Am 18.01.2011 09:23, schrieb clipka:

> The default setting has been around probably since the days POV-Ray was
> still named DKB-trace, and back then the setting was just taken for
> granted because /every/ computer display (except for a few extremely
> exotic ones) used a 4:3 aspect ratio - even when the number of pixels
> would nowadays seem to imply otherwise (e.g. 320x200 CGA, 640x350 EGA,
> 320x200 MCGA, or even 1280x1024 SXGA). Back then, non-square pixels were
> actually quite common, whereas non-4:3 aspect ratios were rare exceptions.

Ah, and of course not to forget all the various home computers used in 
those days; after all, DKB-trace didn't even start as a DOS program.

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