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#Terrain Module

    04-Sep-88 19:03:02
Sb: #3083-#Terrain Module
Fm: Stan Kalisher (Impulse) 76004,1767
To: Steven Bennett 70046,441
Steve – realisticaly there is no way in our system to stop a trace, and finish it up later. TSilver how ever does multitask if you have enough memory in you machine. I am usually in Trace mode during the time I am on CIS. THings obviously slow down a whole lot, but it still works. As for the memory and disk requirements, I would simply suggest that you buy as much RAM as you can afford. Depending on the size of animations youre planning to create 20MB is OK, but 30 or 40 is better if you also plan to have alot of other stuff on the Hard Drive. If you are serious about rendering I would suggest that you invest in 3MB ram and an 020 board with an 881 or 882 instead of 7 or 9mb of ram. remember too, that in TSilver you can set up Traces before you go to sleep or leave work and have the machine chug away while you are asleep.