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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Animation in Engineering
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Date: 11 Apr 91 17:40:43 GMT
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In article <1991Apr11.130015.24076@ariel.unm.edu> nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham) writes:
>In the latest issue of ENR ( Engineering News Record) there is an add
[...]
>It says that it runs on Silicon Graphic workstations, IBM workstations
>and PC-DOS.
>
>The idea behind the software is that you could fully construct the building
>with CAD and then animate movement through (walk thru) it.
>
>Qestion:  Isn't Amiga more well suited for this than a workstation or an
>          PC-DOS (?) system?

It is very clear that you haven't used an SGI machine...

This stuff is available on MS-DOS machines which have the SGI graphics
engine installed in them. The local SGI user's group here in San
Antonio was given a demo of the PC hardware last week. It is pretty
nice. Too bad you have run MS-DOS to get it.

When asked "Why on a PC?", the SGI rep explained that their surveys
showed that MS-DOS users stay with MS-DOS & will simply do without the
capabilities before they would buy a SGI workstation. Thus the SGI
graphics engine (sort-of) on a PC.

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