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- Polyray - an algebraic input ray tracing program
- (c) 1992 Alexander Enzmann
- Version 1.4
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Polyray is a combination of an extensive set of modelling primitives together
- with a comprehensive renderer. Models are specified in an ASCII file, which
- are then parsed, and subsequently rendered. An IBM-AT or compatible is the
- only platform currently supported. An 80287, or compatible coprocessor is
- required for the real mode and 286 protected mode executables. In addition
- the 286 protected mode requires that the program "zpm.exe" either be in the
- current directory or be accessible via the PATH environment variable.
-
- Polyray provides a number of distinct features, the most important of which
- are the freedom of use of expressions in the modelling file and the ability
- to render very complex mathematical surfaces.
-
- There are three archives necessary: plydoc.zip, plydat.zip, and plyexe.zip.
- These contain the documents for Polyray, a set of data files, and the
- executable. In addition to plyexe.zip (or in place of), there are alternate
- executables: ply286.zip which contains a 286 protected mode executable, ply386
- which contains a 386 protected mode executable using floating point emulation,
- and ply387 which is a 386 protected mode executable requiring an FPU.
-
- See the file "quickref.txt", or "polyray.doc" for details on the command
- line options and data file syntax.
-