POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Blast from the past. : Re: Blast from the past. Server Time
2 Jul 2024 22:45:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Blast from the past.  
From: MichaelJF
Date: 10 Feb 2015 14:40:01
Message: <web.54da5d5abdddc7ed72f7f7e80@news.povray.org>
FractRacer <lg.### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> > "buke9" <bbu### [at] twccom> wrote:
> >> Found some Zip disks and I had a parallel drive that was dead. Found a usb
> >> one on Ebay to find out what was on the discs. This is the output of the
> >> file that I was looking for. The fossil was made in Form . The height fields
> >> in Gforge (original lost ) . The drawing is a scan done by me. Most was
> >> modeled in Moray. The pencil was a sample from PV Ray .5 beta (yes Povray
> >> before it was Povray) . I can't believe I kept the file (It is from 1998).
> >> I've been away from Pov for sometime but getting back to it . Just thought I
> >> would share. Please don't laugh it was almost 20 years ago.
> >> Buke
> >
> > This is a very nice image indeed. A nice model of a snail like creature. I have
> > some experience with that by my own.
> >
> > I would guess that it is an old image and not a modern rerendering of an old
> > scene file. The steam above the cup let me assume this, since it is not very
> > easy to convert the old halo-syntax into the media-syntax used now. But I'm
> > unaware of the exact date this switch was taken in POV.
> >
> > If you find other old treasures on your ZIP-disks feel free to share them.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Michael
> >
> I will disappoint you, if you look at the binary file of the image, you
> will see the uberpov 3.7 signature, and the date of the render: 2015-02-08.
>
> Please don't shoot me!
>
> --
> Lionel
> <b>Do not judge my words, judge my actions.</b>
>
> ---

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That is very interesting, I didn't look at file signatures usually. But dont be
afraid. I'm an active member of a political party in Germany which rejects any
kind of violence. Life is short enough, we must not shorten lives by killing
people.

Best regards,
Michael


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