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- OS/2 PORT
-
- of
-
- Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray)
-
- Version 2.0
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- Copyright 1993 POV-Ray Team
-
- Ported by Terry Robison, terryr@krang.vis.mu.OZ.AU
- Using the emx GCC Compiler, Version 0.8g
-
- This software is provided as is without any guarantees or warranty.
- I am not responsible for any damage or losses of any kind
- caused by the use or misuse of this package. The authors are under no
- obligation to provide service, corrections, or upgrades to this package.
-
- I've provided the source code and makefile for this port. The only
- changes that I have done are in the makefile (the last line), and in
- frame.c I have not found any bugs yet - seems to run ok. One difference
- worth noting - the +d option does not work with this port. Compiled
- with emx 0.8g (see make file for flags used), under OS/2 Version 2.1.
- System - 486 DX, 33 Mhz
- 20 Meg ram
- Tseng ET 4000
- Great big disk
-
- As with any software compiled with the emx compiler - you will have
- to include the *.dll files in your libpath.
-
- 2.3 WHERE TO FIND POV-Ray FILES
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-
- POV-Ray is a complex piece of software made up of many files. The POV-Ray
- package is made up of several archives including executables,
- documentation, and example scene files.
-
- The average user will need an executable for their computer, the example
- scene files and the documentation. The example scenes are invaluable for
- learning about POV-Ray, and they include some exciting artwork.
-
- Advanced users, developers, or the curious may want to download the C
- source code as well.
-
- There are also many different utilities for POV-Ray that generate scenes,
- convert scene information from one format to another, create new materials,
- and so on. You can find these files from the same sources as the other POV-
- Ray files. No comprehensive list of these utilities is available at the
- time of this writing.
-
- The latest versions of the POV-Ray software are available from these
- sources:
-
-
- 2.3.1 GRAPHICS DEVELOPER'S FORUM ON COMPUSERVE
-
- POV-Ray headquarters are on CompuServe Graphics Developer's Forum (GO
- GRAPHDEV) sections 8 POV Sources and 9 POV Images. We meet there to share
- info and graphics and discuss ray tracing. The forum is also home to
- development projects on fractals, animation and morphing. It is the home
- of the Stone Soup Group, developers of Fractint, a popular IBM-PC fractal
- program. Everyone is welcome to join in on the action on CIS GraphDev. Hope
- to see you there! You can get information on joining CompuServe by calling
- (800)848-8990. CompuServe access is also available in Japan, Europe and
- many other countries.
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- 2.3.2 PC GRAPHICS AREA ON AMERICA ON-LINE
-
- There's an area now on America On-Line dedicated to POV-Ray support and
- information. You can find it in the PC Graphics section of AOL. Jump
- keyword "PCGRAPHICS". This area includes the Apple Macintosh executables
- also.
-
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- 2.3.3 YOU CAN CALL ME RAY BBS IN CHICAGO
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- There is a ray trace specific BBS in the (708) Area Code (Chicago suburbia,
- United States) for all you Traceaholics out there. The phone number of this
- BBS is (708) 358-5611. Bill Minus is the sysop and Aaron Collins is co-
- sysop of that board, and it's filled with interesting stuff.
-
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- 2.3.4 THE GRAPHICS ALTERNATIVE BBS IN EL CERRITO, CA
-
- For those on the West coast, you may want to find the POV-Ray files on The
- Graphics Alternative BBS. It's a great graphics BBS run by Adam Shiffman.
- TGA is high quality, active and progressive BBS system which offers both
- quality messaging and files to its 1300+ users.
-
- 510-524-2780 (PM14400FXSA v.32bis 14.4k, Public)
- 510-524-2165 (USR DS v.32bis/HST 14.4k, Subscribers)
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- 2.3.5 PI SQUARED BBS MARYLAND
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- For those on the East coast you may want to try th Pi Squared BBS in
- Maryland. The sysop Alfonso Hermida CIS: 72114,2060 is the creator of
- POVCAD. He carries the latest POV files and utilities, plus supports his
- software. Call (301)-725-9080 in Maryland USA running @ 14.4K bps 24 hrs.
-
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- 2.3.6 INTERNET
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- The POV-Ray files are also available over Internet by anonymous FTP from
- alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (134.117.1.1).
-
-
-
- See README for more information about orignal sources and sample files.
-
-
- enjoy :)
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