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From: mcclend@infonode.ingr.com (William D McClendon)
Subject: Virtual Reality
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:41:58 GMT

Hello netters!

I have a question.  Who else besides Domark, released a virtual relaity type
display environment.  I am looking for tools like this to allow walk throughs
of digitized/rendered views.
Can you "virtual" types send/post some reviews etc.

Thanks in advance!

Bill McClendon
Intergraph Corp.
mcclend@infonode.ingr.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: amuser@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG)
Subject: Re: 24bit pics.
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:02:57 GMT

gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington) writes:

>rvmst1@gl.pitt.edu (Rainer V Mager) writes:
>>Hi,
>>	I was wondering if 1 its possible and 2 if its been done to
>>write a program that can display 24bit bics on a normal Amiga in HAM.
>>Now before you go and reply to this WAIT!!!!!!  I mean to ACTUALLY (well
>>pseudoly) display it in 24 bits.  I was thinking if you could display 2
>>screen (HAM probably) each approximating the 24 bit picture as closely
>>as possible, but one with every pixel that little bit higher and the
>>other screen with each pixel a little bit lower than actual (because HAM
>>can't exactly reproduce any of the 24bit colors) and then flash the
>>screens back and forth as fast as possible (60FPS???).

>The problem is that the native Amiga graphics only has a 12-bit palette.
>Even two 12-bit screens would only give you 12-bit color, not 24-bit.
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why ? If you have two colours, one 12-bit colour-space apart and you
average them by alternating the images, you get a *perceived* colour
that is in between the two. It doesn't have to actually exist in the
machine's palette.

My only reservation with this idea is that you may get a flickery
display. On the other hand, the difference between the two images would
be pretty small, if the picture generation algorithm was any good.

It just occured to me that this alternating of colours to produce more
colours probably occurs inherently in rendered animations anyway. It
would be an interesting experiment anyway to try it with a still
picture.
  
Gary McGhee

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From: simeon@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Peter W. Simeon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Moniterm and A2024 Monitor replacement
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:00:53 GMT
Organization: ICU - University of Zurich, Dept. of Comp. Sci.

In article <1992Apr14.152532.16855@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan) writes:
>>What other solutions exist today for CAD Systems? I'd like to have
>>a resolution of at least 1024 x 768.
> 
>Depending on the extent to which you would be willing to invest in a
>graphics processing system, a number of TIGA boards (A2410, Resolver,
>Rambrandt) and the Ameristar 1600 will provide the increased graphics
>capability for CAD applications. At the moment however, the greatest
>liability is native support for these modes under AmigaDOS. Several
>companies (including Ditek), have indicated that they plan to release
>software which will take advantage of the increased colour and
>resolution.
 
All these graphics boards are interesting. But at the moment I can not
buy any productivity software for them. I think we have to wait at
least half a year before we get professional software packages for
these boards.
If I could buy a A2024 compatible system, I could use many existing
software packages. I am specially interested in running DynaCADD with
a high resolution. (We tried it on the A2024. But the 14" Screen is too
small for serious work).
 
>Mark
 
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From: mcouch@amiganet.chi.il.us (Marc Couch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: New Imagine Mail List!!!!
Date: 16 Apr 92 07:29:12 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

There will be a new mailing list for Imagine..

Send mail to   listserv@amiganet.chi.il.us

the only thing you need to type is HELP and then save the sucker.. it will send you mail back with the helpfile.. from there you're all set!

C ya
From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: OpalVision Video Board
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:53:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: lynx.8=pjqjb
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Apr5.091952.14923@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>In article <1992Apr3.172519.29590@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan) writes:
>>     o capable of generating 24-bit double-buffered animations
>
>	The main interest in animation has to do with speed. I
>showed a friend (IBM newcomie) a VistaPro animation off my hard disk
>and his jaw dropped...but it was not 24 bit (more like 4 bit :)  ).

The animations would be faster on the PC's if your friend had 
a EISA based system. Actually, a PC must push nearly twice as many 
information to VGA than you must send to get 16 colors. 
But the graphics are not limited by a chipset speed of 7.14 mhz
and the resolutions are higher than hires-overscan-lace. 
However, ISA is no beauty either (8mhz). 

By the way, Vistapro is already out for the PC's (in VGA
in fact, possibly 1024x768 in 256). Further developements
could include 15 bit graphics (32,768 colors). Oh ya, 
and it costs the same as the amiga version. 

