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I have moved to a Intel based PC to render with. I use both Imagine 3.0 and Animation Master ( from Hash Inc. ). I have networked the PCs and the Amiga. I started with TCP/IP and copying files around. I have now moved to a Novell server. I found I could build a server 486dx2 -50 mhz for about $600-700 ( without disk drives or software). I moved the disks from other systems. I use the Oxxi software on the Amiga and can mount the server disks on the PCs and Amiga. This allows the Amiga and PCs to work from the same directories. I still have to type on the PC keyboard to start a render. The PCs are a mix of older 486-66mhz and new Pentium-90mhz. I built the pentium-90 ( 16mb ram, 370 MB disk, ethernet, monitor ) ready to render for a little less than $2500 and find it a little better than 3:1 faster than a 486-66mhz. Overtime I have found the speed and extra resolution of the PC display has made me move to the PC for creating as well as rendering. The Amiga with toaster is used to put the animation on tape and work with ADPro and Morph Plus. With the ASDG products becoming available on the PC All I need is a good frame buffer or maybe PAR on the PC to move the Amiga out of the picture. Steve Peters