#NT Opinion, FWIW
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I have just seen a few of the threads regarding the move to NT and all the
commotion it seems to be stirring. FWIW I thought I would drop in my two
cents.. (why, I have no idea… )
We develop on NT using MSV C++ (CDK apps) . Although the change from Metaware
and Watcom that we were using before was a bit to overcome for a few days, it
really wasn't too bad. The ports of the code were really a breeze and the
advantages of NT and the new compiler have more than made up for any effort
needed. Although the hardware configs are still pretty tough, coming from the
wayback machine of mainframes long ago, it was actually kind of refreshing to
get back to a real operating system with security and monitoring capabilities
again. IMHO, I wish everyone would just move to NT instead of Windows 95, and
MicroSoft would concentrate on getting NT right instead of messing around with
all this interim garbage.
I have not kept up with all the info on this new move to NT for 3D Studio but I
am of course assuming that it will use Visual C++ and those of you that have
not used it before will be wonder soon how you ever got along with out it. The
debugger alone is magic in terms of the time you save. I am not a full time
coder myself, but I never had a debugger before that popped you directly to the
line of your source code that caused the problem for you. You don't even have
to go look for it. Maybe others do that too and I am just unaware… but for
us it has been GREAT and I'll bet that you are all really glad that Yost and
company made this decision next year at this time….
Angela Pate
MicronGreen, Inc.
Thank you Angela!
I'm glad you were able to give us some perspective from the developers point of
view, I'm sure NT is the Way to Go, I guess I'll have to stop talking about it
and actually get a copy for our dealership to get up to speed on.
What do you recommend?
Would there be any advantage of NT Server VS the current 3.5X Client version
for a dealership to noodle around with at this time?
Someone told me that the NT Server version now shipping is actually an older
version that the 3.51 Client version that allows to compress selectivly.
Could you shed any light on this?
Murph'
Hi Murph,
<<<Someone told me that the NT Server version now shipping is actually an older
version that the 3.51 Client version that allows to compress selectivly. >>>
I am not sure about the newest releases of NT but I will ask Millard who keeps
up with all this. He will know…. We are still running 3.5 I think and
haven't upgraded to 3.51. At least that is my understanding, but I will check.
Not much help am I?
Anybody else out there got an answer?
So Murph, doin' any low poly modeling yet?
Angela
Nope! No Low Poly Modeling but I think you should fill me in on what you were
going to tell me last month.
How bout sending me Hard Copy or We can just talk on the Phone.
Should I call You? When is the best time?
Murph'
Hi Angela,
I don't know much about the programming side, but everything you say jives with
developers I've spoken with. They all seem to love it as well. I'm very
excited about the prospects because I've only done a little C programming but I
think this environment will help further my skills in this area and that would
be great. Maybe I'll write my own display drivers. <g>
Regards,
John
Hi John,
<< I'm very excited about the prospects because I've only done a little C
programming but I think this environment will help further my skills in this
area and that would be great.>>>
Just remember the rest of us who struggled with compilers that ended up with
version numbers like 3.2.5.01.c.xyz ……not fun….
I am hoping that we won't have to switch compilers any more… maybe….
But I've said that about operating systems for the past ten years
too…everything always changes…
I hope you enjoy learning to code in NT. I sure have…what little time I get
to do it. Someday I will get there full time…. I just know it.
Angela
Hi Angela,
I appreciate you're taking the time to make the post. NT is really great, the
more I use it the more I like it. 🙂
John
Me too!