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- From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
- Subject: Re: Info wanted about Hash Enterprises: Will WIntons Playmation
- Message-ID: <=cwnfpl@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 07:49:16 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <2396@compel.UUCP> <DgPyqB1w165w@micromed.com>
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- In article <DgPyqB1w165w@micromed.com> diskount@micromed.com (don hirschfeld) writes:
- >her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) writes:
- >
- >> I just received a newsletter from Impulse where they describe a
- >> new product from Hash Enterprises called "Will Wintons playmation".
- >> Apparently it looks somewhat like Imagine, but uses spline
- >> modelling.
- >>
- >> Does anyone know more about this new product?
- >>
- >> What is the difference between this product and Journeyman?
- >>
- >> Helge
- >> ---
- >> Helge E. Rasmussen . PHONE + 45 36 72 33 00 . E-mail: her@compel.dk
- >> Compel A/S . FAX + 45 36 72 43 00 .
- >> Copenhagen, Denmark
- >
- >From the ads, Playmation for the PC lokks like a port from Journeyman
- >(they show the same sample files). I hope the PC version renders to a
- >higher resolution than the sample files I saw on the Amiga.
- >
- >--
- >diskount@micromed.com (don hirschfeld)
-
- the Amiga version will probably do it to higher resolutions
- too. It isn't impossible to implement. Some things are just
- not implemented for business reasons. I think it is silly
- when a company raises the price of something just becuase they
- increased the resolution of rendering. The only difference
- is how many bits you choose to use and the
- data strcutures you implemented.
-
- Coputer Users in general will get wiser about judging programs.
-
- I don't think many really critically think about their software.
-
- On PC's users think about compatibility of software,
- hardware compatibility, etc. But the amiga users I know
- lack good criteria, they just go by what is obvious
- to them, but they are ignorant about actual capabilities.
-
- Right now, I think the PC's could very well beat the living hell out
- of the Amiga's, but I might as well not say anything becuase
-
- 1. I'll be flamed like hell.
-
- 2. I'll get yeahs from PC users (which I'm not to happy to get).
-
- 3. I'll get ignored and excommunicated by users who wish to cut
- out other posibilities that are feasible and cheaper.
-
- 4. This isn't Amiga.advocacy.
-
- 5. I'm wasting my time on people that refuse to change.
-
- Well see ya.
-
-