The thing is is that PC users are not as interested 
in graphics as amiga users are. If you look at what MAC users 
are doing with VGA graphics, you'll see what the 
PC users are capable of doing, although the software is 
not as abundant. Macs are slow, but the software is well made. 
I have been a bigot about MAC's lately, but I just can't 
stand typical mac users which like every computer user  
thinks their system will conquer the world. 

A good mac program is VIsion 3D. It is free and it works 
with renderman, rayshade and radiance (all three of 
which my friend pat has access to, two of which I have access 
to.)

I judge graphics by the hardware, not by the software. 
Of course, you can't do anything with the hardware 
without the software. I'm satisfied with amiga software, 
I just hate CBM. 

Funny relationship huh?
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.graphics:3478 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8449
From: s2j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: How do I use X-Specs 3D?
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:20:21 EST
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University


  I just bought X-Specs 3D and discovered to my chagrin that they come with no
example code explaining how to USE them.  If anybody out there knows where I
can get ahold of some nice clear C-code as an example of their use, I would be
eternally grateful.
 -Chris B.
YQDX@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
From: hjalmar@cbmswe.se.so.commodore.com (Peter Hjalmarsson Sweden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: multisync monitor
Date: 16 Apr 92 07:10:58 GMT
Reply-To: hjalmar@cbmswe.se.so.commodore.com (Peter Hjalmarsson Sweden)
Organization: Commodore Sweden

In article <1992Apr15.092352.1446@lth.se> dat91lho@ludat.lth.se (Holmgren Lars) writes:
>How good is the A1960 monitor if you compare it with other monitors in the same price range?
>If you compare it with more expencive monitors?
>Is it worth the extra money (for an ordinary user (not DTP...)) to buy a 17"?

Well, Lars, since you are from Sweden, I guess that answers from americans
won't do you a lot good...so:

Here is my *personal* opinion about multisyncs on the swedish market and the
Amiga. I have tested quite a few during the last six months. Note that this
is my *personal* opinion, and is in no way the opinion of Commodore.

If you must have the possibility to sync down to 15.75 kHz:
-----------------------------------------------------------

Just about the only choice is the C1960 from Commodore. It is pretty good
in ordinary Amiga resolutions, but won't go higher than 800x600 for PC
work, so it won't work well with Rambrandts and Resolvers.

If you just want to run it off a flicker-fixer:
-----------------------------------------------

The best one for it's price is also a Commodore monitor, the SV1485.
(Only available in Sweden, sorry for you other guys.) It has the big
advantage of being fully adjustable in size as well as position, making
it easy to get rif of the ugly border. It is also low radiation,
conforming to swedish MPR-II standard. It handles up to 1024x768, making
a high-res board more useful. *It won't work without flicker-fixer, though*

I can honestly say that I think this is the best display for it's price
in the swedish market. Commodore Sweden (that is, me and the other support
guys) tested just about all monitors on the market, looking for one to
label as a Commodore monitor, and this is the one we choose.

If you want to use PAL/NTSC/productivity mode in a hassle-free way:
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Then you need a monitor with digital memory settings for different sweep
frequencies. (Otherwise you will have to readjust the screen every time
you switch modes.) The best one for a reasonable price seems to be ADI
Microscan 2E. Of course if you have the money, the new NEC's, the Sony-
tubed stuff, and almost all the other high-priced stuff is pretty good.

Dream Screen:
-------------

If money is no object, look at one of the 20" Barco screens, or, at smaller
sizes, one of the Zenith absolutely flat screens. Wow!!!

17":
----

If you don't plan to go up to higher resolution boards, they probably
won't be worth the money...


Best Regards, Peter Hjalmarsson, Amiga Support Engineer, Commodore Sweden
hjalmar@cbmswe.se.so.commodore.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip 'AdaX' Sauls)
Subject: Re: Where are they?
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 15:08:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.213709.39248@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2frwreel@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>Whats the deal?
>is Rembrandt out? Where's the DMI 24 bit board?
>Are there any programs that support SAGE available
>yet?  Are Amigoids ever going to have state of the 
>art graphics support from the OS again? 

I'd rather have the RTG that C= is supposedly working on, but they certainly
seem to be taking their sweet time doing it.  SAGE sounds nifty enough on
paper, but will it ever be supported by everyone in the industry?  I do not
find the idea of two monitors, one for the SAGE apps and one for the older
apps, to be very appealing.

