From zerkle Tue Nov 22 19:00:43 1994 Received: by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA09165; Tue, 22 Nov 94 19:00:42 PST Received: from nova.unix.portal.com by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA09159; Tue, 22 Nov 94 19:00:38 PST Received: from jobe.shell.portal.com (root@jobe.shell.portal.com [156.151.3.4]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id TAA12531 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 19:00:38 -0800 Received: (chrish@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id SAA29212 for announce@cs.ucdavis.edu; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 18:50:51 -0800 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 18:50:51 -0800 From: Chris Neil Hurley Message-Id: <199411230250.SAA29212@jobe.shell.portal.com> Apparently-To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: REVISE Errors-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu X-Server: Zserver v0.90beta Status: R revise dan NOTE This announcement prepared by Chris Hurley, one of the program's authors and a principle of interVISUAL Software. TITLE Plantation-Scalable Distributed Rendering for Lightwave 3d VERSION Version 1.0 COMPANY interVISUAL Software 1080 Horseshoe Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 USA (706)793-4007 chrish@shell.portal.com DESCRIPTION Plantation is a distributed rendering solution for Lightwave 3d. Plantation orchestrates the rendering of Lightwave scenes by multiple Lightwave-equipped Amigas on a network. Working in tandem, the networked computers spread the work of rendering an animation across the entire network, decreasing rendering time and increasing productivity. FEATURES Plantation will manage the rendering of any number of scenes up to memory limitations. Plantation is flexible in the number of networked Amigas it will support: any number up to the limit imposed by your license and your network. Unattended rendering of multiple scenes on a single machine is also supported. Plantation Supports the DPS-Personal Animation Recorder, with no additional setup, or waiting. Faster machines do not wait on slower machines while rendering to the PAR. Plantation supports nearly any network that can provide shared access to a drawer, including Enlan-DFS, Envoy, Parnet, AmiTCP (with NFS). Plantation features an upgradable license. Start with a two-user license, and upgrade to a 5, 10, or unlimited license with a simple phone call. An attractive, easy-to-use Intuition interface makes Plantation a pleasure to use. An installation script for use with the Installer is included. Plantation was carefully tested with Enforcer to eliminate as many machine-crashing bugs as possible. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Lightwave-equipped machines running: Workbench 2.0 or later Network software and hardware supporting a shared drawer. PRICE US Prices: (license size determines the number of active machines) 2 user $100.00 5 user $150.00 10 user $200.00 20 user $300.00 shipping/handling $4.00 Custom licenses and upgrades are available. Release date: Shipping November, 1994. DISTRIBUTABILITY Plantation is a commercial product. Send check or money order to: interVISUAL Software 1080 Horseshoe Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 Dealer inquiries are welcome. Information sheets are available via fax-on-demand at phone number above. OTHER Basic Knowledge of AmigaDOS may be required.