nj@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Narciso Jaramillo) (10/18/90)
1. Is there an IFF format for object-oriented drawings? The IFF registry in the back of the 1.3 Autodocs and Includes doesn't list one. 2. While we're on the subject, would anyone be interested in a freely redistributable object-oriented drawing program? I'm thinking of writing one just for my own edification, mostly as a user interface exercise, and I haven't seen any around (except for mCAD, which is fairly old and doesn't have all the nifty features I'd want to include). If you'd be interested, mail me a list of things you'd like to see in it. 3. On a completely unrelated note, I've been toying with the old QRT ray tracer recently. I can't seem to get RAY2 to produce ILBM files that any recent IFF display program understands. Is there a newer version of RAY2 around, or an old display program someone can point me to that will understand RAY2's output? Please answer through email; if there's enough response, I'll summarize to the net. Thanks. -- nj nj@arpa.Berkeley.EDU ...!ucbvax!ucbarpa!nj
johno@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Orr - CATS) (10/18/90)
In article <1990Oct17.172923.16645@agate.berkeley.edu> nj@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (...) writes: > >1. Is there an IFF format for object-oriented drawings? The IFF registry > in the back of the 1.3 Autodocs and Includes doesn't list one. > The DR2D IFF FORM is a new FORM for describing 2D object oriented drawings. If all goes well, the spec for it should be in the Nov/Dec 1990 Amiga Mail. Several commercial products are supposed to be supporting it in the near future. --John
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (10/19/90)
A PD object-oriented drawing program would INDEED be welcome! ESPECIALLY if
it could save in, say PDraw or Aegis format. Even better if it would also
"create" its own standard that others would later conform to. I for one
devoutely wish there were an IFF standard for OOD...
--rw
fhwri@conncoll.bitnetnavas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) (10/19/90)
In article <15241@cbmvax.commodore.com> johno@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Orr - CATS) writes: >The DR2D IFF FORM is a new FORM for describing 2D object oriented >drawings. If all goes well, the spec for it should be in the Nov/Dec >1990 Amiga Mail. Several commercial products are supposed to be >supporting it in the near future. You know, amidst all the flames, worries, nagging and low profit margins -- it must be said that Commodore is doing a fantastic job at an extraordinary number of tasks. And they ought to be thanked for it as publicly as they have been flamed. T H A N K Y O U ! David Navas navas@sim.berkeley.edu "Excuse my ignorance, but I've been run over by my train of thought." -me
jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org ( Staff OACIS) (10/20/90)
In article <28953@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes: >You know, amidst all the flames, worries, nagging and low profit margins -- >it must be said that Commodore is doing a fantastic job at an extraordinary >number of tasks. And they ought to be thanked for it as publicly as they >have been flamed. > > T H A N K Y O U ! > This sentiment conveniently echos my thought of the past couple of days. Before Amiga, Commodore was primarily a hardware manufacturer. Now they sell systems. There is an important difference. In addition to developing the next generation technology, they have also had to establish similar efforts in operating system and display (GUI) technology, third-party developer support, integrated and verticle market solutions, customer support for a complex machine. Although their progress hasn't been as fast as many would like, I feel they have done remarkably well given their financial resources, and applaud them for the work they have accomplished. The competition may be narrowing the gap, but I would like to thank Commodore and Amiga (the people and the machine) for the incredible productivity they have provided me during the last 5 years. -- John Meissen .............................. Oregon Advanced Computing Institute jmeissen@oacis.org (Internet) | "That's the remarkable thing about life; ..!sequent!oacis!jmeissen (UUCP) | things are never so bad that they can't jmeissen (BIX) | get worse." - Calvin & Hobbes