Skip Sauls                     //    Graduate Student & Instructor
skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu    \X/     CS Department, University of Mississippi 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: sc144120@seas.gwu.edu (David Corrleon)
Subject: Re: multisync monitor
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:42:18 GMT

s915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Leanne Taylor) writes:
> sc144120@seas.gwu.edu (David Corrleon) writes:
>
>> wsimpson@uwpg02.uwinnipeg.ca writes:
>>>Is it possible to connect a NEC Multisync GS to an Amiga 2000 rgb
>>>output?  I phoned an Amiga dealer and he said that the multisync doesn't
>>>go to a low enough frequency (15 kHz for Amiga) so I would need a
>>>flickerfixer.  Is this true?
>>>
>
>>Very true.  NEC monitors don't synch lower then 27Khz, so you need a
>>deinterlacer that will make the output 31Khz.
>
>Why then in the specs of the NEC 3d does it go below 15.5khz, and why then, 
>can I use one with my deinterlacer off.  Why not just check the specs for
>the GS rather than speculating something you don't know and maybe costing
>someone some extra cash.
>

Dear Justin;
If you are a illiterate I can't help it.  The post does not say that he has
a NEC 3D.  It says that he has a NEC GS.  The new monitors that NEC makes
synch from 31Khz to 38.5Khz and from 47.8Khz to 49Khz (for 14 innches
monitors).  So if he has a fairly new (not older then 1.5 years), he
cannot use it on a bare 2000.  He has to buy a deinterlacer.
From: 2frwreel@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Where are they?
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:37:09 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Whats the deal?
is Rembrandt out? Where's the DMI 24 bit board?
Are there any programs that support SAGE available
yet?  Are Amigoids ever going to have state of the 
art graphics support from the OS again?
From: simeon@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Peter W. Simeon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Moniterm and A2024 Monitor replacement
Keywords: A2024 Moniterm
Date: 14 Apr 92 07:37:55 GMT
Organization: ICU - University of Zurich, Dept. of Comp. Sci.

I was interested in buying a Moniterm/Viking Monitor for the Amiga.
Unfortunately the Swiss Moniterm distributor told me that they don't
have this Monitor anymore and that the the company Moniterm soon
will be out of business. The A2024 form Commodore is also no longer
available because the electronics inside the A2024 was manufactured
by Moniterm.
 
Is there another company which makes a compatible Video board or which
continues to produce the Moniterm hardware?
 
What other solutions exist today for CAD Systems? I'd like to have
a resolution of at least 1024 x 768.
 
Thanks for any info
 
Peter


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From: fizzit@hardy.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: IFF to GIF con*erter (sorry, broken key)
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:02:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Apr7.230242.3743
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

The subject says it all... can anybody help?
				---Fred M. Sloniker
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend)
Subject: i860 graphics boards
Organization: /home/karazm/jet/.organization
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 19:00:42 GMT


So here I am, learning i860 assembly so that I can get a bit more
performance out of our Intel iPSC/i860 parallel machine, and it occurs
to me, "You know, I could probably make a buck or two by selling a
render or raytracing engine hand-coded in i860 assembly to folks who
buy or make i860 graphics boards.  Hell, I could give it away for free
and make more friends than I know what to do with!"

Do any such boards exist (yet)?  Any hardware manus out there who want
to loan me one for R&D purposes?  (I've got a toaster in the only 2000
around, and I really don't want to tie it up with development, so it'd
have to go into a 3000/25...)


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From: dtiberio@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Imagine 2.0 question
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:11:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: sbcs.1992Apr6.211131.26720
Distribution: usa
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

In article <1992Apr6.195230.91@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> rcj2@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (ray.c.jender) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.180004.23996@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csws7.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>>
>>	I dare you and anyone else to email Syracuse University and
>>try to get me kicked off. They won't do it. They don't care about
			    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (see below)
>	Dave, Dave, Dave.....if you can pay $16K/Yr for tuition,
>	what's a measly $200.00 for a fine piece of software???

	I pay $6000 a year for tuition.

>>	I am not afraid of Syracuse. I am graduating soon and have
>>paid my tuition and have earned my grades. If I decide to pirate
>>any software, that is between ME and the SOFTWARE COMPANY. Not
>>Syracuse.
>>
>
>	Whoopdy-do.... You sound like some spoiled brat.....

	Or maybe someone with a sense of humor (see below) :)


>>	And that is why I am confident enough to post any message
>>I want to this and any newsgroup. Have a nice day. :)

>	I would'nt be so confident if I were you....
>	You have a nice day too...:-)

	Why souldn't I be confident? SU will never kick me off their
system.

