Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!pyramid!ncc!alberta!brant From: brant@alberta.UUCP (Brant Coghlan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Turbo Silver File Format Summary: Great product from an equally great company. Message-ID: <1892@pembina.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 88 12:09:05 GMT References: <582@sactoh0.UUCP> Reply-To: brant@pembina.UUCP (Brant Coghlan) Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 36 In article <582@sactoh0.UUCP> ramoskov@sactoh0.UUCP (Robert A. Moskovitz) writes: > > Does anyone have the file format for Turbo Silver as well as how you can >create textures? I was told that they are on Compuserve but I do not >subscribe to that network. If anyone has it, please email it to me. > You can get this info direct from Impulse. They have a disk with all the formats described (and some tools I think) available for $5 US. Phone them at (612) 566-0221, they are very helpful, knowledgeable, and fast. (The following is an unsolicited testimonial.) Two weeks ago I heard that Turbo Silver 3.0 was out. Since I had bought V2.0 just a month earlier and had not received anything from Impulse, I decided to phone them. They informed me that info was in the mail to me, they offered me some special deals on upgrading to 3.0 (order other product for $30US and get 3.0 free,...). I gave them my credit card number for the $10US upgrade. THREE BUSINESS DAYS LATER, V3.0 arrived at my door (they must have some connections at Canadian customs :-) The 3.0 upgrade includes a much improved, 147 page manual (printed on the same high quality paper) and a disk containing the following: Turbo Silver 3.0, several enhancements over 2.0 including over 32,000 possible light sources, a slightly improved layout tool, ... A 68020/68881 version of the above. A couple of textures (for texture mapping) Two fonts worth of 2 dimensional "letters". A model of a robotic hand. On the whole, Turbo Silver is a very good product from a very good company. (I have not affiliation with Impulse, or anyone else for that matter) -Brant P.S. 1 complaint: the outside of the package does not mention you need 1Meg. -- Brant Coghlan (career student) (403) 487-3619 ...!alberta!brant Dept. of Comp. Science, 615 GSB, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada