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Hi all,
this is a port of POVRay 1.0 to the Atari platforms.
There are currently three executables:
pov_881.prg
for use with a line F compatible FPU
- 68020-30/68881-2 supplied Ataris
- line F FPU emulator
pov_sfp.prg
for use with an sfp-compatible FPU board,
like the ones in 68000 based Ataris (Mega ST/STE).
This is a very specially compiled version,
making *EXTENSIVE* use of *ALL* the FPU
features - putting the slow TurboC interface
to shame. (Try i.e. blob.pov). I used a homebrew
postcompiler, which takes an DRI objectfile
(compiled for 68881, switch -8 in TurboC on)
and replaces all the FPU stuff with emulation code
for the sfp compatibles.
If you are interested in that, contact me!
pov_cpu.prg
if you have no FPU (you should better buy one!!),
this will go slow.
All the above programs default to gem applications, but you
can use them as .ttp's, too. Rename them to .ttp and do not use
the -d switch (display option) !!!
Commands are given via command line arguments,
so you should install your povray as an "Gem takes parameter"
in Tos >= 2.06 or run it from a shell.
Such a Gem Shell for POVRay ( POVSHELL 1.0 ) comes along with
this package. Using it you can easily specify all the options in a
menudriven way.
The various arguments are described in the file povray.doc
in the the zip file povdoc.zip. Read it before installing or
starting any actions!!
POVRay for Atari will behave exactly like all the other
versions according to the command line args, except the all output
via stderr/stdout is written to the file povray.out. This was
necassary to not destroy the Gem desktop when running as
an .app / .prg. This may be improved in further versions.
Happy tracing,
kay roemer
Send thanks, bugs, etc. to
inf2gr04@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de