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#please explain..

    20-Nov-93 21:45:52
Sb: #please explain..
Fm: PATRICK MALONE 70461,3646
To: all
Anyone…. Just got and loaded 3DS 3.0. (11/19/93) Set it up per the installation guide and went through to look at the new stuff. Checked out the materials editor and rendered out 20 or so materials. Went into the 3d editor and loaded GOLD.3DS When I went to render I recieved the following message. Mfree error – Validity Check Failure ptr1 – 7F38D0, Ptr2 – 7F38DA, *Ptr1 = E, *Ptr2 = FFF9FFFF This kicked me to a DOS screen, displayed this message at the top of the screen. When I hit enter I was at the DOS prompt. ………………. What's the deal? I've got a 486DX2/66, 16Meg ram, 100 MB free HD space. No tsr's. After a reboot & a check disk….no more problem…. Do I look forward to a future spent with such errors???? I read about the problem w/486DX2/66 machines…..is this what happens?????!!! …Is my machine going to do this often???!!! ******************************************************************* When I reloaded and rendered the GOLD.3DS I noticed it took 2 passes to get to the final image. A friend with a similiar machine (with 32 meg ram) has the exact same video card as me and it only took one pass on his machine… ….is this normal or have I done something wrong? (He has his own 3DS 3.0) I've got a CIRRUS 5426 card and a 17" flat screen monitor. Non-interlaced. Using the Vibrant Graphics driver set to 800 x 600 x 256. My display passed the config test each time during set up. I'm looking forward to some answers……….. Thanks… Patrick Malone 70461,3646l