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Sorry about the confusion: I use Targa+ framebuffers (actually the Targa + 16 for the low-end machines and the ATVistas 4mb for the high-end). I still can't see the economic advantage of the Targa 2000; and I find the PAR card too inflexible (i like to do lots of old-fashioned things with cards, like poke into what they may be doing). Anyway, to describe my systems, I use an "economically advantageous" system, in other words, I know that most people can't tell the difference between Betacam and VHS, so I master lots of jobs on SVHS tape with Hi-Fi audio using a Sanyo GVR-S950 (about $2300.00). I have some Betacam equipment but it costs a lot to operate and most of my clients are low-dollar-high-quality (and everyone should be familiar with this). As for as Operating Systems (OS) I use a variety. Never NT. I don't use NT for anything but a server; I like to use my memory, not waste it. My NT Servers are both Compaq Proliant 2000 P60 machines with 64mb RAM, 16gb HD, etc… but you probably want the specs on the animation stuff, so my animation stuff is as follows: Main System: ( I do 90% of the work here) is a Dell Dimension XPSP120 with 64mb RAM, two 4gb Seagate drives, four NEC 3x CD-Roms, an IOmega ZIP drive, a Dell Multimedia keyboard (fun, but well, worthless), a microphone (yes, worthless), and modems, etc… Subsystens: (I do all rendering jobs and some wireframe here) 4 Digital Venturis 560 machines with 16mb RAM, 270mb HDD, Intel (whatever)Express 100 cards. I route everything with Novell's Personal Netware and a nice 3COM Multiconnect Repeater with the fiber-optic cards from Codenell…old like Andy Griffith but fast like a GTO. Anyway, I use OS/2 for my 3D Studio work, Windows 95 (beta) for my AutoCAD 13 stuff, and NT for some AutoCAD stuff. 99.999999% of the time, OS/2 Warp. Because I am writing to you as I render, I love OS/2. Now, don't get me mistaken. I don't like OS/2 enough to endorse it, but I don't see a better way to run 3DSr4 right now. Call me, i'll speak volumes. 🙂 Bradley Artigue —- bjartig0@wcc.com