>>      //   David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3662  AMIGA  DDD-MEN   
			    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	State University of New York at Stony Brook.

	I live in Liverpool, a suburb of Syracuse, 320 miles
away from my school. I have never had access to any systems at
any place other than Stony Brook. And I thought it was a good
joke. :)


-- 
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     //  Not the llama! Come here Earl; I want to tell you something...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: chymes@uri.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes)
Subject: Heres the AmigaVision DPaint Amim fix (If you did not know)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 14:12:47 EDT
Organization: Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Lab, U. of MIichigan
Keywords: n


-------------------------------

I just thought I share this, 'cause I had to ask around for the
solution.

To get Anims to work in AmigaVision without stopping on the first
frames when its played (instad of the last frame) just set the number
of repititions in the  Anim Requester to 1 instead of zero or ghosted.

Charles Hymes

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: Resolver Workbench
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 02:52:25 GMT

Having just received some information concerning the DMI Resolver, I would
appreciate it if anyone currently using the board would indicate to what extent
the 'Resolver Workbench' can be utilized. According to DMI, this system
facilitates the use of a high resolution Workbench when executed in conjunction
with the Resolver. In particular, Pro Page and PageStream are mentioned as two
programs which may be used with the Resolver Workbench to provide a full page
display at 1280 x 1024 resolution. Does anyone happen to have any further
information?

Mark

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From: rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Utility to convert MACpaint images to IFF
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:39:51 -0700
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

	I'm looking for a utility that converts MACpaint images into IFF
	images.  I've been playing with MACview off of Fish disk 35, but it
	doesn't save images larger than 640x400 and several images I have
	are larger than that.  If someone has a utility around I sure would
	appreciate a copy of it (if it's pd of course :-)
-- 

        /Russ
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From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: HAM-E / ImageMaster
Date: 10 Apr 92 05:35:04 GMT
  <1992Apr9.054122.7407@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Shuk C Yip,

8 megs of memory is just a little less than $400.00 right now. That's
the cost for Morphing, if you want to think of it that way. We're
not in the "minimum system" business as far as Imagemaster goes, although
I think that memory prices are VERY reasonable right now. I encourage
you to get more memory. I can tell you for sure that we are not going to
be doing any disk-based processing unless VM is added to the OS; and
at that time, WE still won't be doing it, the OS will be fooling US into
thinking we have just oodles of memory. That's the way it's going to be.

Ben
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: hoffmann@ssd.kodak.com (Marty Hoffmann 39782)
Subject: RCS Fusion Forty Offer (was RE: Special for US clubs/developers)
Originator: hoffmann@flint
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 19:43:20 GMT

Okay, I admit it -- I'm a bit paranoid.

So I've been scoping out 68030 accelerators and I start leaning heavily toward
a 50 MHz one for about $1600, when along comes this offer for a 28 MHz 68040 
(which should be at least twice as fast), for about $1200 (that includes 
memory).

So, what's the catch?  And why hasn't anyone else asked this?  I'm not saying
that there's anything wrong here -- in fact I really hope there isn't -- but
this sounds almost too good to be true.

I called the company, and they said they don't accept credit cards or personal
checks.  Should I get suspicious?

Can anyone vouch for the Fusion Forty?

Has anyone had dealings with this RCS before?

How does Imagine 2.0 work under 68040's (specifically this one)?

And what about this thing in Amiga World (January 1992), where they talk about
some DMA hard disk controllers not working with 68040's?  I have an IVS Trump
Card (not "Pro").  Should I expect to have to replace it too?

I suppose I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but its just that I see 
my worst nightmare coming true -- months of work wining and dining the wife,
so she'll let me get an accelerator, and then I plunk down $1200 on one only 
to find:

	a) I get nothing in return

	b) I get something that no one else would buy and the company is 
	   dumping on the market just before they go belly up

	c) I get the greatest 68040 board around, only to find that nothing
	   I have runs with it.

Can someone help me to believe that this isn't so?  I need to get some sleep.


Marty Hoffmann

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mac1@ra.msstate.edu (Mubashir Cheema)
Subject: Re: IFF to GIF con*erter (sorry, broken key)
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:41:28 GMT


  I've tried to locate AMGIF with no luck at all.
  Would anybody please help me in my search ?
  Thanx alot in advance.

 Mubashir