Glen Berry wrote:

> Unless I'm mistaken, not everyone can run the MSVC compile. Doesn't
> that require a recent model of Pentium processor to work properly?

The MSVC pentium II compile can be run on any windows machine as
far as I know. I have a PI 200 mmx and it runs with no problem.
In fact even though it is optimized for a PII I still realize a
little faster performance over the watcom compile of the program.
The standard Windows distribution is compiled with watcom PII
optimized so there is little difference.

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Ken wrote:
> 
> PoD wrote:
> 
> > I agree, how many people use the MS-DOS version?
> 
> Still quite a few using it from what I have heard. Chris Colefax
> for example still uses the dos version for all of his include file
> development work.
> 

OK, I didn't think that many people would be using it and I didn't mean
any offence.
However there's no reason to limit all other platforms to 8.3 filenames
anyway.
The proposal to use an #ifdef seems the best solution.

PoD.

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PoD <pod### [at] merlinnetau> wrote in message
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> Warp wrote:
> >
> >   I would suggest some #ifdef's in the povray source code. If we
are NOT
> > compiling for DOS, then just use as long file names as needed. If
we are
> > compiling for DOS, then truncate and don't care about the
consecuences.
> >
>
> I agree, how many people use the MS-DOS version?

I do for one, and my other box doesn't even have windoze installed.
I would accept Warp's suggestion though.

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On Fri, 19 May 2000 02:14:06 +0930, PoD <pod### [at] merlinnetau> wrote:

>The proposal to use an #ifdef seems the best solution.

Yes, but which #ifdef proposal? I hope you are refering to the one
that uses #ifdef to modify the DOS version to create subdirectories,
and place sequentially numbered files into it.

There was another proposal that involved #ifdef and filename
truncation/mangling, without subdirectory creation. I don't like that
idea nearly as well.

Later,
Glen Berry

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Glen Berry <7no### [at] ezwvcom> wrote:
: Yes, but which #ifdef proposal? I hope you are refering to the one
: that uses #ifdef to modify the DOS version to create subdirectories,
: and place sequentially numbered files into it.

: There was another proposal that involved #ifdef and filename
: truncation/mangling, without subdirectory creation. I don't like that
: idea nearly as well.

  I really don't care which one as long as I get long filenames here :)

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