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From: dingebre@xmission.com (David Ingebretsen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
Subject: Re: LightWave 4.0 Delays
Date: 28 Nov 1994 09:00:27 -0700
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James Douglas MacLeod (jmacleod@unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:
: In article <3b9jvv$fou@xmission.xmission.com>,
: >to dump it and migrate to other hardware. In fact, we are looking for
: >another Amiga to help in rendering at this time. And if we were to
: I am not suggesting dumping anything. But why buy another amiga fro
: rendering when you can get a cheap 486 or Pentium?
Because from our standpoint, it is cheaper to integrate another Amiga
than to integrate a PC.
: >faster than a Pentium and the prices are becomming more affordable
: >(besides, it doesn't have a bug in its FPU :) ).
: The bug thing is interesting, would it effect rendering? I mean the
: error only appears after four or five decimal places on certian
: operations. Would a couple of pixels be the wrong colour, or the whole
: thing be the wrong tint or something?
: That would be cool, the Pentium Lightwave special effects generator! Use
: the errors to your advantage :)
As I understand it, the error manifests itself in double precision
division with certain bit patterns. The example I saw returns a value of
256 when it should be 0 (zero). It could have potentially disastrous
effects in rendering.
: They will support the Amiga as long as it makes money. That is what
: companies are about. They cannot support if it they do not make enough
: money. I would guess, that if you are running a business that has to do
: with video and animation and newtek is no longer supporting the amiga,
: you probably would no longer be using it anyway. There is a catch 22 in
: there somewhere.
Who can say what software/hardware we will be using. We will continue to
use what we have until we can no longer effectively compete regardless of
what happens to the Amiga, Newtek, of any of the other software/hardware
developers that we support by purchasing their products.
Those who can be flexible and adapt will survive.
--
David
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