Gilles Tran wrote:

> 47b9b812@news.povray.org...
> 
>> For the sake of fond memories, here are two more pictures from DKBTrace:
> 

> Windows" that was developed circa 1992 by Andreas Stabinger? It came with a 
> simple GUI modeller and was released commercially in Germany and France (at 
> least). It costed about 20 euros It was sold with a little booklet 
> explaining the basics of raytracing.
> I used it a couple of times before moving to POV-Ray, which was much more 
> sophisticated. For instance, POV-Ray (and DKBTrace) had a checker texture so 
> it was possible to create a RSOCP directly. In Raytrace, one had to model 
> and position each checker square separately as seen here 
> http://www.oyonale.com/image.php?code=884
> 
> Attached is a scan of the original box. It says "Immediate, powerful, 
> simple, fast!"
> 
> Gilles
> 
> 

I don't recall seeing that one.  I do remember others like Rayshade, 
QRT, Sculpt 3D and Vivid (IIRC).

David

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