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Hi John, >> Scala MultiMedia MM100 for the PC will >> work in the 32-bit memory protected Any news on a release date? >> From what I've been told it is not a hardware thing, its a Windoze >> thing. ;-} MM100 will support double-buffered animation. Oh, I thought it was H/W which is why the Amiga is unique in it's animation capabilities. On PCs and Macs it would be a S/W solution, as I understood it. I may be wrong, however (won't be the first time). I was actually refering to the Mac. Director on the Mac doesn't use double buffering (except perhaps for QT). It was sad because here I was using a $7000 PowerPC and the animation wasn't as good as my '030 Amiga (of course, I was comparing the 256 colour Mac with my 16 colour Amiga). When I used Multimedia Toolbook there was an option, as I recall, which enabled a form of double buffering. Unfortunately, it slowed things down considerably. >> Thanks for the compliments. You are welcome. >> Let me know if you have questions. I have all the answers. >> Well, most of them at least. I actually have one question. Last year Scala200 was available at a deep discount price. Is that offer still available. As I mentioned I don't want to invest in the latest version because I don't have an AGA Amiga but if I could get Sc200 for a reasonable price then I would. >> In the meantime, we must continue to put our time and resources into >> developing for other platforms. I think any company that isn't doing that doesn't want to be in business for much longer. I will use my Amiga for at least a couple years, most likely, but most of my investment will be for my PC and other systems. Thanks for your comments, Andrew ICAM — ActiveMedia Development / IICS "InforMedia" Newsletter Editor Gliding in from Toronto on AutoPilot…