POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Computers are fast : Re: Reminiscences of an Old Fart Server Time
5 Sep 2024 07:22:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Reminiscences of an Old Fart  
From: Darren New
Date: 17 Nov 2009 18:44:14
Message: <4b03354e$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> which I could instantly recognize even today.
> 
>> That's hardcore. :-)
> 
>   Well, not really.

That you think you could still recognise it? *That* is the hardcore part. :-)

> (Besides those being nice "round" numbers, otherwise that ordering makes
> absolutely no sense, 

The only reason I could think of would be memory bandwidth issues. DMA was 
quite expensive at the time.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
     Is God willing to prevent phrogams, but not able?
       Then he is not omnipotent.
     Is he able, but not willing, to prevent phrogams?
       Then he is malevolent.


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