#Imagine 3.0
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Hey guys!
I keep hearing that people in my area are using the newest Imagine. I'm
sure these people have had 2.0 for quite a while. Have you released 3.0?
If not, do you have a projected date? Am I for sure listed as a registered
user? I upgraded a 1.0 version.
Mathew Mower
"HEY GUYS…Guys. . .guys. . . " <-fading echo
Seems like this forum has been empty for quite a while. I could be wrong,
in fact I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think you will get any feedback from
Impulse here. Then again I thought Newtek had pulled out of their forum,
and they seem to be back. So who knows?
…AutoPilot Engaged…
-Paul-
Paul, Steve Gillmor's departure left a vacuum for a while which I was
unable to fill while dealing with the effects of Hurricane Andrew on
my home and business. However, as things get back to normal, I will
be available online to answer as many questions as I can and relate
your concerns to the gang at Impulse. –Rick Rodriguez
Glad to have you back online!
Steve
Steve, glad to be here. –Rick
I am very glad that I WAS wrong, and glad that we again have an
Impulse presence here! BTW I am also sorry to here that Andrew has
caused you trouble. Besides the human told Andrew also took out the
the Weeks Air Museum – a collection of rare aircraft. Good thing you
don't live next to Tamiami Airport. You might have wound up with a
B-17 fuselage in you back yard. Andrew blew it 1.5 miles from the
airport!
Oh but Paul, I DO live next to Tamiami Airport!!! Actually, I'm about ten
blocks away, but the same winds that blew planes all over trashed mine and
my neighbors' roofs and fences. –Rick Rodriguez
Rick,
Ten blocks, wow! Then I guess you COULD find airplane parts in your
back yard! The tower operators abandoned ship when the wind hit 185mph,
and unofficially it was clocked in excess of 210mph! No wonder you lost
your roof. Well I hope both you and the Weeks Air Museum are starting to
get the "pieces back together again".
…AutoPilot Engaged…
-Paul-
Rick,
How's the status of Imagine for the IBM?
Joe
Joe, the program should be completed shortly. I'll post info as soon as I
have it. –Rick
Real nice to see your name again Rick! Hope that Andrew didn't do
any serious (?) damage to you personally. I'm sure a lot of folk (me
too) will be glad to have your Imagine support here again.
Re the PC version of Imagine 3.0…. any idea of when that is due? I'm
curious to see how it looks… ttfn
–jp–seattle–
The PC version of 2.0 is almost finished. The idea is to have 3.0 available
on both the AMiga and PC simultaneously.
Andrew was a major pain, causing four months of "homelessness" (save for the
kindness of family and friends) and providing an instant degree in home
reconstruction. But fortunately, my wife and kids are okay and it's almost
behind us.
–Rick Rodriguez
Imagine 3.0 has not been released and no firm date has yet been set. Rest
assured that you will be among the first to know once the product is close
to shipping. –Rick Rodriguez
I am very disappointed that you are focusing your attention on the PC
market while we Amiga users languish awaiting a new version. It's
been 2 years now hasn't it!?!?!?!?!? I realize that you need to
expand your market and grow and it would be foolish not to consider
the market size. HOWEVER, if "as soon as the PC version is done,
we'll work on yours" has become your motto, I'll need to find another
rendering program (company). I'm not yet prepared to become a second
class citizen who lusts after other platforms programs hoping that
someday I'll get some crumbs from the PC table! I need and demand
that those who get my business give me the tools to be the best in
the market. If all software producers follow this lead, we might as
well pack it up and buy a Mac or a PC (then we'll all be blind sheep)
If Impulse is as dedicated to the Amiga market place as I believe they
are, development for the IBM version will lead to potentially higher
profit margin, and therefore more money for R&D, and hopefully some
of the profit from the IBM version will bankroll some Amiga
development work.
Matt, no need to feel this way. The plan is for Amiga development to lead
the way and Impulse has great plans for future releases. But financially,
Impulse can't continue to ignore the PC. The last six months have been
slow because the company has to "catch up" to get the PC product out. Once
this version is released, development should return to a normal schedule.
–Rick Rodriguez
Rick,
I can't resist: Is part of Impulse's "catching up to the PC market"
finding someone to write a decent manual? Their Amiga versions would
(original Mike versions) would get some mighty puzzled looks from the PC
market, I'd think.
Is all the code, for both Amiga and PC versions, being written so that
porting it will be nearly trivial? Or will it take a while to come back to
the Amiga?
Just curious,
Karl
Don't know much about the manual plans, but Mike tells me that the delay in
Imagine PC has been due to creating a cross-compiler. Now that it's done,
however, writing code for both machines simultaneously is a snap. What's
neat is that Imagine behaves exactly the same on the PC as it does on the
Amiga. I'm sure Windows users will go nuts when they realize they've got
to relearn how to use their mouse!
–Rick
Rick,
Teehee. I've been using a 486 at work to lay out some circuit boards
and I HATE the way they use mice on those systems.
Left-button-brings-up-the-menu indeed! Yuk! I'm gonna giggle wildly
when PC'ers have to start using a mouse with some smarts!
I'm surprised they actually had to CREATE a cross-compiler. Such things
have been existence for some time, haven't they? Definitely sounds like
reinventing the wheel, but I'm sure they know what they're doing.
Do you think that when 3.0 arrives for the Amiga, it will support AGA,
since this is more or less equivalent to the VGA mode?
Karl
Imagine 3.0 will definitely support AGA modes.
–Rick
BTW, I'm sure you know by now that I'm not a programmer or technical
type, so don't hold me to the stuff about the cross compiler. I THINK
that's what Mike Halvorson told me they were doing, but I may be
all wrong. The good news is that the program's almost done and 3.0
will be coming probably by the end of the first quarter.
Rick,
OK, that's fine. To be honest, I have an awful lot of 2.0 I haven't
learned! The AGA support is probably the most awaited feature for me. Of
course, I haven't heard a word about what they're putting in 3.0, so
hopefully there'll be lots of new toys to play with. To be blunt, Imagine
is starting to get some stiff competition and ain't the only bloke on the
block anymore. I hope they're addressing some missing items in 3.0. (Of
course they are; otherwise, why would there be a 3.0!?!)
Karl