Subject: Buying New Plotter - Recommendations?
From: "dmcc"
Date: 20 Nov 1996 16:00:04 GMT
We are in the process of evaluating high output black and white plotters.
We expect to purchase one or two HP 755CM inkjet plotters for high quality
color. We need a fully networkable high speed monochrome plotter as well.
Upwards of 100 users will have access. We are currently using two old HP
7600 240E electrostatic plotters and they are just about to die. Anyone
care to recommend, based on experience, service, support etc., their dream
plotter?
Thanks in advance,
Dave McCartney
dmccartney@stantech.com
Subject: Re: Autocad Crashes in Win95
From: Jacobsen
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:16:01 -0800
> particular command. When Autocad locks, Win95 remains fully
> functional. The error message offered by Autocad is usually "Fatal
> Error: Unhandled Exception". After the crash, Autocad will save your
> drawing before exiting
An unhandled exception sometimes means that there is a driver conflict of some sort. I have
seen that message running Autocad on Windows 3.1x. Most of the time it has been a Windows
diplay driver causing the problem, the fix was to use an updated or different Windows
display driver. I have also seen cases where the font used on the Autocad welcome screen,
you know the one with the logo and the text telling you what platform you are on and who it
is registered too, is using a text font that for some reason Autocad or the display driver
doesn't like. If you go to the preferences d-box you can change that font. I have also
seen this message while loading a drawing into Autocad, if other drawings load fine then it
means that the one drawing may be corrupted. Unfortunatly the recover command has not been
succesful in recovering the drawing nor has trying to insert the problen drawing into a new
blank drawing.
--
Catch ya later!
Don
Subject: Re: R14
From: myjch4@vianet.net.au
Date: 20 Nov 1996 16:38:37 GMT
jeeper@halcyon.com (Dennis Shinn) wrote:
>
> > To do that sort of work R14 would have to run on Alpha in a UNIX
> >environment!
>
> Not true. I've done it on a Pentium 133/64Mb. Granted I'm currently working on a
> 200MhzP-Pro with 128Mb of RAM, the machine itself wasn't *that* expensive. Don't
> forget that to upgrade a workstation doesn't require buying a complete system.
> All we're really talking about here is the box. These can be had for a couple
> thousand (US) dollars.
>
Well Dennis,
we are living in a fast paced world.
When I bought my P120/32MB only a year ago it was one of the best
machines on the market. I can't believe, that only one year later I
have to upgrade to P200/128MB just to be up to date.
What I really want is 3D and that may take a few more years, the
way things are going.
I have a vision of 3D steel structures shaded Xref'd and 3D piping
with interactive DataBase running in the background...
Maybe I'm just a dreamer?
But I'm very pleased to see that you are up to scratch with all
modern schnick-schnack. I don't know why I still bothered with
floppies. It was quite clear, that crap was on the way out. Only
hope now, AutoCAD isn't.
Regards,
Manfred Houzer
12 Alabaster Tce.
Hillarys WA 6025
Australia
Subject: Re: running ver 13 DOS on WinNT 4.0?
From: rmills@kern.com (Bob Mills)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:54:49 GMT
On 19 Nov 1996 17:56:08 GMT, davidson@unity.ncsu.edu (J Davidson
Highfill) wrote:
>Hello, i have just gotten WinNT 4.0 and am having problems getting acad
>ver 13 for DOS to run on NT (ie it won't). Every time i try NT kills it,
>i have been told NT 4.0 tends to not like DOS apps but i would still
>think there is a way, any ideas? thanks in advance.
>
> --Davidson
AutoCAD for DOS uses DOS extenders to run it's big, hog, program under
DOS. I'm not running 13, but I seem to recall that Autodesk put all 3
versions (DOS, Win3.x, WinNT) on their CD. USE the NT Version!! (Duh!)
I run Ver 12 for Win3.x on my new NT 4.0 box. Runs just fine. (famous
last words )
NT doesn't mind DOS programs (usually), but it DOESN'T like DOS
extenders.
>Davidson Highfill
>Student Extrodinare
Doesn't seem to be the case.
