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I have both amiga and pc lightwave running, and the amiga one is better
by far to use but I am tending more and more to the PC side because of
the whole C= fiasco.
as for you questions:
Go with WIN 95 or NT for sure.. 32bit and easy networking cabailities so
you can still use your amiga for LW.
16megs of ram on amiga = atleast 32 megs or more on PC
Arexx... nothing like it on pc.. (too bad)
Image FX exists on PC now I hear, but until then use PhotoShop or this
other program (Cant remember the name..originated on the amiga nad
recoded for pc now)





On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Peter Ryan wrote:

>
> I'm a Lightwave user who has been using v3.5 on an Amiga for quite some
> time and have registered for the v4.0 upgrade (this has yet to
> surface I understand).
>
> I have been working at getting a couple of animation projects up and
> running over the past year or two and it still looks like one of them
> may eventuate.  The problem is that back when I began budgetting all of
> this, the setup I intended to use consisted of whacking a PAR board
> with TBC into my A4000. Unfortunately things have changed with the
> slowdown of the Amiga and it seems that the move to the PC platform may
> be unavoidable.
>
> My hesitation at making the move is: 1) I have used Amigas for 5 years
> and have built up a software base I can use blindfolded. If I move to
> PC I have to start from scratch.  2) The *cost* of buying a new platform
> and software base.  3) If I set up an adjacent Pentium, the moving of
> files between systems (assuming issue no.1 is solved by running both in
> parallel).
>
> My questions are related to the setting up of a PC system.
> (Please note that I am in Australia and therefore use a PAL
> system).
>
> * There is talk of Win32, NT, Win95 and Win3.11... what do I need to run
> LW 4.0, assuming I have a P120 or the like? Or rather, what is the
> *best*?
>
> * What is the equivalent PC RAM requirement to match 16meg RAM on an
> Amiga (ie. what I call minimum)?
>
> * Is it possible to live without Arexx? I live and breathe it with the
> likes of ImageFX.
>
> * Is there the equivalent of ImageFX and MultiFrame batch image
> processors?
>
> * Is the PAR on the PC as good as the Amiga version, which I have used?
>
> * Now there is talk of the PVR which I haven't seen, what is the
> difference? Is there are DPS home page or mailing list perhaps?
>
> * It would be much cheaper to just stick an Amiga PAR into my machine,
> should I still consider it? (I don't see any plug-ins for the Amiga
> version of LW turning up, though).
>
> If you had to spend the *absolute* minimum to set up a
> PC with LW and a PAR + TBC, what would the system consist of? (Say
> given a budget of US$5000 ie.AUS$7000 - note:  in Australia hardware and
> software is a bit more expensive).
>
>
>     Thanks for your time
>
>     Peter Ryan ([e-mail])
>     Sydney, Australia
>
>