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> We were using Windows NT 4 machines with Voodoo 3DFX graphics cards as our development machines. I didn't realize the Voodoo was running on NT 4 but for CAD/
by MisterTea 2y ago
> We were using Windows NT 4 machines with Voodoo 3DFX graphics cards as our development machines.
I didn't realize the Voodoo was running on NT 4 but for CAD/3DS/etc I can see that being a thing. I remember trying to run Quake 2 on NT 4 (Dual P233 Tyan Tomcat IV w/128MB) but there was something that stopped me from doing so, think it was direct sound so no audio? Wasn't until Win 2k could I run games on an SMP machine.
- bhouston 2y ago> I didn't realize the Voodoo was running on NT 4 but for CAD/3DS/etc I can see that being a thing. I may be incorrect about the Voodoo cards being in the NT 4 machines, if that was a driver impossibility. I think 3DS Max required Windows NT at the time? I know there was a bunch of Voodoo cards in the office as well, but maybe those machines ran Windows 95.
- MisterTea 2y agoCould be. I do remember there being OpenGL drivers for some cards running under NT for CAD stuff. I think the ATI 3D pro turbo I had had such drivers but I cant remember if I tried running Quake or whatever.
- bhouston 2y agoOn Wikipedia it says that 3DS Max version 1 was only supported on Windows NT 3.5 and 4, later coming to Windows 95 with version 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max#Version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max#Version_histo... So that makes sense with my recollection.