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- From: spl@ivem.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
- Subject: Re: Realistic 3D Studio usage
- Date: 13 Dec 1992 22:52:37 GMT
- Organization: University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging Resource
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- References: <Bz0CEn.CMs@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <Bz6nGA.L29@mtholyoke.edu> <PHUTTER.59.724272116@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu>
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- In article <PHUTTER.59.724272116@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu> PHUTTER@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu (Macbeth) writes:
- >In article <Bz6nGA.L29@mtholyoke.edu> mkofahl@MtHolyoke.edu (Cat-in-the-Hat) writes:
- >>Macintosh seems to be the leader for animation packages so far...
- >> [...]
- >>For $20,000, I would think you could get yourself quite a nice setup...
- >
- >Come on! For $20K you can get a Silicon Graphics Iris Indigo with full 3D
- >animation software and 24-bit accelerated graphics, as well as CD-quality
- >sound and real-time rendering and animation. ...
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- Actually, it's more like $25-30K for a real healthy SGI, but at least you
- get an operating system that can handle multiple tasks without wedging
- or crashing...
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- spl
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