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1) What motherboard are you using? (Give model, part number or any other form of positive ID) Intel Premiere PCI II (Plato) 2) Was it easy to get it working with the Perception Video Recorder? Fairly. I used a win icu manager before I installed it to make sure that…
Kevin, I got them. It took several attempts via their BBS, but they're here. mdawson
Joel, My manual is for 1.1, and it doesn't say anything about audio. I did manage to get the newest files, but like you, I had to make several attempts at it. I noticed that the help file didn't work in Win 3.1 also. It does work under NT. Thanks…
John, I think DPS' web server is down for the count. I've been trying for the last several days to get in there, and I keep getting a "Server Not Found" message. So I tried In:Sync's web page, and all they offer is the ver. 2.00 of the Win and…
#any reputable dealers?
Message #186150
I'm looking to buy the DPS Perception video card and Speed Razor. Can anyone recommend a dealer to me? I'd prefer someone local to Los Angeles, but if I have to go out of town, state or country to buy this stuff I will. Thanks for your time! mdawson
Michael, Thanks for your reply. What is Kontron? I've never heard of it. I determined that I had a bad serial port, which has now been replaced. Everything seems fine in DOS, but I still can't get the tablet to work as a mouse in Windows. Does the software you…
Dave, Thanks for your quick response. That is sage advice! We just got the tablet about 2 mos. ago, so I figured that the drivers were fairly recent. I didn't think the drivers could be that far out of date. But I shall call them in the morning and find…
#Intermittent Summasketch
Message #185282
We have a Summa Sketch FX model# CEM1212 12×12 tablet that is giving us the fits. There are two things that aren't right. When the system boots and tablet.com from autoexec.bat is run, "tablet absent or not responding" is displayed. If we fire up Animator Pro, the tablet works. If…
Dennis, As far as I can tell, most post houses here in L.A. still have the 8500 which is directly supported by Abekas. The Abekas DDR's don't know diddly about compression, so if your material is destined for videotape, you would be better off with the 8500. Especially since the…
Taping Service Bureau?
Message #178040
Kevin, It might help if you said what city you were in. I'm in Los Angeles and I could get it done for you, but if you're across the country, that would make it rather difficult, wouldn't it? Are your files in the Targa format? If so, I would lay…
PMFJI, but you sound like someone who knows a thing or two about NT, so do you mind if I ask you a little about it? A flyer from Egghead came today, and they have 2 different packages for NT that are on sale. A Server and a Workstation. I'm…
Jim, No problem. Just keep an eye out in this forum. I'll make an announcement here as well as several other forums. (it might be a few weeks till I get up to speed) Thanks again for all the info you passed to me. mdawson
re: web page Jim, Thanks for the reply. That was most helpful! I'll talk to Netcom first, since they are how I get onto the Internet, and see what they have to offer, then I'll look around some. mdawson
Jim, How does one go about making a web page of their own? I see guys doing this all the time, and now I want a web page for me. Can you fill me in on the details? mdawson
PMFJI, I called and ordered the upgrade as well, however it was rather disconcerting to find out that very few people at Autodesk are even aware of the upgrade. I had to go through four different people before I found someone who would take my order, and even she went…
Edward, Are you rendering to a root directory? c:\, d:\, e:\ …. ? If so, you should probably change that to a sub directory. The reason being is that DOS imposes a file limit on the root directory. It can only have 256 or 512 entries, (I forget which for…
Nik, I made a separate boot option for Ani Pro using himem.sys and emm386.exe. I never thought about using the st:f parameter for QEMM. All my other boot options use the st:m parameter. I never shell out of 3dStudio to Ani Pro anyway, so the different boot option doesn't bother…
#ani won't run on pentium
Message #166071
I've attempted to re-install AniPro from a 386 to my Pentium and all I get is "abnormal program termination, F000" bla bla bla. The only real difference between the two systems is that the Pentium is using QEMM's Stealth mode and the 386 is not. On the Pentium, F000 has…
#HELP! want new vid card
Message #164993
Ok, I've had it with the ATI Mach64 video card that I have. It is just too buggy for me. I am now entertaining any and all recommendations for a video card that works FLAWLESSLY!! under 3dStudio. Cost is no object! (hah, how often do you hear that!) I would…
Brian, Thanks for the info. I'll look into it. mdawson
Bill, What 4c update are you referring to? I wasn't aware of ANY update to rel. 4. mdawson
Thanks Jim, I'll take a look around for it. mdawson
Hi Jim, Thanks for the reply. I sorta' did a reinstall, if you will, and things cleaned up a bit. Yes, it takes a dreadfully long time to boot up 3ds. About 45 secs. on my system. I'd like to take the M64 back, but I bought it at a…
#garbage pic in 3d editor
Message #161738
Brian, Perhaps you can help me, or at least send me off in the right direction. I'm using 3dsr4 on a p90 with an ati mach64 card. Lately, I keep getting garbage video underneath the various windows in the 3d editor. For instance, if I pull down a menu and…
– The point being you could down grade your flash bios to ver -08 and might – realise a minimal performance increase. John, I agree with your sentiments on the 10.ax1 bios out in the middle of "E". I loved your "automatic transmission" analogy. Even with QEMM 7.5 and Stealth,…
John, Thanks for your reply. Another replyee mentioned that the Mach64 was definitely at fault. I may attempt his remedy. You mentioned something that I thought was intrigueing [sp]. It was about the bios being optimized. Were you referring to your 486 bios or the Plato bios? In either case,…
Zac, Thanks for the input. I thought the newer Mach64 drivers were supposed to have corrected that, but I guess not. I'll look for that anti-vesa driver. md
#3dsr4/pentium=:30 load
Message #141656
I've recently installed 3dsr4 onto my p90 system and have noticed that it takes close to :30 to load 3ds. Have I done something wrong? After typing 3ds at the command line, nothing will happen for about :20 and then the hd starts working. :10 later, I'm inside 3ds. This…
Nik, Thanks for the confirmation. I though I was seeing things. md
Brian, You don't mean that all Vibrant drivers are incompatible with 3dsr2, do you? Because I had one of them working on my 486 with a Diamond Viper. mdawson
#ATI 1.0.5. & 3dsr2
Message #131641
Since my upgrade tp 4.0 hasn't come in yet, and I, in my never ending search for better performance, have attempted to use the ATI 1.0.5. drivers for 3dsr2. However, I've run into a problem. Is this driver not compatible with 3dsr2? I cannot seem to create 3dsadi.cfg. (I have…
This and Don Landis's suggestion work out to basically the same results, just two different approaches. Don's might be a little easier, but I figure its alwayse the parts of the scene as texture mapped objects in the keyframer.
