POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Why?... Because!! : Re: Why?... Because!! Server Time
29 Jul 2024 08:17:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why?... Because!!  
From: Andrew Coppin
Date: 25 Mar 2003 15:42:17
Message: <3e80bf29@news.povray.org>
> Have a look at http://www.xilinx.com

Hey, cool. Thanks - will take a look.

> Since I was a kid I always wanted to create my own electronic devices.
> So I started teaching myself electronics. I also took a course in
> Electronics and a degree in computer engineering, which covered all the
> electronics I needed to fulfil my dreams. Up until now I have designed
> an 8-bit CPU similar to the 6502 using VHDL and FPGA technology, a
> couple of alarm systems, music amplifiers, etc.... My next goal will be
> to design a hardware based raytracer. I don't really have the time now,
> but one day I will.

Glad I'm not the only crazy person on this earth ;-)

> As for you project, I think it was a good idea to generate the stuff
> with povray.

Yeah, building hardware is fun, but software is way more convinient...
Especially for testing!


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