i have ran DS with out hardware before...
when installing the software use the "custom" and uncheck any missing cards
used it to troubeshoot back in V4.01, have not had the need to since then
Caveat - i am running on old memory as to when to select the "custom" option,
but it was on one of the first few pages when installing
and yes it does mean re-instaling the software.. oh so much fun on NT4
Ta from far away
d.
Quoting "Murphy, Paul " <Paul.Murphy(at)fotf.org>:
> Hi Rick,
>
> Each rev of software had it's own needs regarding hardware. For a time
> we were able to run V5 on a StudioZ in a W8000- although it was an
> unsupported system. So if you're running 3.01 what do you need? A
> Studio Z, Merging Keops and the 2 FireGL cards. What do you need to run
> V6? Wildcat 6210, Merging Mykerinos (Rev C), and an Equinox Box and
> Card. As time goes by finding those components becomes more and more
> difficult - I had a doozy of a time trying to find Wildcat 6210 cards -
> many places advertised them on the net and did not have any in stock.
>
> Yes, you need the right drivers (another nightmare in itself).
>
> I have been fortunate that most of my projects get done - date
> themselves - and no one wants to go back and visit them. We just start
> a new project. That has helped me to avoid answering the question
> about how versions translate forward. For the limited experience I have
> with it, it has not been a problem but most of my projects are not
> composite heavy.
>
> Murf
>
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> Subject: Was: Studio-Z Card....Now Ask Howard......
>
>
> Regarding the various components that all dance in sync to make DS work.
> I have a few odd questions.
>
> Let's just say that all the cards ( Studio Z, Fire GL, Keops ) die.
> What is the bare minimum
> that I would need to run DS on any PC with my dongle, for the sole
> purpose of opening old projects to extract / export EDL's to
> salvage/import to another ( non DS ) edit system.
>
> Do all the drivers need to be in place etc?
>
> Also, if in fact I have diligently archived ALL of my old projects at
> ver 3.01, will a Ver 6. on up
> open the old projects?
>
> Just beginnng to prepare for the inevitable.
>
> Thanks.....
>
> Rick at naked eye
> ( For those in the US, have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day and count
> your blessings that
> you're not in New Orleans and Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Katrina.
> Our thoughts and prayers are with them all.)
>
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