MAX, Is it real?
26-May-94 02:10:12
Sb: #103844-MAX, Is it real?
Fm: John Tissavary 71054,15
To: Pavel Korensky 100271,2123
The Illuminator Pro, which is the framebuffer, is both PAL and NTSC compliant,
due to its CCIR-601 digital circutry. In the installation I am given a choice
of PAL or NTSC output (fps), so I'll assume the PAL version will be available
the same time as the NTSC. I could be wrong.
It is certainly possible to have a minimal (16megs is minimum RAM requirement)
machine, but it's nice to have the Illuminator Pro video frame buffer in your
3DS workstation, so you can put still images on the video monitor while you're
working on models and test renders and such.
The MAX, which consists of the Illuminator Pro (4meg= $3800), CAV
output board ($350), Studio Express board, and MAX software will run
between $6-7000, and I guess it depends on which model Illuminator
Pro you choose. Additional requirements are Seagate Barracuda SCSI
II hard drive (2.1 gig = @ $1900), Adaptec 2740 or 1740 series EISA
controllers (@ $390), and an EISA motherboard with 16megs ram
minimum.