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#ATI Mach 64
Message #187659
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
August 28, 1995 12:20 PM
Bob, I've been on vacation for the last two weeks so i'm just beginning to catch up on some things. The problem that i'm having with the ATI card is found no matter what meshes i'm trying to render. It happens when i try to render any of the sample…
Bob, I tried removing the power.exe from the config.sys files and it didn't make any difference. I'll probably have to call ATI to find out what's going on. I would think that somebody else here would have an ATI Mach 64, so maybe they'll jump in. As for what I'm…
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#ATI Mach 64
Message #183424
Bob Thanks for the info. Sure has been a long time. Jim Greenberg called me last week to say hi. I'm trying to work out a way to se him without going all the way up to N.Y. city. Maybe you have some ideas of how I could see both…
#ATI Mach 64
Message #183040
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
August 1, 1995 12:53 PM
All; I recently acquired a Gateway p5-120 system with a Mach 64 GX. When I'm using 3D Studio Release 3, the screen freezes when I begin a rendering (usually during the object transformation phase). If I hit the space bar twice, which switches me from the graphics screen to the…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
November 1, 1994 1:14 PM
Bob, Thursday it will be unless there's an unforseen catastrophe. Ed
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 30, 1994 8:45 PM
Bob, I got some information faxed to me today about Razor Pro. It appears that it has the ability to do a lot of the cross fades, wipes, etc. between video clips that I now do in Video Post. It's a Windows program and retails for $795. There's one catch.…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 27, 1994 9:17 PM
Bob, I came "this close" to visiting you today at THG. I was in Trenton with Frank Moya and thought that I'd have some time to get up to Princeton and drop in on you. Things just didn't work out that way today, but I'm hoping to get up there…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 26, 1994 9:02 PM
Brick, Thanks for your input into my problem. I think I'll be sending the drive back for a replacement. I spoke to the developers of Razor Pro today and it sounds like a great product. I seem to remember a message posted a while back that indicated you were working…
PAR
Message #131118
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 25, 1994 8:51 AM
Tony, I haven't spoken with you on the phone lately, but I am still having a problem with the size of the animations I can output from my PAR drive. As you might recall, I purchased a Microplis 2217a 1.6 gig drive. I've read messages from Brick Ecksten that say…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 13, 1994 2:15 PM
Gary, Thanks for the reply. Somehow I overlooked the vehicles section in the WCT. I found it late yesterday morning. I think it will do the trick. Thanks Ed Banta
3DS Train Mesh
Message #128484
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 12, 1994 1:06 AM
I'm working on a project in Trenton N.J. for a non-profit corporation and need a 3DS mesh of a train, preferrably a classic. I don't know much about trains so anything will help. I'm willing to purchase the model if need be. BTW, does anyone have the BBS number for…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 1, 1994 11:17 PM
Bob, < (Is Dennis Bragg the name the feds gave you?)> Not quite. I went to work for Dennis at Graphics Software when I left THG. It was during that time that I hooked them up with Cserve and they were set-up with this account. The feds don't have any…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 29, 1994 7:46 PM
Bob, Thanks for the info. (As you see, I've finally "come out" on the board). I managed to get NDUMP working after I figured-out that the output file name in NDUMP had to be the same as the process output file name. Pretty simple, but seemed to allude me for…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 25, 1994 6:01 PM
Greg, Thanks for the tip. Ed Banta
#NDUMP and PAR
Message #125476
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 25, 1994 12:25 AM
Gus, I just installed a Lantastic 6.0 network (2 nodes currently, workstation and slave) and purchased NDUMP.IXP to use with the PAR drive. I was given some brief instructions with the disk and cannot figure out how to get the rendered images to the PAR drive. What exactly needs to…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 21, 1994 9:03 PM
Gus, Thanks for all the info. I've picked up a few tips from Greg Pyros and yourself that will prove very useful in the future. I'm glad you were around to help out. Ed
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 21, 1994 5:56 PM
Greg, Thanks for all the input, it is greatly appreciated. Ed
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 21, 1994 5:53 PM
Don, thanks for the input. I'll be more careful in the future. Ed Banta
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 21, 1994 5:52 PM
Gus, By the way, after I renamed the animations to SEG_1, SEG_2, etc. I was able to read them of the PAR drive and save them onto tape. I just read your last message again and it seems as though your saying that the PAR software shouldn't allow me to…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 21, 1994 5:47 PM
Gus, Thanks for the info. I also remember reading something about naming conventions but didn't think much about it at the time since the PAR interface allowed me to change the names. Originally, I created 6 animation segments with very cryptic names which only i could understand. Over a period…
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#PAR Backup and Jumbo 250
Message #124775
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1994 8:22 PM
Gus, Since the files were mysteriously erased yesterday I don't have their names and exact sizes at hand. I had 8 files. As I recall, they were something like this: SEG_1 65,627,192 SEG_3 40,672,111 SEG_3A 3,984,999 SEG_4 112,000,000 SEG_5 3,000,000 SEG_6 192,000,123 PHOTO_1 3,398,999 PHOTO_1A 3,999,837 I could copy SEG_1…
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#PAR Backup and Jumbo 250
Message #124771
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 20, 1994 8:07 PM
