This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Windows Accel for AMIPRO
Message #26547
Is the final evidence now in concerning the extent to which Windows accelerator boards -such as ATI-Ultra(?)- have upon the speed of animations? I have in mind two situations: (1) Where one is panning across a background scene, with maybe only a very little, locally circumscribed animation (2) More general…
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aapro has lines of dots
Message #20194
Gregory, You're in good company! I had the same problem which proved to be completely intractable -it persisted with Paradise, Orchid and ATI boards. Is your computer by any chance a Northgate 386/33. It was only when I upgraded to a 486/33 (another brand) that I was able to use…
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#ATI problems
Message #17073
-Eric- Some of us have had other problems in getting AniPro to work with the regular ATI VGA Wonder board. Indeed, the ATI people told me that they had to put together a special VVESA.COM to interface with AniPro. But this is not the end of it. A number of…
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16Meg Ram Limit?
Message #10764
Dave, Many thanks -will investigate the Qemm product Stephen
I am definitely interested in the DTA.exe you mention. Is the .EXE file a self-extractor with an included .DOC file? Stephen
#Mathematica's TEMPRA
Message #9874
-Gary- I see in a recent ad in BYTE that Mathematica has come out with their TEMPRA Multimedia package -which, their add says, supports Animator PRO. Do you have any experience of this product? It is said to work under both DOS and WINDOWS; the DOS option sounds attractive. Stephen
Doug, Thanks for your comments. I am still in the process of tooling-up for multimedia and all such info is valuable in guiding one in making wise purchases. It is really bad news about windows slowness -which, from what you, means that much of the ground gained in moving from…
John, From what you say, it seems that I should invest in this product, doing what I can with it as-is, and perhaps adding software later to fill in any gaps; one thing about the MM market is its current state of rapid expansion. The windows slow-down is really bad…
#Multimedia Explorer
Message #6606
-John- —–Just checking—– Is the windows-driving software, enabling sound to be coupled to animation, supplied on a diskette or is it locked away in the CD-ROM? If the latter, it will be beyond reach for those of us for whom such a drive is a low-priority item. In using sound,…
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Ani Pro & ATI Wonder
Message #6489
Further to Kevin's comment, I now have an accumulation of 4 (four) ATI VVESA.COMs. Two of them don't work at all; of the remaining two, one offers all three VESA resolutions, and the other, only the 640 x 400, but in both cases movement of the cursor leaves behind a…
John, Thanks a lot for your survival hints for the slot-destitute. About 3Ds and Autocad pricing……as I'm sure I mentioned before, software pricing seems to us outsiders to be a strange, surrealist, alchemical type business -sort of, a branch of astrology; one gets the impression that it's *decoupled* from actual…
James, Am not sure if I responded before. Anyway, thanks…I'm sure that one library I know of has it Stephen
#Vesa Problems
Message #4410
Grant, Have fimally gotten around to installing AAPRO. Had some problems with what was in CONFIG.SYS, but these ironed out ok so that I could at least bring AAPRO up. But when I looked at 'Screen Size' there were just four items there, and only the 320 X 200 alternatives…
John, I wasn't implying that employees and business owners weren.t *people* but only that they have *different* budget constraints!! This is what I mean when I say, for example, that Autodesk 3DS and Autocad are beyond the reach of *people* in that no one -who is otherwise doing quite well…
-John- Thanks for interesting and informative message. What your reply makes clear to me is how dependent the *ideal solution* is upon one's particular situation. Let me describe mine -since there may be others in the same situation. (1) I print everything to video, and cannot currently envisage a situation…
-Frank- Yes, the model arrived. I will let you know how things work out as soon as I am able to get to it. Over the question of the Brain model. One thing that I would have thought would be very useful would be some kind of engraving or inscribing…
Kevin, Many thanks for yopur very helpful reply. Given my particular needs and circumstances, I think the Beroulli is a clear winner. Stephen
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#Human Parts
Message #4152
Frank, Didn't know you were working on a brain. I can sure use this when available. Stephen
#Image Storage Problem
Message #3963
I have reached the point where I am about to start production of animation files (and matching sound files). What is the best solution to the storage problem? (1) Buy a second, large hard drive? Expensive, and would it only be a temporary solution? And what if it crashes? (2)…