CompuServe Thread

SUPER IPAS SUPER RT Soon to be released in the first quarter of '97, is the Super Spline Modler with Displacement Map Highspeed Ray Tracing module, called Super RT, that rounds out your set of 3D Studio R8 tools. There is no more need to to wait for that old 4 processor 9 gigabite Intel antique of yours to render an animation. This IPAS comes with an adaptor that lets you connect directly to the YOST central render server. The new YOST server with 64 parallel processors divides the ray traced image into discrete sections and produces a full 2,037 X 1,720 image in 22 seconds. At press time we were unable to get a quote from Mr. Gary Yost on his latest breakthrough. He was in Seattle negociating a hostile takeover and dis-memberment of the fabled Microsoft empire, once owned by that other man with the initial "G". We all have experienced the frustration of having to code in 128 bit words, and that is why this new plug-in from Autodesk/GM is so useful. When Autodesk took over GM last year, it inherited a large number of mainframe computers. They were brought to Napa California and installed in one of the wings of the YOST Corporation computer center. This group of processing giants formed the core of the now famous YOST server which has made the Super RT IPAS possible. For the latest update on other IPAS developments, watch for this column. Dateline, Lompock, by the Sea. (G) Regards, Sanford