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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:23:35 -0700
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From: [e-mail] (Darren Metcalfe)
Subject: Screamernet (Was Re: Dave Spencer's zillion questions)
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bblevins wrote:

>>How is distributed redering going to work...Screamer Net...????
>
>In a nutshell.
>
>There is a new Screamer Net (the old version is still supported for those
>who need it.)
>You set up a directory on your host system that all other systems can see.
>Each rendering system is assigned a job# and the host LW writes a command
>file (ie. load, render, wait, blahblahblah.) for each rendering system to
>the the shared directory. Each system then startes reading its command file
>and takes appropriate action, and writes an acknowlegment file to the
>shared directory. The host LW reads the ack file and send out a new
>command. Etc.
>
>It's best to set saved frames to a shared directory in the scene file.
>Otherwise you'll have to move the saved pictures from each system later.
>
>One nice thing about SN is that it should work with any network than can
>share drives. Also, you don't have to copy all the scenes, objects, images,
>etc. to each system's harddrive. (3D Studio suggests doing this. YUK)

What this says to me is, with LW4 and TCP/IP on my PC and Amiga, NFS Server
on the PC and NFS Client on the Amiga (mounts the PC hd's), I should be able
to control the PC from the Amiga. This contradicts what NewTek has been
claiming, or does it? Is it a special case because I actually own LW for
Intel >and< Amiga?

Of course, if the Screamernet "Host" machine is unable to render while
controlling the other boxes (the case with the current SN, as I understand
it) then this is all a waste of bandwidth...

OTOH, if the Amiga can render >and< write commands to the PC drive, (and why
not), can SN account for the differences in speed between the two machines
(P90 vs. 040/40)?

Later,
D.

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