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3D modeling

    08-Nov-94 03:57:52
Sb: #569-3D modeling
Fm: Brian Reed 73503,3364
To: Dwayne L. Liddell 74644,2416
>I absolutely hate Amigas. The only program I have ever used on them is Lightwave. Well sheesh. I think they're super, tho I know they never had the acceptance and are slow by todays standard. Still, with one, I had a 32 bit pre-emptive multitasking OS nearly a decade ago. In fact I had a 3D modeler/tracer on the shelves in 89, for CLI -or- GUI. Ah well no point, just hoping you can appreciate something of the Amiga.. no need for a thread about wars. >I was born with a PC in my mouth and have always used them. I was born wayyy before that. When we had a apple][ with a 68000/7220 and 2megs static ram in a slot, and other advanced cards, IBM sent us this completely stupid 8088 cassette thing called a PC. it was good for a laugh, and we put it right next to the LISA (also rather worthless). >I am actually heavily biased towards PC's, and even more biased towards NT systems >and SGIs. SGI, well theres no comparing to that, they're awesome. Dont expect to really compare a PC to one, soon. 😉 >I think that most of Lightwaves problems are due to the Amiga's architecture. Well in that specifically, I'd think you've laid the blame inappropriately. (And there is fair blame to lay). The Amiga long suffered 'lack of progress' after its intro and before its demise, but really, only intimate experience with the low level Amiga can give you the finer points of the appreciation. There are worthwhile points within. Frankly, I wish I had a platform that was a combo of the best of both platforms, but then, it still would perhaps pale next to an SGI. Ah to have a real computer. Bri