#OTHER COMPUTER FORMATS
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I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOUR COMPANY PLANS TO OFFER 3DS ON OTHER COMPUTER
PLATFORMS SUCH AS:
POWER MAC
SGI
DEC [ALPHA]
FOR EXAMPLE? AND ALSO ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE 3DS ON UNIX?
I AM JUST WONDERING IF YOU PLAN TO UTILIZE THE MUTITASKING ENVIRONMENTS.
OH YA ALSO DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE MAKING A JUST A RENDERING MODULE TO RUN ON
OTHER COMPUTERS?
THANKS VERY MUCH
MARK RASMUSSEN
You'd best ask someone from Autodesk these questions. We just make this stuff.
– G
Mark,
<< Autodesk future plans? >>
Sorry. Autodesk does not discuss future product features, plans or shipdates.
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I want my 3D-NT! <g>
OH Please! I think I speak for alot of us when I say this. I'm sure you get
badgered about this alot.
I got to play with ACAD-NT. pant… Surely, 3DS-NT can't be far away.
I know you guys have a SG rendering engine (or was it SUN?). Why don't you pull
a couple of code guru's aside and compile an NT rendering engine.
Gee, What a wonderful idea. Sometimes I get the feeling ya'll just hate
Windows.
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an NT rendering engine _______________________________________________
Chris,
I'm with you on this one. Just the rendering engine on NT would put a whole
fleet of Alpha workstations to work in my rendering farm. I'm wishing that 3DS
will follow at least in part in ACAD's footsteps on this one.
Bob
Personally, I don't see why not. If the engine is in C++, then port it to
Visual C++.
There, go through the code and make it a native windoze program. NT should
handle the rest if I'm not mistaken. There be major differences, but the core
of the code should basically stay the same, right?
Chris:
I don't know my *ss from a C++ so what's possible for an NT render engine is a
mystery to me. I've heard often enough that Pharlap is troublesome in other
environments so this could be a drawback. I just wish somebody would break the
code of silence about what is being developed as future purchases of hardware
and software are directly influenced by what path is taken. I hate having to
prognosticate, I feel like I'm playing the lottery with my business future and
it makes me uneasy.
Bob
Codes of silence are a good thing. The alternative is known as "vaporware",
the term any computer maven or journalist uses when something has been
discussed in public yet hasn't shipped.
You don't want to be on the bleeding edge. Let someone else get the arrows in
the back. If you can't make a living with what you have today, then tomorrow's
product won't help much. Buying computer hardware and software is and always
will be an expensive proposition. There's no way to eliminate that risk.
(Generic Software Industry Disclaimer and Words of Wisdom, ™ ) 🙂
<< I just wish somebody would break the code of silence about what is being
developed as future purchases of hardware and software are directly influenced
by what path is taken. >>
This is one of the main reasons why they keept such a tight lid on things,
IMHO. Why buy the product now, if the version you really want is 9-12 months
down the road? Wait and buy it then, and see the company's sales nosedive.
Personally, I would like to know a few more details myself, but I can
understand why they do what they do.
Gee Chris,
What was that operating system you wanted to know about ?????……<g>.