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From: James E Colyer
Subject: Multi-Processor POVRay 3.1 for NT?
Date: 19 Oct 1998 23:24:17
Message: <362BF40F.218B475D@Metonic.com>
Has anybody created a version of POVRay 3.1 engine that supports
multiple processors under NT?  I've got it running great with a 233MMX,
but I certainly would like to be able to access that other processor
sitting right there beside it...

James
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From: Marc SCHEFFER
Subject: Re: Multi-Processor POVRay 3.1 for NT?
Date: 22 Oct 1998 17:55:28
Message: <362F9C04.94F6AA0F@wanadoo.fr>
Looking for the same kind of exe. But would it really share it ? I heard about
similar utility under Unix, splitting the picture in many "worklets" and
distributing it through multi proc or even through a network, but never under
NT. I read sooner an answer from the PoV Team (Hi God !) saying that using
multi-threading across PoV source would be a major update, so I think an
external utility would be more easy (thinking about a network with NT/95/98
computers, though). Of course, the problem would be harder with multi proc.

A tortured solution would be to assign different PoV sessions to each of the
machine's CPU, and split the picture as I said earlier. But I haven't any idea
about the way it could be done...


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From: George
Subject: Re: Multi-Processor POVRay 3.1 for NT?
Date: 11 Nov 1998 05:17:08
Message: <36496406.7DAC2C0@vtc.net>
I think that pov itself will take advantage of it if you launch a second copy.
I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain that I've seen that stated somewhere.

KillFile

Marc SCHEFFER wrote:

> Looking for the same kind of exe. But would it really share it ? I heard about
> similar utility under Unix, splitting the picture in many "worklets" and
> distributing it through multi proc or even through a network, but never under
> NT. I read sooner an answer from the PoV Team (Hi God !) saying that using
> multi-threading across PoV source would be a major update, so I think an
> external utility would be more easy (thinking about a network with NT/95/98
> computers, though). Of course, the problem would be harder with multi proc.
>
> A tortured solution would be to assign different PoV sessions to each of the
> machine's CPU, and split the picture as I said earlier. But I haven't any idea
> about the way it could be done...


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