Amiga Render Farm

[guru-666]

o.k firstly to answer your question.
-sceamernet is the software that runs the cue, it is built into lightwave... still is I think (don't use it much anymore)

secondly,
amiga's where NOT popular in renderfarms ever. Right around the time Babylon was being done lightwave was ported to PC just becasue amiga renderfarms where to expensive and slow.  

Also Babylon 5 was NOT rendered on amigas for the first two seasons, it was only the pilot that used them.......you see the amiga was loosing ground even back then!  Amiga where expencive NOT cheap!

lastly, for fun it may be cool to set up an amiga render fram, for productivity it would be retarded.

Also nothing form elbox is need or recomended, all you need an ethernet card like and x-surf which will cost you $120 IF you can find one (let alone 20x)

Still as a 3d guy, I would love to see/hear about your amiga render farm... I may even connect my 4000t and 4000d just for kicks but I need a second ethernet card.. and I tend to jam my systems full of zoro cards so I don't even know if I have enough space. LOL.

[guru-666]

I hate to say this but this is getting silly!  Anybody that knows, amiga, Python and or blender would not try this!  Why because it silly, thats why.  

No accelerator? rendering? go get one, what are you waiting for!

[guru-666]

@amigadave
proving that talent matters more than hardware.. ifcourse...

however rending with 8 to 10 old amigas is a full time job and not time efficient.  For fun and education, yes, for work, NO... the money and time it will take you are not worth the effort. (period)

I'm rendering right now... do so all day long, yes I have tired to render on the amiga recently as well as back in the day... embrace evolution, do the right thing.. do 3d work on a modern computer, you wont even NEED a farm for logos and such.
Some upcoming technology makes it possible to do real time raytracing on GPU's!  Hardware renderin is going to be outdated!

[guru-666]

@amigadave.

LOL, I too have spent and insane amount of money on amiga gear!   I hear you!  

However, not to be to negative here, but I teach a 3d animaiton class over here in santa monica and I don't realy think using old toasters is a  better way to start.  They where great for us when they came out (there was nothing else!) but it's more helpful to just jump on final cut pro and learn the real deal.  I would haate to be the guy to retrain the toaster trained kids.  Also working on such old boxes is a turn off for many kids, the idea is to get them exited and educated on something they can buy or used elsewhere.

SOOOO, I have taken to producing and fantasy mexican soap opera with my amiga gear, it's quite fun!

[guru-666]

I did, by inlarge I think we agree!  think I know how it feels.

BTW is thomas serious about the user group?  He has been talking about it for quite some time...... but I never heard of an actual date!

I'm over at a big facility (they don't want me to say) but we use Maya and code alot of stuff to fill the gaps... all linux

now go see "surfs up" , it's great!

[guru-666]

most of the big 3d packages offer some kind of studernt program where you get the software free. (with water mark or something) not sure if lightwave does this.....

@bloodmoney
man that video is bad.... I would say that hurt the toaster more than it helped... the music it self is awful!

[guru-666]

totally done with out regard for athetics as well!  Horable piece.
The amiga had a rough interface and low resolution compared to the mac back in the day... but it was still a more powerful machine.  
I was in collage back then and remeber being able to produce way better (and more animation) that the guys that would only touch a mac with infini-D. LOL  However I resent the flickering sceen ( i was too poor to get a FF) and the hored interface that image came up with.... glad that is over.  
Did like photoshop the moment I saw it!  I also perfered the AVID to the toaster back then.  

@vic20owner
nicely done man!

Imagine was powerful but HARD to learn!

[guru-666]

@vic20owner
send me the files, not sure what version you did it in but Ihave v5 for the amiga and this sounds just useless enough to have my attention.

[guru-666]

LOL awsome!

[guru-666]

we need a picture amigadave!