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28 Jul 2024 20:31:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: tricking some SMP with pov  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 3 Aug 1999 12:05:12
Message: <37A7138F.3683A04@geocities.com>
"D. Stark" wrote:

> I work for an ISP with a mighty powerful server running linux (quad
> processors). First of all, if I took my pov image and made a shell script to
> run 4 copies of povray, each doing a 1/4 slice of the scene, would I gain in
> performance? I realize that this would be a memory hog beyond all reason.
>
> ALSO, is it possible to run pov through a telnet? Then I could do my test
> renders on my home box, ftp the pov to the server, and have a finished copy
> when I come in in the morning.

Yes, that's all possible.

Once I get off my lazy bottom and get back to coding, I'll have a Java-based
solution that can be used for this sort of thing.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.


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