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#3DS To Tape

    05-Jun-93 17:22:51
Sb: #3DS To Tape
Fm: Nathan Johnston 72371,1255
To: All
After lurking around here for a while I have finally called my Autodesk dealer and ordered 3DS (none in stock right now, I have to wait till friday :-(). I was wondering what the best way to get animations to tape might be. I have had several suggestions and thought someone here might assist me in making a decision… 1)Sony EVO-9650 should connect directly to PC serial port. I have heard that it is not a good choice if I ever want to do post production/editing on the pc as well. Do I need any additional software or hardware to use this deck? 2) Sony SVO-9600 with some sort of animation controller hardware/software. Is this the deck to do this with? What do I need to get a working system out of this or another deck… A suggestion has been Videomedia ANIMAX system. Will this work. As I understand it going this route will allow me to to editing on my PC later w/ a hardware upgrade. 3) Let someonle else transfer to tape. Is this expensive and how do I find someone who can do this for me? I am fairly price sensitive (cheap?) but do not really want to get left completely in the cold if I have problems. Is used equipment a viable option? I have seen several used decks offered for sale. Do I need anything additional? I have a Local Bus SVGA card (640x480x16M) and a means of converting the SVGA signal to Y/C NTSC (S-Vhs), 8MB of ram (will upgrade to 16M soon), 200MB free HDisk space, Syquest 88MB removable cartrige drive, CD-ROM, 486DX66. Thanks for the input! –Nat'n