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#min network stations

    03-Dec-93 11:58:54
Sb: #min network stations
Fm: Bruce Meikle 72614,2334
To: all
Question about the new network rendering features in 3DS r3: What is the minimum needed to set up a slave station? Could you have, in effect, a few "rack mounted" 486s, without monitors, without keyboards, etc? I assume you would need at least the following: – Yer basic motherboard in a box – Lot's of RAM – A hard drive for swapping and storing rendered images Anything else? I guess I'm just looking at the cheapest way to set up a dedicated rendering farm and I'd appreciate any advice from those with more network experience than me. ( Not hard, I don't have any <g>) Bruce Meikle