CompuServe Thread

Accelerators?

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#78941From: krazy imagesJan 25, 1994 4:54 PM
Oh technical hardware gods! Hear my song! Now that everybody is jumping with DSP based accelerators for Photoshop and other graphic programs… anyone has get the awesome idea of using of of those DSPs to accelerate 3ds processes. And talking about it, now that IPAS3 is about to break the door of developers… it could be easy to hardware manufacturers to plug-in external programs to accelerate 3ds calculations, like particle generation or whatever effect/function you can imagine/program to. Nice confuse message, but I'm sure that I will recieve at least 43 replys to that one (too much gods here?) <g>
#79516From: James Coulter[Mindscape]Jan 28, 1994 12:50 AM
Yond mortal, ye gods throw much lightning betwixt the planets Alpha and Pentium. From such thunder, cries of planet DSP cannot be heard! — James —
#79777From: krazy imagesJan 29, 1994 4:29 PM
mmh, a "Mindscaper"… same minds of the made games or just a psycho-houdini <g> Seems that DSPs are secondary when talking about processing power… anyway, I'm looking to that new DSP board for Painter 🙂 Maybe I have to wait for one compatible with Photostyler, since it's my great love. but one for Painter is very tempting. ana /krazy images
#80306From: James Coulter[Mindscape]Feb 1, 1994 10:52 AM
If you do try a DSP, I would like to hear how much it helps, as I am sure many others would too! — James —
#80413From: krazy imagesFeb 1, 1994 5:48 PM
James, I will try to get one as soon as possible. I think that there is one for PShop but I haven't started Photoshop since last year (well, not too much time). For me, it could be great to find one that work with photoshop/styler plug-ins and filters and Painter tools. The question is: how anybody can get a DSP to do something useful for 3DS? Maybe just only applicable in the video-post cycle? ana /krazy images