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#Imagine vs Pentium Bug

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#97299From: Dennis L. SmithDec 19, 1994 8:55 AM
Sorry if PC Imagine is out of scope. Don't know where else to ask. Thinking of buying a Pentium PC to run Imagine for producing Demonstrative animations for court. Is my Imagine s/w vulnerable in any way that would show on an animation to that pesky little flt pt bug on the pENTIUM. Is it vulnerable in any way at all? A significant error is one thing, but even an insignificant error might hurt attorney confidence or credibility w/a jury.
#97377From: Peter GreciDec 20, 1994 3:25 PM
You might try asking in GUGPRA forum as well. Lots of IBM/Clone Imagine users there 🙂 or ask Mike Halvorsen here in Amigavend. He's prez of Impulse makers of Imagine. Member of the Association of Media Professionals
#97587From: Charles BlaquiereDec 22, 1994 11:34 PM
Dennis, let's be realistic. The Pentium error is several decimals beyond the point. Even if the error occurred in a significant calculation, for example when Imagine determines the position of an object, which affects every point belonging to it, the error would be an infinitesimal fraction of a pixel. Nobody would ever know. Blaq!