Cool! I'll give it a try. Thanks for the reply! mdawson
#How 2 get best key 4 3ds
Message #130157
I have a .gif image of some mountains in the distance. I also have an object that I want to place in between those mountains, animate it to move around the mountains and come up to full screen. I get the animation part, but how can I put that object…
#3ds r4 when?
Message #127137
Does anybody know when rel. 4 of 3dStidio will ship? I ordered and paid for it two weeks ago and still nada! mdawson
G, Don't get me wrong, I wasn't looking for a patch, I was simply reporting a possible avenue of bootlegging that your legal dept. might have been interested in. mdawson
Hello Alan, Unfortunately, I don't know who is a dealer around here. I've never heard of one nor has anybody identified themselves as one. BTW – Thanks again for the phone support with the Viper last month. It was worth every bit of the $10 phone call. mdawson
I don't have a dealer. I bought 3dsr2 and Animator Pro at NAB. I'm not even aware of who is a dealer in L.A. or more specifically, the San Fernando Valley.
#When can I order 3dsr3?
Message #60859
I realize you folks may not be the people to ask about this, but when can I order 3DSr3? I am a registered user of 3DSr2 as of April this year and I have not had any correspondence of any kind regarding an upgrade. Do I need to call Autodesk?…
>> This may seem like a foolish question but how does one dub audio using the >> AG-7750 onto a video without destroying the video portion of the recording. You can only edit onto the linear channels. You can not edit the hi-fi channels without disturbing the video. This is…
Chris, As of this moment, it looks like I'm on track with hi-color. I spoke by voice with Alan Iglesias who took me on a little tour of vprmode and the setup routine. Instead of using the supplied NEC4fg setting, we customized one. Amongst other things, it seems that the…
Chris, Yes, I do have the resolution choices available to me. I also checked the files you asked about. Here are the values – [3ds.set] Main-Display = RCPADI Render-Display = RCPADI Material Display = RCPADI [dldsetup.dat] Display mode: 803 Render mode: 803 I'm also enclosing the pertinent sections of my…
Ok, I'll check back into vprmode. It should still be set for my NEC 4fg which is a listed monitor. I could try changing the memory addressing and see if that helps. Where is your's set at? I checked vprmode, and found that it was set for fixed frequency. I…
Don, I am excluding a000-c7ff and using xst=c000 with Stealth active. Qemm ver.7.01. I began to wonder about that too, so I checked, so far, it seems to be the way Diamond recommends. Thanks for the thought. md
Well hello Chris, I sent you some email last week. Sounds like you didn't get it. Here's what's happening. I've got 3dsr2 running on a Diamond m/b (with the most current bios) and the 2 meg Viper VLB. I cannot get 3ds to run with anything higher than 256 colors…
Alan, Arrggghhh! I reinstalled the Turbodld drivers, set up batch files for 3ds and Acad12, and proceeded to go down the drain. Acad won't even load, even at 640x480x256 and 3ds comes up with the same garbage as before. I'm going to go over this all again when I have…
Alan, Thanks for your reply. Everything you mentioned, I've done. My paths are a little different, but that's not a problem. Reading your reply gave me an idea though. I use DOS 6 and I have a special config for the Autodesk products. (3dsr2 and Acad12) What I just discovered,…
16.7m Colors?? My driver box only gives me options for 256 or 65k under Windows. I've never used the Windows player. I too was getting GPF's so I let it disintegrate into shelfware. I'll look around for the player you mentioned. Thanks for the reply. md
#Viper & 3dsr2
Message #55325
Has anyone out there had this problem of not being able to get more than 256 colors with the Panacea drivers supplied with the Diamond Viper? Try as I may, I can't seem to get it. Diamond's help on their forum has been useless. I'd just for once like to…
Well sir, I don't know what to tell you. The hardware on my video card does not support certain modes, such as 640x480x256, 640x400x256 and so on. All the VGA modes are supported by the hardware, but the SVGA modes need the Vesa tsr. Without it, I can only get…
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