I was going through some old drives and found this one.  I posted this probably
20 years ago as my obligatory first RSOCP.  I came across Povray in the early
90s and have used it off and on ever since.  I thought it might be interesting
to see what programming Pov scenes would be like in the 1970's.  Just for a
little background, I've been a mainframe programmer since 1969, and now enjoy
programming PC's.

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On 8/1/2025 7:11 PM, Clarence1898 wrote:
> I was going through some old drives and found this one.  I posted this probably
> 20 years ago as my obligatory first RSOCP.  I came across Povray in the early
> 90s and have used it off and on ever since.  I thought it might be interesting
> to see what programming Pov scenes would be like in the 1970's.  Just for a
> little background, I've been a mainframe programmer since 1969, and now enjoy
> programming PC's.

That is a nice variation on a theme.

Josh

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Hi(gh)!

On 02.08.25 04:11, Clarence1898 wrote:
> I was going through some old drives and found this one.  I posted this probably
> 20 years ago as my obligatory first RSOCP.  I came across Povray in the early
> 90s and have used it off and on ever since.  I thought it might be interesting
> to see what programming Pov scenes would be like in the 1970's.  Just for a
> little background, I've been a mainframe programmer since 1969, and now enjoy
> programming PC's.

When I read the subject, I first thought of ASCII art... such as the 
physical maps based on early Landsat altimetry data I once saw in a 
1970s issue of "Afghanistan Journal", just numeric characters (0 to 9) 
for different altitude ranges and then manually(!) coloured...

I could very well imagine coding a rudimentary raytracer on my Commodore 
64 and then print the rendered scenes as such ASCII graphics...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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VBI BENE, IBI BACTRIA!

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hi,

"Clarence1898" <dle### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> I was going through some old drives and found this one.  I posted this probably
> 20 years ago as my obligatory first RSOCP.  I came across Povray in the early
> 90s and have used it off and on ever since.  I thought it might be interesting
> to see what programming Pov scenes would be like in the 1970's.  Just for a
> little background, I've been a mainframe programmer since 1969, and now enjoy
> programming PC's.

very nice.  and the cards are punched :-).


(is the 1898 a jazz reference ?)


regards, jr.

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"Clarence1898" <dle### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> I was going through some old drives and found this one.  I posted this probably
> 20 years ago as my obligatory first RSOCP.  I came across Povray in the early
> 90s and have used it off and on ever since.  I thought it might be interesting
> to see what programming Pov scenes would be like in the 1970's.  Just for a
> little background, I've been a mainframe programmer since 1969, and now enjoy
> programming PC's.

Nice scene!
I have cases of the paper in your scene. Got them from a office supply store
that closed down in the late 90's. Used to use the punch cards as book markers.
Have Fun

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Hi(gh)!

On 02.08.25 19:37, Leroy wrote:

> I have cases of the paper in your scene. Got them from a office supply store
> that closed down in the late 90's. Used to use the punch cards as book markers.
> Have Fun
> 

When the Internet hit me first in 1995, Cologne University's computing 
centre still used a DIN A1 chain printer... and, yes, there even were 
some unused punchcards left! And it would be really nice to find a stack 
of DIN A4 fan-fold paper for my Commodore MPS 801 printer... if I only 
had some fresh ink ribbons for it! But who sells ink ribbons for a 
40+-year old matrix printer?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

Now crafting: lots of computers in Satisfactory!
-- 
VBI BENE, IBI BACTRIA!

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