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#NT………..Hmmmm.

    29-Apr-95 20:19:41
Sb: #NT………..Hmmmm.
Fm: DAVID CAMP 75242,1207
To: All
Because of the direction that 3D Studio is headed, I think we should have a place on this forum for Windows NT questions. I just got NT so I would be very comfortable with it by the time 3DS 5 comes out. The setup was a real PAIN IN THE BEHIND. But I finally got it running. (This call to C$ is the first thing I'm doing with it 🙂 ) Anyway, I tried to get help on the WIN-NT forum, and no one even answered. I had to try to figure out the solution myself based on previous NT forum messages ( Microsoft has discontinued free Win NT installation tech. support, it's only available for $150 "per incedent" unless you count thier anemic "fax back service" both faxes that I requested arrived corrupted. (not a problem when other people send me faxes) As for the setup, If you have more than 2 IDE (or EIDE) drives ( I have an INTEL PLATO motherboard, it has an IDE and an EIDE controller built in, I had (yeah….. HAD) 1 EIDE on one controller, and 2 IDE's on the other. I had to lose the second IDE drive and place the first IDE on the same controller as the EIDE) In the NT install manual it says that I should "see my tech. support represntitive" oh yeah, right remember that "per incedent"charge? Oh well, so far, it seems to be working OK, but I guess I'm lucky, Take a look at the Win NT forum, it is filled with people that can't get thier Diamond video cards and Adaptec SCSI cards to work ( I have both, and , as I said, it seems to be working, like I said…lucky <g> ) good luck with your NT installs, I'm glad I got it now. Imagine if i had waited till 3DS5 came out, then had to sit, staring at the box and manual, while I struggled with NT for 3 days. That would be a nightmare…….<G> BTW… I haven't configured my spell checker yet so please forgive the mistakes, I don't have time to go over it myself…….. See ya David