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6 Sep 2024 02:20:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SOR weird effects  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 8 Mar 1999 00:36:32
Message: <36E361A4.67403473@aol.com>
You must be a DOS die-hard. I used DOS and GW-Basic, QBasic, a lot up
until Win95. Since then it has faded out in my case. The sor, lathe,
prism utility sounds interesting. Wish you success with it.


Leroy Whetstone wrote:
> 
>  I have version 3.1d I think. If the d stands fo DOS.  I know what you mean about
> having to go back to DOC .There's a lot to POV. I spend more time there than
> anywhere. So I took the DOC apart stored it in a relative file and wrote a Qbasic
> program to access it.I also made a front end to POV so I could veiw and edit the
> files that came with it. I'm also working on a qbasic program that will help do
> SOR, Lathe,and Prizm.
>  As for the speed (I have 133 HZ) SOR is quick. That's how I was able to figure it
> out so soon. A simple pitcure takes about a minute or less(more if sturm is used).
> One thing I found out, if your points for the SOR are to far apart the slope of
> the lines can cut the object in half. And I haven't had a fatal error yet!

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