#Network/OS choice
Bob:
Wow, what a message! I'll try to answer most of your questions:
>> Then I tried the PVR.
>> 1 hitch, it does not want to take more than 156 TGA frames at a time.
>> Is that normal?
I doubt it! Anyone have one of these beasts working properly yet?
>> I guess if I knew what I was talking about I wouldn't need more, but
>> I couldn't tell you what a field is or an Alpha channel if it bit me!
Just hang around here, much better than a manual, and lots more fun!
>> So they called the local Autodesk rep and got his opinion. We are
>> meeting with him tomorrow. He claims that he does not have Autodesk's
>> backing to put any guaranty on anything but a Novell network.
>> Is that true ?
Totally false. 3D Studio has been extensively tested on many different
networks, and works fine on them. Some smaller/peer-to-peer networks have some
problems when running many stations, but as long as you know your limitations
(Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, I believe) you'll be OK.
>> In one of your answers you told me <<NT, SchmenTee, it doesn't matter
>> what is running on your file server! :^)
Be careful of what and who you quote out of context! :^) My comment came
directly out of your question on what you could do, not necessarily what I
would recommend! As I recall, I was talking about UNIX at the time!
>> I know you are tied in somehow with Autodesk and to me your opinion
>> has as much weight as Jonas etc…
That sure puts me in with good company! <bg> My only affiliation with
Autodesk is that I am a very happy user of their software, and have built an
animation business around it. Well, and we write programs and drivers under
contract for them. Oh, yes, I do write some books and magazine articles about
their software. Yea, our top programmer is on loan to the Yost Group for the
duration of the MAX programming. Um, I guess we are also Authorized Autodesk
Developers. I'm also an official support person (FA) here on the forum. Come
to think of it, I think I am pretty well tied into Autodesk! :^)
Greg Pyros