I realize that by discussing megapov, I should rightfully
be posting on "povray.unofficial.patches".  Sorry in advance.  I
am posting here in "povray.general" because I expect a larger
readership in "povray.general".
        I have noticed that a great deal of the message traffic
here on the povray news servers currently deals with "mega pov",
am unofficial  hacked-up derviative of povray, and "iso-surfaces",
a feature that is very interesting, but is not in the Official
version of povray. In fact, out of the last 200-ish messages that
I read, only 30 did not mention iso-surfaces or megapov!!!!
        This is very frustrating.
        Is there a version of Megapov for the Amiga?  I have
searched for it and it seems that there is none but I wanted to
check here (where most of (all of?) the pov people seem to
"hang out") to make sure.


Pete

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since the source code is available, it has been compiled for a lot of
systems, but you'll have to ask nathan kopp about the amiga, or compile
it yourself.

Pete wrote:
> 
>         I realize that by discussing megapov, I should rightfully
> be posting on "povray.unofficial.patches".  Sorry in advance.  I
> am posting here in "povray.general" because I expect a larger
> readership in "povray.general".
>         I have noticed that a great deal of the message traffic
> here on the povray news servers currently deals with "mega pov",
> am unofficial  hacked-up derviative of povray, and "iso-surfaces",
> a feature that is very interesting, but is not in the Official
> version of povray. In fact, out of the last 200-ish messages that
> I read, only 30 did not mention iso-surfaces or megapov!!!!
>         This is very frustrating.
>         Is there a version of Megapov for the Amiga?  I have
> searched for it and it seems that there is none but I wanted to
> check here (where most of (all of?) the pov people seem to
> "hang out") to make sure.
> 
> Pete

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"ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:39C### [at] yahoocom...
| since the source code is available, it has been compiled for a lot of
| systems, but you'll have to ask nathan kopp about the amiga, or compile
| it yourself.

Or wait a few months (or less, or more?) for the official POV-Ray with
isosurface feature included.
See the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions group for more about it.

Bob

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"Bob Hughes" <per### [at] aolcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
news:39c04e9a@news.povray.org...
| "ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
| news:39C### [at] yahoocom...
| | since the source code is available, it has been compiled for a lot of
| | systems, but you'll have to ask nathan kopp about the amiga, or compile
| | it yourself.
|
| Or wait a few months (or less, or more?) for the official POV-Ray with
| isosurface feature included.
| See the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions group for more about
it.

I realized just after posting this that I should have checked the Amiga link
at www.povray.org and have now done so.  Looks like the official POV-Ray
Amiga versions are outdated and the latest date I saw there (
http://www.amigaworld.com/support/povamiga/ ) was Jan. '99.  So you'll
probably need to ask if there are any plans to do a compile of v3.5 for that
platform.

Bob

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"ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote...
> since the source code is available, it has been compiled for a lot of
> systems, but you'll have to ask nathan kopp about the amiga, or compile
> it yourself.
>

If someone wants to be in charge of compiling and maintaining an Amiga
version, I'll be happy to link to their page.  I don't have access to any
Amiga machines, so I would not be able to do it myself.  (FYI, I wouldn't
have the time, even if I did have access to the hardware and software,
unfortunately.)

-Nathan

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> If someone wants to be in charge of compiling and maintaining an Amiga
> version, I'll be happy to link to their page.  I don't have access to any
> Amiga machines, so I would not be able to do it myself.  (FYI, I wouldn't
> have the time, even if I did have access to the hardware and software,
> unfortunately.)

of course, we understand.  occasionally, the rest of us suffer from
bouts with real life.  as for the amiga, i haven't seen one in my corner
of america for maybe 10 or 15 years and the only users i have even heard
of are in europe.

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"ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:39C08F7C.A0625CE6@yahoo.com...
>
> of course, we understand.  occasionally, the rest of us suffer from
> bouts with real life.  as for the amiga, i haven't seen one in my corner
> of america for maybe 10 or 15 years and the only users i have even heard
> of are in europe.

iirc they are still being used for some high-end graphics work - wasn't a
lot of the Babylon 5 stuff produced on Amigas?

Incidentally, is that bouts of real life or bouts with real life. Either, I
suppose, would be accurate. ;)

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Is there any new Amiga out there that can compete even with an "old"
PentiumII?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Warp wrote:
> 
>   Is there any new Amiga out there that can compete even with an "old"
> PentiumII?

Yes, they're still produced (PPC I guess).

Markus
> 
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

-- 
Der deutsche Schlager ist aus dem Klofenster gesprungen....

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> iirc they are still being used for some high-end graphics work - wasn't a
> lot of the Babylon 5 stuff produced on Amigas?
Wasn't B5 made with Pentiums?

> Incidentally, is that bouts of real life or bouts with real life. Either,
I
> suppose, would be accurate. ;)

ZK
http://www.povplace.be.tf

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