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- Hi Blake,
-
- > From a new A2K owner wanna be animator,
- > 1-Are their any problems in using OS3.1 with a PAR ??
- > 2-Re: PAR , for those who have installed the 2 IDE drives
- > outside their A2K, how long were you able to make your
- > cables ??
- > 3-To any A2K owners with a PAR, any things good/bad that
- > you'd like to comment on I would like to hear about.
- > 4-I currently use LW 3.5SA on my 1200 and intend to 'Net to
- > my A2K for the PAR. I'd like to hear what you think is the
- > most cost efficient 'Net. I'm not too sure I can use the
- > SN.
-
- Don't use ParNet (freeware Parallel port network) for tranporting video
- frames. It's DOG slow if you're moving LARGE amounts of video resolution
- frames. (more than 30, or 1 seconds' worth!) The only thing I can suggest
- that's fast enough to efficiently transport frames is ethernet, but ethernet
- cards for the 1200 (PCMCIA) and the 2000 can be a bit costly if you're on a
- budget like you imply you are. About $600 for both cards together, and one
- or the other of them should come bundled with Enlan-DFS or similar.
-
- > I currently use MLink/Shell account for Inet
- > 5-Re:A2K Video, What video card works with both LW, PAR
- > and Image F/X. I currently have a Micro Way Flicker Fixer
- > but I intend to sell it soon.
-
- I had several lower-powered machines like this for quite a while, then
- I decided to take the plunge, sell everything, and buy one ultra-buffed
- A4000. Having several machines just never worked out well in the end.
- And I Never regretted the decision. Since the thing multitasks like a
- dream, I just set lightwave's processor priority to 0 and do whatever else
- I want (modeming, mainly) while it's rendering. Don't really need 2 machines.
-
- You might say "but my 2k isn't low power, it has an '030!" Well, my 40mhz
- 040 barely has enough speed to do medium-complexity logo animation (up to
- 12 seconds worth mebby) in a reasonable amount of rendering time. (2 days
- tops)
-
- Since I bought the machine, it's at least paid for it's loan payments every
- month with animation jobs I've done.
-
- the system description is as follows:
- A4000/040 40mhz 20mb ram, 1gb system drive, PAR, 1 gig PAR drive, 512 meg PAR
- drive, TBC IV, Picasso II 2mb, High-flyer chassis (absolutely nessesary)
- CD-Rom, A2065 Ethernet, Kitchen Sync, and a few extras. The system is
- totally portable (extra set of cables in a backpack) so I can unplug it
- and frame dump at post houses.
-
- Also, some good advice a friend imparted to me: Don't buy lots of equipment
- expecting to get jobs for it, buy the equipment because the demand is there
- and you need it to fill the demand. So many people have utterly failed by
- taking a backwards approach. If you're really serious about doing this,
- be wise. :)
-
- > Thanks for any info,
- >
- > Blake Scruggs A(Nice)1200 '030x50x32M : A2K '030 : blake@blkbox.com
- > "No longer a member of the Zorro Challenged Club"
-
- :) --Mike
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