Take a look at www.art-render.com. They have a 19in rack-mounted

raytraces more than 25 times faster than software running on high-end
microprocessors.

Now, if only someone was out to by by me a _really_ expensive X-mas
present..... ;)


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Sven-Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> Take a look at www.art-render.com. They have a 19in rack-mounted

> raytraces more than 25 times faster than software running on high-end
> microprocessors.

  I have known about this site for almost a year now and we have
discussed it on more than one occassion. It would be nice if it
had an architecture with built om programming that supported
POV-Ray directly.
 
> Now, if only someone was out to by by me a _really_ expensive X-mas
> present..... ;)

The check is in the mail...

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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:20:32 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>> Now, if only someone was out to by by me a _really_ expensive X-mas
>> present..... ;)
>
>The check is in the mail...

Gee, Thanks Uncle Ken!

Sven-Erik Andersen

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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:20:32 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>  I have known about this site for almost a year now and we have
>discussed it on more than one occassion. It would be nice if it
>had an architecture with built om programming that supported
>POV-Ray directly.
> 
 I read about it in the UK computer-mag 'Personal Computer World'
(their January 2000 issue), and in the interview, Daniel Hall, one of
the founders, says:

  "We are essentially the camera of the animation process.
    We want every application to drive that camera."

So maybe with a little peer-pressure they would come up with a
POV-interface... But I don't think that many in the POV-Ray community
would actually buy one. <WILD IDEA>Maybe a lot of people could pool
ther financial resources, buy one ore moore and create a communal
render-farm...</WILD IDEA>


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Lovely wild idea. I even would support it with money.
I just want to keep the thing at my house. Here in Alaska.
Well, I guess I would need that cable modem service
upgrade for everyone to get a small share of time from it.
And while everyone else was sleeping, I could play
on the system.
I am sure that if the IMP team could afford one or two
of these that supported POVRay, well...



Sven-Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:20:32 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> >  I have known about this site for almost a year now and we have
> >discussed it on more than one occassion. It would be nice if it
> >had an architecture with built om programming that supported
> >POV-Ray directly.
> >
>  I read about it in the UK computer-mag 'Personal Computer World'
> (their January 2000 issue), and in the interview, Daniel Hall, one of
> the founders, says:
> 
>   "We are essentially the camera of the animation process.
>     We want every application to drive that camera."
> 
> So maybe with a little peer-pressure they would come up with a
> POV-interface... But I don't think that many in the POV-Ray community
> would actually buy one. <WILD IDEA>Maybe a lot of people could pool
> ther financial resources, buy one ore moore and create a communal
> render-farm...</WILD IDEA>
> 

> Happy New Year to everyone.)
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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 07:20:11 -0900, "mr.art" <mr.### [at] gcinet> wrote:

>Lovely wild idea. I even would support it with money.
>I just want to keep the thing at my house. Here in Alaska.
Well, it should probably be kept in the north, so it doesn't get to
warm, but I think it would hav a better life in northern Norway where
I live just below the Arctic circle. ;)

>And while everyone else was sleeping, I could play
>on the system.
You forget that while you are sleeping in the US, other parts of the
world is awake. So not much chance of playing I would think ;)



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Sven-Erik Andersen wrote:
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> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 07:20:11 -0900, "mr.art" <mr.### [at] gcinet> wrote:
> 
> >Lovely wild idea. I even would support it with money.
> >I just want to keep the thing at my house. Here in Alaska.

> Well, it should probably be kept in the north, so it doesn't get to
> warm, but I think it would hav a better life in northern Norway where
> I live just below the Arctic circle. ;)

  I am afraid you two both live too far north. There is too great a risk
that the severe extremes of low temperature exposure will cause thermal
cycling stresses leading to premature component and board failure. Idealy
a location like where I live in Southern California would be best because
of it's temperate climate. And since I am the nice guy that I am I would
be more than happy to host it for the POV-Ray community.

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Ken wrote:

>   I am afraid you two both live too far north. There is too great a risk
> that the severe extremes of low temperature exposure will cause thermal
> cycling stresses leading to premature component and board failure. Idealy
> a location like where I live in Southern California would be best because
> of it's temperate climate. And since I am the nice guy that I am I would
> be more than happy to host it for the POV-Ray community.

No, keeping the machine further north will make it easier to overclock
it! ;-)

-Mark Gordon

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Not forgot, wishful thinking.

Sven-Erik Andersen wrote:

> >And while everyone else was sleeping, I could play
> >on the system.
> You forget that while you are sleeping in the US, other parts of the
> world is awake. So not much chance of playing I would think ;)
> 

> 
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I have to agree with Mark here. So who live furthest to the north?
Ilive at 66.3395 North. My place would be ideal, cold enough bot not
too much thanks to the Gulf-stream.



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