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From: [e-mail] (Brian Dady)
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> On Thu, 18 May 1995, Rowan Crawford wrote:

>>> (NewTeck BBS SysOp) said that there'll be a module in the LW 4.0 package
>>> that is LW, but only renders, and can be used on any number of machines
>>> for distribted rendering.  Catch:  It currently wil only work on a series
>>> of similar processors (Amigas to Amigas, Intel to Intel, ect.)  From what
>>
>> WHAT? Is that likely to be fixed at some stage? Gawd knows how many
>> Amiga owners plan(ned) to buy a PC for rendering...

To which Dave Warner responded:

> Very doubtful....you're talking about completely different programs.  If
> you have multiple Amigas and want to render on more than one of them,
> you'll only need to buy one copy of LightWave...same with the PC version
> or the Alpha version or the Mips version.  If you want to run LightWave
> on an Amiga AND a PC, you'll need to buy two copies....you'll need to
> buy additional copies if you want to run Layout or Modeler on more than
> one machine.

> Only makes sense....

Dave, I agree that it might make some sense, but there are more than a
few Lightwaver's out here in this position:  I bought my Amiga/Toaster
and Lightwave years ago, and up to now it has been a hobby.  I would
really love for it to be a business, but I don't have the money to buy
everything I need all at once.  I would love to have a Flyer, but I
haven't yet scraped together enough to buy a PAR or single-frame setup,
and now, once again I will be paying to upgrade LW.  I didn't buy the
standalone in preparation for the cross-platform upgrade because I
couldn't afford it or a second platform.  I have been holding out in
hopes that Newtek would offer us Amiga/Toaster/Lightwave users a deal
as good as the rest of you got.  I will certainly need more rendering
power than my one A2000/040 when I finally do have the PAR (most
likely SF solution).  If I can't buy a cost-effective PC and render
with my yet-to-be-purchased (and *offered*) upgrade to LW 4.0 (probably
as a Toaster/LW package), then I am stuck with trying to find an over-
priced and under-powered (and as much as I hate to say it, obsolete)
Amiga to help render.  My buying another copy of Lightwave might make
sense to you, but it just means a longer wait for me, before I can be
in business like you!

BTW : anybody in the SF bay area want to pool resources and start a
co-op / joint venture arrangement of some kind?  I want to do this
full time so bad I can taste it...

Brian
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