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29 Jul 2024 00:37:21 EDT (-0400)
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From: Angelo 'kENpEX' Pesce
Date: 4 Dec 2001 17:47:24
Message: <3c0d5211.36647845@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 23:22:01 +0100, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>In article <3c0d3e96.31659740@news.povray.org> , ken### [at] uniplanit (Angelo 
>'kENpEX' Pesce) wrote:
>
>> Have U seen realtime raytracing demos like naturesuxx, naturestillsuxx
>
>OK, I looked this one up and saw some pictures.  I have to say it is indeed
>more impressive than all other demos i have seen before.  Of course, it
>still requires DOS mode direct hardware access :-(  
?!? They are windows demos, they use directX
If you want to be impressed more, download fresnel2 (it requires a
fast 3d openGL card) or rtrt intros by spinningkids and by mfx

>Unfortuantely I am
>forced to draw to the screen using a Mac OS system function and Chris has to
>use a Windows system function.  This is kind of drawing has some difficult
>to overcome speed problem...
If that's the problem with your easter egg, just download the tinyPTC
library... :) It's available for maaaaaaany plattforms, and it will
give U an high performance display window (directx, videoforwindows or
gdi for windows, dunno for others, of coz directx is the faster way)
>
>    Thorsten


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