#Abekas/Exabyte More Info
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The confusion about windows arose from the comment on 28 June regarding adding
additional file formats into the basic driver because " we don't have a
schedule yet as to when we would actually release Image Independence for
Windows." You go on to mention that your Abekas/Exabyte driver will include the
ability to load and save several other formats such as BMP, SGI, etc. Maybe you
can explain how this all fits together. Thanks -JE. P.S. Disregard the query on
the price, I got it. Thanks again.
Sorry about the confusion. I was referring to Image Independence which is a
computer independent (ie: the same exact code runs on every supported computer)
image translation system. Image Independence consists of two parts…
The first is a user interface…which is the part not done for Windows. The
second part is all of the file format translation modules, which being the same
for every computer *IS* done for Windows.
The file format translation modules are written in such a way that any
application (such as our Abekas driver) can take the place of the Image
Independence user interface. That is, our Abekas driver makes direct use of all
the translation modules we designed for Image Independence.
Rather than hold off on the translation module availability until II is
complete (and offering only three translation modules for the Abekas driver),
we are instead going to include a large number of translation modules in the
Abekas driver.
The net effect is, the Abekas driver is compatible with not only the previously
stated JPEG, TGA, and IFF, but also many other formats like SoftImage,
Wavefront, SGI RGB, QRT, and a bunch of others.
I'm very interested, I'm looking forward to meeting with your group at
SIGGRAPH. -JE