drawing file off of the Sample Drawings disks from Autodesk. Jake
Steve, Normally I would be glad to have you give me a call at the office at 800-729-7420, but I'm on the road right now, for the next week, and not easy to reach. Sending an E-Mail message to Byron Chrissis (one of our customer service reps) here on CIS…
Steven, If you want to get good Windows and AutoCAD performance out of a SVGA, take a look at Diamond's SpeedSTAR – it ships with our Panacea DLDs, and comes with the "TurboWindows" driver for Windows (an OEM version of our popular WinSpeed software). If the Windows stuff isn't that…
ACECAD's ACECAT Where?
Message #33912
I know I saw my response to your message posted here, Matt. In any event, here's the information, again: ACECAD #8 Harris Court, Building A-100 Monterey, CA 93940 800-676-4223 Let me know how it goes with them. Jake P.S. I never received an E-Mail query from you about this.
#Extra pixels on screen
Message #33539
Dave, Possible causes of your problems, in order of likelyhood: 1) Your VRAM's ROM is flaking out 2) You have a memory conflict at segment address A000H (which is where the fonts get loaded). 3) Your VGA is flaking out 4) Your monitor is flaking out 5) You have a…
Actually, to add to Brad's comment, Weitek announced the "Weitek Power For Windows" graphics board at COMDEX. It's based on the W5086 controller, and should be available shortly. Jake
Lansing, ATI should be shipping an ATI specific version of our software which supports the software anti-aliasing. For our commercial software, the anti-aliasing feature is planned for a release in the near future (look for it in our TurboDLD386 software). Jake
Since Brad hasn't answered yet, let me give it a try. I would probably lean in the direction of the Tseng chip set, but only because pop-ups and pull-downs will respond faster due to an architectural difference in the chip logic. As far as name-brand vs. non-brand. The benefit of…
Actually, the performance of an XJS class product relative to a mass-market coprocessed solution such as an ATI or S3 or C&T480, using similar software, is heavily dependent on the base system performance (i.e. your System's CPU and speed). For example, you won't see a 2x difference on a 486/50.…
I would recommend holding off, if the S3 boards are in your price range. Jake
Robert, I assume you are testing shipping software, not just beta software? We've been shipping S3 support since October of last year, BTW. Jake Richter
Although I'm not Craig, as an ADI developer, I can tell you that sometimes ADI drivers are the only option you have, hence they are "safer" than the drivers supplied by Autodesk 🙂 Jake
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Problems dual screen
Message #28431
The problem you're experiencing is related to the start-up sequence internal to the Orchid ProDesigner II/MC. Call Orchid to see how you can get an upgrade to one that works in both an IBM PS/2 Model 90 or Model 95. Orchid's number is 510-683-0300. If they can't help you, I'd…
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S3 video?
Message #28430
Ah, but REDRAW timings are not necessarily the best way to measure graphics throughput, unless your DLP caches redraw data, and even then, there is some processing overhead. Jake PS Have you considered changing your CIS name for the Forum to "George Sutty [ABOOST]"? It would certainly save you from…
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S3 video?
Message #28429
Using the PC Mag WinBENCH test software, our WinSpeed product shows a total of about 50% improvement in performance over the standard ET-4000 Windows driver at similar resolutions. Some functions are as much as 1300% faster, but in general, you should expect your graphics intensive Windows apps to run about…
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S3 video?
Message #28428
I was just at Orchid, and they are sending me one of these new motherboards with the special local bus slot, as well as a special version of the Fahrenheit. I know that the DLD386 software runs just fine on the new motherboard/video board combo, but I don't know how…
S3 video?
Message #28427
> How does the S3 w/panacea compare to a Tseng4000 board That depends on what the Tseng board comes shipped with as far as drivers. In any event, Windows on the S3 will be faster than the ET4000. AutoCAD should be faster by a reasonable amount as well, even if…
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Renderman Driver problem
Message #28425
>rated as the fastest Depends on which numbers you're looking at, doesn't it? I seem to recall that AutoBoost was not the fastest at zooms or random lines, for example. Jake Richter
.> comments that they didn't know there could be so much difference .> in performance and easy [sic] of use made by just changing the .> driver. Now, is that because your products provide such a drastic difference and contrast that the people trying them are just plain thankful for…
Peter, Which ET-4000 Windows driver are you running? Is it possible it's the 256 color driver and you only have 512KB of RAM on the VGA board? Jake
The bad stuff is that STACKER will slow down disk operation, a little, if not used with the STACKER coprocessor board. The other bad thing is that it isn't free Jake
Actually, version 7 of our DLDs, scheduled for early 1996, will include an entire ACAD simulator, for that natural feel you've been looking for, but without the worry of contaminating your existing ACAD users. The only good ACAD is Safe ACAD Jake Richter
Nice stretch Jake
Just fine. There might be a semi-noticable slow done in operation, but nothing you can't live with. Jake
I've done some GenCADD drivers (just take a looksie at the latest TIGA driver that Generic is shipping), but nothing on a grand scale yet. The editorials you wrote, they haven't been in the last few months, have they? Those are the ones I thought were really good. Dave's prior…
If we don't see you at the next t-shirt handout, we'll send you one, Dennis. Jake PS A company vote was against baby hurl polyester – 100% cotton only, sorry. 🙂
I've read all of Levinson's books so far, and the best thing about them was finding out that I had been doing a large number of the things he suggests. 🙂 Jake
Technically, you'd be talking about two 6x terms. Some magazines might give you a break on a 2-year contract, but most magazines raise their rates every year, so they would probably build a rate increase into a multi-year contract. Another way to shave off more points is by doing your…
What part of the Norton Utilities would you want to use? STACKER converts the HD into a "larger" volume, so any utility reading sectors via DOS function calls (as both DOS 5.0 and NU do), should work just fine. Brad's been hogging the AST Notebook, so he'll have to answer…
To do it via interpretation of the ACAD DB is tediously slow, plus there is no good way to inform ACAD of visual representation changes without having ACAD do them itself. Our integer transformations are faster than FP equivalents would be, BTW. So your approach, while speeding things up, would…
Why? Do you feel slighted because you haven't written the editorials? Actually, your Generic CADD articles are well written and quite informative, but I feel (as an advertiser) that it's counter-productive to devote a lot of space to a product my products don't support. Jake
It just means that it is soon becoming time for yet another Panacea T-shirt… 🙂 Jake
Actually, doesn't Levinson talk about 13 being the magic number for someone to follow up on something? Jake
You will always get a better rate for a long-term committment. That's what the 6x, 12x, or even 24x rate quotes on the rate card are all about. The frequency is for a one-year term. The more you advertise during a given 12 month period the lower your rate per…
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