Nite_Hawk <nel### [at] mailminnehahapvtk12mnus> writes:

> Scott Hill wrote:
> > 
> > Shane Chambers <sha### [at] wtconet> wrote in article
> > <35BD8DCF.ABD9005A@wtco.net>...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > >     Does POV-RAY (any version, any platform) have support for Multiple
> > > Processors?
> > 
> > IIRC, none of the official builds do, but there's an unofficial build that
> > does, sorry don't recall what it's called, but I think it's for Linux
> > platforms only.
> > 
[...]
> 
> This is called pvm-pov, which uses pvm to distribute the workload over
> several computers on a network, which could also work using two clients
> on one machine.  It works in linux, and someone a couple months ago
> hinted at a NT port, though I have no idea if it ever happend..

Of course, it also works with other flavours of Unix. BTW, the link is:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6386/PVMPOV.html
In the list of POVBench Results (http://www.haveland.com/povbench/index.htm)
the fastest renderings were done with PVMPOV.

Thomas

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