POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : Where to get NON BEta Povray? : Re: Where to get NON BEta Povray? Server Time
28 Jul 2024 14:26:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Where to get NON BEta Povray?  
From: Ken
Date: 9 Nov 1998 23:21:07
Message: <3647BEEC.F2CDD210@pacbell.net>
Pov 3.1r1 and Pov 3.1a may be to identify a minor bug change that
occured the week the official version was released. It had something
to do with the crackle testure and I believe one of the non windows
version features. Chris Young made an anouncement on both
povray.general and c.g.r.r.about this if you want to look up the specifics.

Ken Tyler

=Bob wrote:

> The following is an excerpt from the pvengine.exe file (near end) in case
> anyone else is wondering what Morpheus was originally talking about.
> This obviously has nothing to do with the actual version as R.H.Morrison
> pointed out. Hope I am doing nothing wrong by cutting and pasting this bit of
> the file here, thought it might keep others from being confused, as I was.
> Also, I have heard mention of version "r1a" not just r1 and this is apparently
> due to the fact that 3.1.r1 is referred to as 3.1a at povray.org. Don't know
> about the specifics, beta 6? was the last of the betas as I understand it.
>
> ^^^^^^
> File Description POV-Ray(tm) for Windows, File Version Beta 4 Internal Name
> PVEngine, Legal Copyright Copyright (c) 1996-1998 POV-Team.
> All Rights Reserved. May only be distributed under the terms of the POV-Team's
> POVLEGAL.DOC file. Legal Trademarks POV-Ray(tm) is a trademark of the
> Persistence of Vision Development Team, Original Filename PVEngine.EXE Product
> Name POV-Ray (Product Version 3
> ^^^^^^
>
> Message <364### [at] mailexcitecom>, Morpheus Dreamlord  typed...
> >
> >Umm, hi!
> >
> >I've got the new povray here, from povray.org, AFTER it was announced.
> >
> >BUT the file pvengine still shows it's properties as BETA version.
> >
> >Did you/they just forget to delete this from that section of the file
> >(the version info, at the end od the file), or have I missed something.
> >
> >I've tried to get this 3 times, from 3 diff sites, inc Twisted's site.
> >All say beta version.....
> >
> >--
> >The only good politician is a dead politician !!
> >Politics or religion = corruption and true evil.
> >Believe 1% of what you see or hear.
> >The laws that politicians make are mostly bad laws,
> >  we'd do far better without them - the politicians AND their laws.
>
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.html
> =Bob


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