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- From: watters@cranel.com (David Watters)
- Subject: Re: What do I need for DOS 3D animation?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.232451.17740@cranel.com>
- Organization: Cranel, Incorporated, Worthington Ohio
- References: <1jnddaINNivi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:24:51 GMT
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- In article <1jnddaINNivi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel) writes:
- >
- >Since I abandoned the MS-DOS environment for video animation (I still think
- >it's gangbusters for DTP) some other fool I work with is willing to break
- >his teeth on turning his perfectly good clone into an video machine. I quit
- >trying to figure that out a long time ago, but he seems to want to try.
- >
- >He's got a 486-33 with a 280Mb hard drive, 8Mb RAM, an SVGA/VESA diplay
- >board, and a Video/VGA I/O board. In software we've got AutoCAD Rel. 11
- >w/AME, AutoShade, 3D Studio, Renderman, Animator, and Animator Pro.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >What's he need produce moving pictures? He wants to do 3D modelling &
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >animation in 24-bit resolution as well as 2D animation.
- Didn't he answer these questions before he purchased the titles he did?
-
- Is it me, or do some post smell of piracy more than others.
- In my defense, I will argue that this person should have had all these
- questions worked out before he went out and spent a fortune in software.
-
- Maybe I am paranoid, and I certainly apologize if I am wrong, but I have
- a ton of reasons to believe what I do.
- Heck, every PCdick I know has a pirated copy of 3D studio.
-
- David
- Watters
-
-
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- David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com) Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
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