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#3DLabs Video Board

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#178381From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST]Jul 4, 1995 6:35 AM
Hi John, ELSA's GLoria is a 3D controller that combines a 3Dlabs GLINT chip with an S3 Vision968 to give you excellent performance for 3D acceleration as well as Windows performance. The GLoria is a shipping product. It has drivers for Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, etc. It supports OpenGL as well as other important 3D APIs. You can look for the file WINNER.TXT, that describes ELSA's product line, in the libraries or you can call ELSA directly at 800-272-ELSA for additional information. Best of luck with your search. Sincerely, Tom
#178433From: albert waltnerJul 4, 1995 4:52 PM
>> ELSA's GLoria is a 3D controller that combines a 3Dlabs >> GLINT chip with an S3 Vision968 to give you excellent >> performance for 3D acceleration as well as Windows performance. >> >> You can look for the file WINNER.TXT, that describes ELSA's >> product line, in the libraries or you can call ELSA directly >> at 800-272-ELSA for additional information. >> I would like to see the WINNER.TXT file but could not find it either here or in the forum where ELSA resides. In addition, ELSA has several sections in their forum. Could you be specific about forum name and library section where this file can be found? I will try the 800 number you gave.
#178480From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST]Jul 5, 1995 1:38 AM
Hi Albert, Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The file had not been uploaded to this forum. I will upload it to Lib #6, Hardware. Of course you can always use the 800 number. 🙂 Sincerely, Tom
#178643From: John RiggsJul 6, 1995 12:54 AM
>>>The most interesting piece of news about the Glint chip is that there are no drivers to accelerate 3D Studio just yet. And, according to >>>one of the vendors, those drivers won't be available until the end of the year. Rather grim news for the 3DS crowd. But once they hit, it will >>>be great. I talked to one of the reps at fujitsu and they said that the board had been shipping for about two weeks, and that there were drivers for 3DStudio that were excelerated. The guy told me that they were running 3DStudio just the other day. Thanks John
#178737From: albert waltnerJul 6, 1995 2:41 PM
>> I talked to one of the reps at fujitsu and they said … Could you post the telephone number? I am curious. Thanks.
#179233From: Mark YankeeJul 10, 1995 2:19 AM
Albert, << Could you post the telephone number? [Fujitsu] >> 408-922-9765 or 1-800-642-7616 Mark
#178835From: Tom Lansford [ARTIST]Jul 7, 1995 4:23 AM
Hi John, > >I talked to one of the reps at fujitsu and they said that the board had been >shipping for about two weeks, and that there were drivers for 3DStudio that >were excelerated. The guy told me that they were running 3DStudio just the >other day. > I can imagine that they were running 3DS, but can you tell me what they had "accelerated" for 3DS? I'm curious. 🙂 FWIW, ELSA has been shipping the GLoria since May. As for the 3DS acceleration that Kelly was taliking about, that was most likely refering to the new 3DS Release 5 under NT. Sincerely, Tom