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From: Frank Bily
Subject: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 7 Dec 1998 07:55:02
Message: <01be21e0$f2e46d80$0a00000a@2>
Hi POV-RAY friends,
for my best friend ( invalid on wheelchair ) I am looking for version of
POV-RAY running under very, very older 286 PC machine. If someone has this
version for this vastingtime machine please be so kind and let me know ( or
directly send ) to my private e-mail address fr_bily @yahoo.com and help to
my invalid friend to open a new world dimensions.
Thank in advance for support

				Frank


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 7 Dec 1998 14:44:55
Message: <366c3037.0@news.povray.org>
A new 300 MHz PC can be as cheap as $800.00.
Could your friend afford this, or borrow an old 120 MHz Pentium clunker? 

One of the marvelous things about POV-Ray, I've often thought but never
said,  is that it could be easily used by Stephen Hawkings! Its textual
basis enables people with limited motor skills (or no drawing ability)
to be great artists. I really hate mouse-intensive software! 

Frank Bily wrote:
> 
> Hi POV-RAY friends,
> for my best friend ( invalid on wheelchair ) I am looking for version of
> POV-RAY running under very, very older 286 PC machine. If someone has this
> version for this vastingtime machine please be so kind and let me know ( or
> directly send ) to my private e-mail address fr_bily @yahoo.com and help to
> my invalid friend to open a new world dimensions.
> Thank in advance for support
> 
>                                 Frank


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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 7 Dec 1998 15:47:01
Message: <366c3ec5.0@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:40:52 -0500, Greg M. Johnson <> wrote:
>One of the marvelous things about POV-Ray, I've often thought but never
>said,  is that it could be easily used by Stephen Hawkings! Its textual
>basis enables people with limited motor skills (or no drawing ability)
>to be great artists. I really hate mouse-intensive software! 

To see why that might be, go to POV-Ray Team Coordinator Chris Young's 
personal home page at http://members.iquest.net/~cyoung/


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 7 Dec 1998 19:36:28
Message: <366C73EA.6EFDF46C@pacbell.net>
Frank Bily wrote:

> Hi POV-RAY friends,
> for my best friend ( invalid on wheelchair ) I am looking for version of
> POV-RAY running under very, very older 286 PC machine. If someone has this
> version for this vastingtime machine please be so kind and let me know ( or
> directly send ) to my private e-mail address fr_bily @yahoo.com and help to
> my invalid friend to open a new world dimensions.
> Thank in advance for support
>
>                                 Frank

  If I recall correctly Pov v2.2 was compiled for 386 computers
and above. Was this also true for the Pov v1.0 version ?
I have the Pov v1.0 on a CD around here somewhere but before
I bother locating it and then emailing it I would like to make sure
it will run on a 286 computer.

Ken Tyler


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From: Remco de Korte
Subject: Re: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 8 Dec 1998 07:32:46
Message: <366D1B0F.2D1709FA@xs4all.nl>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Frank Bily wrote:
> 
> > Hi POV-RAY friends,
> > for my best friend ( invalid on wheelchair ) I am looking for version of
> > POV-RAY running under very, very older 286 PC machine. If someone has this
> > version for this vastingtime machine please be so kind and let me know ( or
> > directly send ) to my private e-mail address fr_bily @yahoo.com and help to
> > my invalid friend to open a new world dimensions.
> > Thank in advance for support
> >
> >                                 Frank
> 
>   If I recall correctly Pov v2.2 was compiled for 386 computers
> and above. Was this also true for the Pov v1.0 version ?
> I have the Pov v1.0 on a CD around here somewhere but before
> I bother locating it and then emailing it I would like to make sure
> it will run on a 286 computer.
> 
> Ken Tyler

POV 1 used to run on an XT. At least I think it did because I first tried POV
when all I had was an XT. That probably explains why I never did much with it
the next couple of years, because it took ages to render a simple 320x200-image.
I tried one, waited a couple of hours, but when it wasn't even halfway finished
I decided this was not for me. At the moment I'm so definitely hooked that I
bought an extra computer and an additional 128Mb of RAM for rendering.

Remco


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From: Mike
Subject: Re: POVRAY UNDER 286
Date: 8 Dec 1998 22:11:09
Message: <366E84DF.5E59DC01@aol.com>
When I first read that, I thought you were going to say "...because that's how long
that darn picture took to render!" :)

-Mike

> POV 1 used to run on an XT. At least I think it did because I first tried POV
> when all I had was an XT. That probably explains why I never did much with it
> the next couple of years...
>
> Remco


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