[ale] Video Editing Software?

[Robert L. Harris]

He needs to bring them to the next installfest.  We'll play some
battlezone.  Yeah, it's out for linux but there was nothing like playing
BZ on a $1.5Mil machine in '93.... (Played on Challenge XL's not
Origins)


Thus spake Dow Hurst (dhurst at kennesaw.edu):

> If your Origins aren't busy, I can put some intense fpu jobs on them for 
> you! ;-)
> Dow
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 21:53, aaron wrote:
> >Aaron, you're at the top of my list to have over to play with the toys!
> >I just installed the first 18G hard drive and I need to install 2 more
> >which means reinstalling the main system disk. This box ships with only
> >a 4G drive.  I'm thinking my way through some admin issues on the setup
> >and will hopefully have it ready to play with in December. I also have a
> >pair of Origin 200 dual 270MHz (with Craylink, but only 1/2 G ram each)
> >to add to the mix.
> >
> >I love toys! 
> >
> > 
> >
> >>>Maybe I shouldn't mention this, but I do have the entire Alias/Wavefront
> >>>and Lightwave 3D for Irix (and the dual CPU/dual GPU Octane to run them
> >>>on). Now if I only had time and any artistic ability what so ever...
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>I can help you learn Lightwave thanks to all my years as an Amiga 
> >>aficionado, desktop multi media maverick and Videot Savant. I used to do 
> >>freelance work with it and taught it for a few years in Atlanta College 
> >>of Art 3D classes. 
> >>I would love to tinker with Lightwave on a rocket like the Octane! I'd 
> >>even settle for running it on a modern machine like an OS X G4 or G5, but 
> >>the price tag for the current releases is several hundred dollars more 
> >>than I can justify, even after the generous upgrade pricing from my Amiga 
> >>versions.
> >>
> >>I've been keeping an eye on Blender but haven't found time to plow into 
> >>it yet. A quick glance at Ayam, however, indicates it is worth exploring 
> >>as a quicker path.
> >>
> >><old timer mode>
> >>
> >>Of course, anything will beat the days in the mid 1980's when I 
> >>volunteered CPU cycles on my 7mhz Amiga 2000 for a distributed 
> >>(sneakernet) QRT rendering project known as the Amiga Atlanta "Epic Ray" 
> >>video. 
> >>"Modeling" was a matter of typing long strings of coordinate numbers into 
> >>a text editor. Sometimes a single frame would take several days to 
> >>complete. One 24 bit frame would just barely fit on a single floppy disk, 
> >>and we would have to walk ten miles (through the snow, barefoot, uphill 
> >>both ways, of course) to deliver our floppy stacks to the one guy who 
> >>could afford a hard disk, 8 megs of memory and a frame buffer for 
> >>assembling the frames onto video tape.
> >>
> >></old timer mode>
> >>
> >>peace
> >>aaron
> >>
> >>
> >>
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