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From: beilke@puff.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga World Ray-tracing article...
Message-ID: <647@puff.WISC.EDU>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 12:11:24 EST
Article-I.D.: puff.647
Posted: Wed Apr 15 12:11:24 1987
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In article <2985@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, hutch@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Jim Hutchison) writes:
>In article <629@puff.WISC.EDU> upl@puff.WISC.EDU (Future Unix Gurus) writes:
>>Has anyone else bothered to read the article in the latest Amiga World
>>written by the guy who did juggler? [...]
>It displays in 640x480 12 bit color.
Make that 320X400 6-bit H.A.M.  The Amiga doesn't have the capability to
display > 6 bit planes.
><Fire hose on sprinkle>
>[...]
>> and figuring the 24fps of standard film, I get a 14400 hours of
>> continous calculation for a ten minute film, or about 2 YEARS of continous
>> calculation!!!!
>
>Hmmm, my Amiga 1000 cost $1200 with 512k and an extra drive, now I could use
>the new A500 but figures are shaky on it so lets continue.
> 
>A Cray will run you a minimum greater than $120,000, that's 100 Amigas with
>an *extremely* conservative estimate on the cost of Crays.  What Apollo did
>with 22 days (or was it 23?) of Apollo cpu on ~100 Apollos.  I presume that
>we will consider the staff to maintain both setups to be of equivalent cost
>favoring the Amiga staff on being able to still afford beer and chinese food.

   Where did you get your price estimate of the Cray?  I guess you weren't
kidding when you said extremely conservative.  Crays cost in the 7-8 figure
range, not 6.

   Tell me the truth now, would you really rather have >> 100 amigas or just
one Cray?  Come on now, tell me the truth.  Besides, where would you put
all of them. :-)

   Don't get me wrong, I have an Amiga, and love it, but well, if I had access
to a Cray, it would probably see a lot less use.


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