Re: What do I need for DOS 3D animation?

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From: Pete Nofel
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:48

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In a previous article, watters@cranel.com (David Watters) says:

>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.

Thanks for the libelous innuendo, jerk.
We've purchased all of the above software except for 3D Studio. Studio was
given to us for extended testing by Autodesk.

>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.

Just because you know pirates, doesn't mean the rest of us are without
ethics.

BTW, if you're such an expert, what are your recommendations? I notice you
failed to contribute anything except "let the buyer beware."

>David
>Watters
>
>
>-- 
>David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com)    Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
>"Porsche.  The very name is, to many, the last word in sports cars. Any car
> blessed with these magic seven letters is sure to be the very best. Period!"
>
-- 
Pete Nofel, aa794, primary sysop
It's a Mystery - The Mystery Literature Group
Cleveland Freenet, Cleveland Ohio

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From: aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel)
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Subject: Re: What do I need for DOS 3D animation?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 13:48:38 GMT
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