CompuServe Thread

#it sure is dark in here

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#56074From: Joe LohSep 3, 1993 10:34 AM
Dear Jay, The cdk doesn't want to work with the adi drivers from autocad rev 12 that I have. I am using Zortech 3.0 and pharlap 4.0 to compile and link. The computer is a Compaq 386/33 with normal VGA. I did get the autocad to work in render mode, so I believe the driver is working on my machine. The first tutorial tut-1 swithces to mode 13H and displays the message – WARNING – no lights defined creating default lights forever. I've been trying to get the demo going for a couple months now and I'm getting pretty fustrated. Any ideas?
#56126From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Sep 3, 1993 6:42 PM
Joe Typically the ADI drivers that were built to be used with ACAD do not meet the specifications needed to be used as an ADI driver for CDK. The manual (in discussing the CyADIdisp class) specifies the use of an "ADI 4.2 rendering driver." we are not aware of any shipping "rendering driver" that is FULLY ADI 4.2 compliant — in particular, none of the ones we've seen handle the 3D packets that are required for Cyberspace. What other display options might you have? -Brian
#56152From: Jerry IsdaleSep 4, 1993 12:39 AM
Gee brian, are you the Adesk person looking after this section? I posted a number of msgs here in the last weeks w.o. getting any offical responses (some other users have chimed in). Pity. I just sent off a review of CDK for publication. It included a comment on the existance of this section but the seeming neglect it gets from Adesk. Jerry
#56658From: Joe LohSep 8, 1993 9:22 AM
The development platform is a COMPAQ with its SVGA (NOT the QVISION) video subsystem. There are some SVGA-VESA emulator sharewares that might be of use if the CDK supports it. I've tried a few but to NOT had any success with it. Any recommendaton???? It's a shame that though the CDK CLAIMS to support both the ADI & VESA and yet there's ADI, and there's ADI and there's VESA, and there's VESA. CDK seem like a NEAT package but I'm losing my FAITH in it everytime I look at it.