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

> Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> 
> of  course, I should have unix, my mistake. :)

Not necessarily. The program that handles different processors and 
machines, namely PVM, is also availible for OS/2 and Win32. 
(ftp://netlib2.cs.utk.edu/pvm3/)
Since the core of POV-Ray is written in ANSI C I don't expect any
problems. A compilation of a command-line version should be simple.
(Oh, non-Unix users aren't used to compile programs :-) )

Thomas

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