Hi all, trav here.

yes, Eduard most kindly took the time to answer me.

Regarding the CD (that was included in Eduard's book that I bought way back
in ought and 94 or maybe ought and 95), when you open the CD, you should see
a treasure chest icon titled:

 Ray Tracing CD Intro

and over and below it,  another large question mark shaped icon titled:

POV-Ray Reference

both of which are Kind =  Application Program.  Evidently Hypercard stand
alones or something like that.  I had hoped against hope that I would not
have to try the install the QT that was on the disk and do an extension swap
out, but hopefully, that will be easier using the Extension Manager. I am
sure that it will not work out to be so easy, but who knows ;-).

Regardless, thank all of you for taking the time to share your insights and
offer your help to me.  If you are interested, I'll let you know if I get it
to working again and what it took (possible FAQ material ?); the books makes
several references to the Reference application in the opening chapters,
which was the driving force behind me asking the question.

I just wish that Eduard was still getting royalties on his fine book; who
knows, maybe it could have lead to a second edition.

trav

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In article <379b56fe@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:


> In article <379B2DE2.A20AAB23@puzzlecraft.com> , Steve
> <ste### [at] puzzlecraftcom>  wrote:
>
>> I just searched my POV-Ray 2.2 CD ( Waite Group, 1994 ) and found nothing
with
>> that name and no Hypercard files on it.
>>
>> I could probably open it under an older system (I have several old system
> folders
>> on Zips) and save it in PDF if it hasn't already been republished.
>
> I don't have Eduard's book so I can't tell you where it is, but Eduard
> responded to him by e-mail (he also send his question to
> mac### [at] povrayorg) and here is what Eduard said:
>
>>>>
> Hi,
> I am the author of the book you are asking about.  The Reference
> application that a contractor wrote to go along with my book (in
> Hypercard) was not very well written, and really does expect an old
> version of QuickTime in order to work.  This is too bad, because the
> reference application is actually pretty useful when it works.  You
> should try saving your Quicktime 4 extensions (use extension mgr to
> disable them), and then install QT 1.6.1 from the book's CD and see
> if that will work.  If not, you may be out of luck, that book and
> software are now over 6 years old, and out of print.  Sorry I can't
> be of much more help.
>
> ttfn,
> Eduard
> <<<
>
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
> e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
>
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