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r4 paranoia

    26-Jul-94 19:07:08
Sb: #114566- r4 paranoia
Fm: M. G. BATCHELOR 71532,1214
To: Paul Lind 71543,2104
(This was sent earlier today, but I don't think it posted successfully. If it did, please excuse the re-transmission) Paul, Someone here mentioned September (???). I'm purely speculating, but it seems that R4 is a plug-in to the existing R3. I'm guessing it would require the R3 executable to be modified/replaced, the display drivers, etc. – something like that. I suppose the core interface code is so stable and generally robust, that this approach makes sense and sort-of provides a "3ds Lite" that a number of people have requested (essentially R3 with no R4 plug in's). I'm guessing that since some of these R4 features go beyond the status quo at this time on this platform, to workaround a possible price increase for the base program – you only pay for the R4 modules if you need them….otherwise R3 *is* the base R4 package at the current SRP. I DO NOT HAVE ANY INSIDE KNOWLEDGE WHICH PROMPTED THE STATEMENTS ABOVE. I'm just trying to reason it out based on what's been posted so far. I imagine we'll find out pretty soon. Agree/Disagree ? BILL