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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2314.0. "How to work the Caligari demo?" by HPSTEK::MYEE (Care about Ecology? Call 800-225-5333) Fri Mar 03 1989 01:56

    
    Has anyone figured out how to work the Caligari demo on TAPE:: ??
    I have downloaded it, and it looks great!!  I can place a primative
    object and render it (only one object).  The rendering is fast and
    looks great!  I think Caligari works interlace mode with NO APPARET
    FLICKER!!  But, this is all I can do.  I don't know what to do with
    the following files?
    
    	Ncga.drw
    	N.idx, N.dat
    	New-Scene.idx, New-Scene.dat
    	preview
    
    I read somewhere that Caligari cost $1500.  This demo is about the
    best looking package I've seen on the Amiga.  But, $1500!?!?  May
    be for IBM PC.  May be for a Mac.  But, not for my humble Amiga.
    I guess there is a price to pay for fame.
    
    =Mike
    (who-now-has-two-A500s)
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2314.1STAR::ROBINSONFri Mar 03 1989 11:5314
I played with the demo some too. It does seem impressive, but without
docs I don't know how to use a lot of it.  

I spoke to and got a brief demo from a Memory Location representative 
at the Boston Computer Museum's Kid's Fair last weekend. He said he uses 
the demo version (which is like the full version except with no saves allowed) 
by recording to videotape. Interesting, thought ... you can buy a lot of RAM 
and a nice VCR for the $1999 list price of the "real" program.  

I also read an article in one of the Amiga Magazines that descibed the demo
as an $18 item from Caligari. Does anyone know if that includes a manual?

Dave