Greg, Yeah, it was the people from AMI (Burt) I just couldn't remember their name at the time. I tried copying the files to a DOS directory but that didn't seem to work either. Don't know what the problem could have been but it's resolved now that the files were…
Gus, thanks for the quick reply. I've tried about everything I can including copying the files from the PAR drive to my local c: drive. Funny thing, all the files I copy have the same file length 65,627,192 which happens to be the length of one of the .ani files.…
#PAR Backup and Jumbo 250
Message #124573
Gus, I need some help backing up .ani files to a Coloroda Jumbo 250. I was told by Pyros Corp. et al that you could help. I 've used the pardrv/p command before starting the backup with no success. The file size that I backup is always different than the…
Par Backup
Message #124552
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
September 19, 1994 4:48 PM
I've been trying to backup my .ani files to a Colorodo Jumbo 250 Tape unit. I have approximately 400 megs of files. Every time I do a backup and compare off my PAR drive i get an error message "…different file sizes". I do the compare at the same time…
Alan, Yes, I'd be very to see what you come up with. BTW, it may be more appropriate to ask any BIG D questions over in our section of the Graphics Vendor forum (GO BIGD). Let me know if you have any questions about the FRADXF utility, I wrote it.…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
December 7, 1992 12:19 AM
Alan, Oops! I think we sent you the wrong set of disks. I will get a new set of demo disks to you immediately. Sorry about the snafu! Dennis
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
November 30, 1992 2:58 PM
David, Your BIG D demo will be shipped this week. Thanks for the interest. Dennis
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
November 30, 1992 9:41 AM
Hi Ron, Send me your address and I'll be glad to send you the demo. What ray tracer are you using now? Dennis
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
November 24, 1992 9:41 PM
Hi Bruce, I'm pretty sure we re-shipped the package. And it hasn't come back, so I assumed you received it. I'll ship another package to you this week. The raw to dxf utility is called FRADXF.ZIP and it should be in one of the GRAPHDEV libraries, although I haven't checked…
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· What's New/Want Ads
August 12, 1992 12:02 AM
Kevin, PHIPS was sold to Computer Associates and has been reincarnated as CA Cricket. Dennis Bragg
From:
Graphics Software, Inc.
Autodesk Software Forum
· What's New/Want Ads
August 12, 1992 12:02 AM
Gary, You may want to try PICLAB, a shareware utility that has a bunch of options and is run by script files. I know it supports tga and gif, not sure about pict. You can find it in the GRAPHSUP forum. I've also written a simple utility to convert between…
Mike, Image Transform LTD of Ankeny, IA, can produce IRIS prints of your 3DS images at up to 34" x 47". Great quality, reasonable price. You can contact them at 515-964-0436. Dennis Bragg
Kenneth, I just realized that in my last message I recommended a "type" backup. Of course I meant to say "tape" backup. I hate those tapos. Dennis Bragg
You may consider getting a type backup. We use a Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250 that cost about $350. We can get up to 250 MB of files on one tape. The tapes costs about $20 – $25 each. They use a pretty standardized format, so any service bureau should…
Hi Daniel, I not sure if Ed will answer your message or not, but I will make sure we ship you the the latest update of BIG D. It fixes some bugs we found in the version you have. Let me know if you have any specific questions. We now…
Martin, This month's Byte magazine has a comparative review of Photostyler, WinRix, and Image-In (sorry, no Tempra Pro). You may want to check it out. Dennis Bragg
Martin, No response in 48 hours? You may consider complaining to CIS. Each forum is supposed to have somebody log on and answer questions at least once a day. If that fails, you may have to resort to a more obsolete form of communication: the telephone! Dennis Bragg
Martin, There is a Tempra section in the Graphics Vender forum (GO GRAPHVEN). That would be a good place to get specific answers about Tempra Pro. I've used Tempra (not Pro) in the past to edit high res (3k x 4k) Targa files, so I assume Tempra Pro will handle…
Bruce, Here is my understanding of why the printer has to be turned on for the dongle to work correctly. Unless the dongle is battery powered, it requires a small amount of voltage (amperage? wattage?) in order to operate. It must draw this power from the parallel port of the…
Hi Jason, College Station, huh? You're not an Aggie, are you? I'm a Texas Tech grad and we have a standing policy of providing no support to Aggies or Longhorns… Just kidding! Your BIG D demo will go out this week. Thanks for the interest. Dennis Bragg
Hi Ari, Your BIG D demo sill be mailed this week. If you decide you are interested, we offer discounted educational site licenses. Dennis Bragg
David, Singing sodas with sunglasses, sounds swell (try saying that 5 times). BTW, in one of our previous brochures, we used an image of a chess board with a Pepsi can next to it. I'll try to dig one of those out and send it with your demo. Dennis Bragg
Aaron, BIG D includes a Motif-based graphical interface which lets you set up views in wire-frame mode and locate light sources. Materials are assigned to layers in the DXF file. Material properties and other rendering options are controlled through dialog boxes. The renderer can also be run in batch mode…
David, Since you addressed your message to Graphics Software, I assume you are talking about the BIG D demo. I'll be happy to ship you a demo next week. Any chance I could get a case of "the right one babayay, uh-huh"? Dennis Bragg
Steve, We will mail your BIG D demo next week. Thanks for the request. Dennis Bragg
Rock, Your BIG D demo will be mailed next week. Thanks for the interest. Dennis Bragg
Frank, Since the wave lisp routine is small, I'll email it to you later today. I'm not sure if its documented, so let me know if you have any questions. As you've probably figured out, I use the routine to generate the water in the day and night scenes. I…
Aaron, From what I've heard, IPAS is probably the only way we can ray trace an animation. I have some research to do. BIG D outputs to 8 bit PCX and GIF, and 16/24/32 bit TARGA formats. Dennis Bragg
Hi Ravi, Your BIG D demo will be mailed next week. Thanks for the interest. Dennis Bragg
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