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POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C 
code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the 
Amiga.  I then added support for color.
Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced. 
This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that 
inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
Enjoy
David Buck
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David Buck
On 2013-12-27 9:27 PM, David Buck wrote:
> Here's an image for the history books.  In "The Early History of
> POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C
> code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the
> Amiga.  I then added support for color.
>
> Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced.
> This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that
> inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
>
> Enjoy
>
> David Buck
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|  |  | On 28/12/13 02:32, David Buck wrote:
> Here's a slightly larger version that shows the AmigaDOS screen behind.
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> David Buck
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> On 2013-12-27 9:27 PM, David Buck wrote:
>> Here's an image for the history books.  In "The Early History of
>> POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C
>> code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the
>> Amiga.  I then added support for color.
>>
>> Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced.
>> This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that
>> inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> David Buck
> 
A wonderful Xmas present for the community! Thank you, David ... and
thank you also for all the work you did subsequently.
John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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|  |  | Oh, this is brilliant! The typical Amiga mood indeed. It certainly shows 
the capabilities of the machine at that time.
Thanks for this image, David, especially as the genesis of what we are 
working with now.
Thomas
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|  |  | On 12/27/2013 09:32 PM, David Buck wrote:
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Very cool!
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|  |  | David Buck <dav### [at] simberon com> wrote:
> Here's an image for the history books.  In "The Early History of
> POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C
> code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the
> Amiga.  I then added support for color.
>
> Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced.
> This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that
> inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
>
> Enjoy
>
> David Buck
And then the humans were converted to PovRay! Post a reply to this message
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|  |  | David Buck <dav### [at] simberon com> wrote:
> Here's an image for the history books.  In "The Early History of
> POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C
> code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the
> Amiga.  I then added support for color.
>
> Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced.
> This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that
> inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
>
> Enjoy
>
> David Buck
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|  |  | >David Buck  on date 28/12/2013 3.27 wrote:
> Here's an image for the history books.  In "The Early History of
> POV-Ray", I wrote that I started in raytracing when I downloaded the C
> code for a raytracer for Unix from the Internet and ported it to the
> Amiga.  I then added support for color.
>
> Here, my friends, is the first color raytraced image I ever produced.
> This picture pre-dates POV-Ray and even DKBTrace.  It was the image that
> inspired me to do better and write DKBTrace in the first place.
>
> Enjoy
>
> David Buck
Thank you, It's a significant image!
Paolo
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