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- In article <ftn_2.203.602.69_2fe47682_Jonas.Karlsson@atb.ct.se> jonas.karlsson@atb.ct.se (Jonas Karlsson) writes:
- >From: jonas.karlsson@atb.ct.se (Jonas Karlsson)
- >Subject: Stand Alone Render Engine - (Was : Re: LOW Dangle)
- >Date: Sun, 18 Jun 95 12:54:00 +0200
-
- >In a message of 17 Jun 95 TheTruth wrote to All:
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- > T> I love the fact the LW4.0 will ship with distributave rendering across
- > T> ethernets. But, many times there are situations where the network isn't
- > T> there to render across. Or, there might be a situation where I would
- > T> like to give someone my animation via modem or Internet transfer, but I
- > T> don't want to have to send all the rendered images. I could send a
- > T> stand-along renderer with my scene and related files.
-
- > T> Many of the LW users here use LW at work and have a LW capable machine
- > T> at home and would sometimes like to use both machines to crank out an
- > T> animation faster.
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- > T> It just seems to make sense to have both Network Distributive Rendering
- > T> along with a Standalone Rendering Engine. Now, if NewTek were going to
- > T> charge by the node for it's NDR, I cold see why a standalone version
- > T> would be out of the question. But, since it's free anyway, would it
- > T> really hurt NewTek to release a standalone version? Or could it
- > T> actually help LW sales?
-
- > T> I don't know - I'm not a marketing person. But, as a LW user, I'd love
- > T> to have the ability to render accross multiple machines w/o requiring a
- > T> network.
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-
- >Well my sugestion is that you bring your mashine to your work, and plug it into
- >the net when you're gonna do the final renderings. I figure that if you would
- >be connected with a modem 2 week's in a row for renderings it's just not worth
- >it.
-
- >How do you think rendering accreoss several mashines is going to be a reality
- >if you don't connect them. Networks could be set up by several ways, ie you
- >could use serial, parallel, ethernet, tokenrings, atm, or plenty of other ways,
- >but you simply must have a network.
-
- Not really. Externally mounted SCSI drives (removeable media or fixed) make
- the "need" for a network questionable. Optical disks and fast DAT tape drives
- could also work well for a remote "unconnected" machine. How 'bout a ZIP
- drive for transfering scene files, brushes, objects etc. Networks are great,
- but physically transporting a disk could easily be significantly more
- economical if a machine is remotely located.
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