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#Viewing animations

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#175413From: MatthewJun 14, 1995 6:59 PM
This may very well be a foolish question, but it here it goes. I would like to be able to view animations from 3ds at 30 frames per second. It seems like I would be able to do this if I could convert the animation to a mpeg file or something similar. I know that flics are possible, but I need more than 256 colors, and as far as I know that is the limit for flics. I would appreciate any pointers to helpful information if the question is too silly. Much thanks, Matt Harrison
#175421From: CSA/CAJun 14, 1995 7:59 PM
Possibly a good solution would be a Personal Animation Recorder, which will play back animations @ 30fps with 16 million colors, in real-time, from a dedicated IDE hard disk. The PAR uses 1 ISA slot (a 2nd if you want a real-time capture card), and lists for $1995 + hard drive. The capture card, a TBC IV, lists for $995. A PCI bus SCSI version will be shipping in the next month or two.