Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: mperdue@iquest.net (Mario Perdue) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.3d_studio Subject: Re: Starting 3D Studio Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 23:25:41 GMT Organization: SCEA Net Yaroze News Lines: 40 Message-ID: <33a5c9b8.28714468@205.149.189.29> References: <01bc7915$0ec81900$b3bf43ce@wkwerner> <33a3f677.1270626@205.149.189.29> <01bc7a9d$cbb93ce0$8bbf43ce@wkwerner> NNTP-Posting-Host: firewall.hrtc.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 On 16 Jun 1997 21:38:49 GMT, "Wayne K. Werner" wrote: >Mario, > >I thought it might be the dongle myself. However, I get no indication >(autodesk's manual says that if the dongle is not reading correctly, an >error message appears, not a lockup!). > >I saw something in the manual about how on faster machines (486 DX!) there >is sometimes a problem. (I am running a 200MHz MMX). They suggest that on >these machines, if there is a printer hooked up, turn it on. I don't have >a printer hooked up right now, but I have an old 24 pin that I think I will >try to see what happens. I'm running a 200MMX as well. I have a printer hooked up, but it's rarely turned on. >The dongle is definitely hooked up correctly. Maybe it is a bad one. I >was thinking that maybe I need to play with the 386cfg, but the fact that >it runs infrequently, and that when it does run it runs correctly (I tried >rendering a few of the samples) implies to me that the problem is not >there. That's weird.You would think it would either work or not. I hate problems that aren't consistant. >Thanks for taking the time to answer me, I appreciate it. No problem, sorry I wasn't more help. >PS - I see your name all over the place here at ny. Are you a member or a >Sony employee? Just wondering. I'm not a Sony employee, but I do have a contract to provide services related to this web site. The contract says 'Web Master,' but with all the help being provided by the guys at Sony I don't think any one person can lay claim to that title. Mario