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From: teyilei@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Teyi N Lei)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
Subject: Re: MIPS machines & LW?
Date: 4 Dec 1994 22:21:24 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University
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References: <3bo5c0$1ni@csbh.mhv.net> <3br298$8bb@newsbf01.news.aol.com> <3br526$j42@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1994Dec4.075853.79392@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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In article <1994Dec4.075853.79392@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
<Jbtaylor@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:
>
>The only type of speed lost due to the bus should be access to the hard drive,
>as the Shablamm uses its own on board memory. You could help eliminate this
>by getting a fast, wide, SCSI controller and hard-drive.
>-Mark
What kind of memory does it use? Are they hard to find and/or expensive?
>It uses its own, and they have some kind of special design (TrueCache) which
>gives its memory an access time of 15ns (very good).
>-Mark
>The machine will run any type of MIPS compatible Windows NT software
>e.g. Elastic Reality, Real 3d, Animation Master, etc.
>-Mark
Which brings this thread closer to the newsgroup focus....LW 4, from what I
hear, will be Windows-based. So how will an NT/Mips configuration in the
same machine help the user? Will the user have to buy a ScreamerNet s/w
just to be able to render LW frames on the MIPS?
>The NEC may be somewhat faster, depending on the disk and video subsystems in
>your 486, but you will gain in compatibility as you will be able to choose whether
>to boot to a intel compat. 486, or a MIPS with NT.
>-Mark
>
Thanks for the help, Mark...( but why did you put your name after each line?)
Tim