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From: lightwrx@wonder.ca (Steve Bowie)
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Subject: Re: Amiga DEC Alpha/Draco
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>Well, plugging the Alpha card in an Amiga won't do much unless LW knows how
>to access it. Basically, LW needs to be recomplied, at least the rendering
>engine does. It would be possible to create a ScreamerNet-like module that
>ran on the same machine (i.e., not thru a network) that rendered a scene
>using the Alpha card. This way, LW would not change at all. Essentially,
>NewTek would provide a MacroSystem Alpha render module.
>HOWEVER, it seems unlikely right now that NewTek would do a special version
>for this card. Too bad IMHO. Can you imagine an A4000 Toaster/Flyer system
>that rendered LW scenes using an Alpha co-proc?
Bearing in mind that this cardwill fit any 32 bit Amiga, there might be a
worthwile market here.....and possibly the already done Alpha version would
make porting less problematic.
Or, since Draco Systems intends to supply an appropriate compiler, maybe
NewTek wouldn't mind the effort as much.
The Draco is awesome (yes., I have played with one!) at the price, and will
untimately be capable of uncompressed video (truly uncompressed video would of
course require some pretty fancy HD hdwe, but the sytem will handle that kind