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Steve Koren (koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com) wrote:
: depeters@inst.augie.edu (Doug Peters) wrote:
: > that you need a monster machine to use it (fast `030 or better CPU with 
: > GOBS of RAM)...
: Boy, that's probably an understatement.  I have this program and it
: *crawls* on my 4000/040.  I suspect, depending on your tolerance level,
: an even an 060 may be marginal.

  ;) I won't dispute this. We use every spare instruction cycle a machine has,
and even then we would like more.

  But I challenge anyone to find another rendering program that creates and
renders Millions of z-buffered, textured, 100:1 anti-aliased polygons per 
scene faster than we do.

  Heck, I challenge anyone to find another package that does what we do,
period. Especially on the Amiga. ;)

  This is one of the reasons why we are making Windows versions that run
on fast Pentiums, and DEC Alphas.

  And before everyone asks, yes we do (and will) support the Amiga line.
We recently shipped the third prerelease of our V2 product, and the final
V2 will be finished later this year. Final V2 will have some new features
to make using the program easier, including a tutorial videotape and a
new 'Project Wizard'. Final V2 will also support 24-bit via CyberGraphics.

  As far as 060 and PowerPC support, our current 040-optimized vode seems
to run quite well on properly configured 060s (CyberPatcher seems crucial)
and we will produce a PPC version as soon as both the OS and compilers
support it.

  If anyone has any questions answered about World Construction Set, feel
free to e-mail me,and/or check out our Web page:

  http://www.dimensional.com/~questar

:   - steve

Chris - Xenon
questar@netcom.com, xenon@arcticus.burner.com