prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam) (12/13/89)
DBW 2.0 has been created and is available from the author for
a contribution of $36.00. Send to:
William T. Baldridge
2650 Sherwood Lane
Pueblo, CO 81005
I have a copy of it and it is very IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!!!!! It supports
all of DBW 1.0's features (fractals, marble, etc.), plus IFF picture
wrapping, a fast octree-based rendering algorithm, objects of rotation
and extrusion, 2- and 3-D text, user-definable macros, polygons, a
user-friendly input language, instances, superquadrics, etc. Alas,
there is no object editor yet, but word is that one is in the works,
possibly one that will support XSPECS. Source code is not included either.
As always, source to the two earlier versions, DBW 1.0 and MicroRay (v 1.2)
is available via anonymous ftp from geomag.gly.fsu.edu (128.186.10.2) in
/pub/pics/DBW.src and /pub/pics/DBW.microray.src respectively.
---Prem Subrahmanyam (prem@geomag.gly.fsu.edu)
{ He who dies with the most toys.......
loses the most toys}ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar) (12/15/89)
In article <399@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> prem@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam) writes: > > As always, source to the two earlier versions, DBW 1.0 and MicroRay (v 1.2) > is available via anonymous ftp from geomag.gly.fsu.edu (128.186.10.2) in > > /pub/pics/DBW.src and /pub/pics/DBW.microray.src respectively. > I would like to remind everybody that many sites (particularly overseas as I am) cannot access the archives. This makes obtaining these files near impossible. I am certain that for many sources and binaries, the worldwide network could handle the bandwidth of an initial posting. I hold no respect for those people who whine every time a large article is posted, they remind me of those laboratory administrators who like their lovely equipment unsullied by actual use. The net is there, let's use it! D
jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (12/17/89)
In article <40@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mq.oz (Ian Farquhar) writes: >I hold no respect >for those people who whine every time a large article is posted, they remind >me of those laboratory administrators who like their lovely equipment >unsullied by actual use. The net is there, let's use it! You mean, "The net is there, let's abuse it! I don't have to pay for it!!!" Big postings: 1) time up the modem, 2) increase my phone bill, and 3) fill up my /usenet partition so that NOTHING ELSE CAN BE RECEIVED. If you were to send me money to cover items 2 and 3, then I wouldn't mind item 1. :-) -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: JMS@F74.TYMNET.COM or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-D21 | PDP-10 support: My car's license plate is "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga speaks for me."
donw@zehntel.zehntel.com (Don White) (12/22/89)
In article <40@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mq.oz (Ian Farquhar) writes: >In article <399@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> prem@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam) writes: >> >> As always, source to the two earlier versions, DBW 1.0 and MicroRay (v 1.2) >> is available via anonymous ftp from geomag.gly.fsu.edu (128.186.10.2) in >I would like to remind everybody that many sites (particularly overseas >as I am) cannot access the archives. This makes obtaining these files >near impossible. > >I am certain that for many sources and binaries, the worldwide network >could handle the bandwidth of an initial posting. I hold no respect for >those people who whine every time a large article is posted, they remind I agree! FTP is getting to be a dirty word. Nyah nyah you can't get to all this neato stuff! I have very little network knowledge, but, (dontcha hate it when people start sentences this way?) wouldn't it be lovely if someone could write a program to allow people with just an amiga and a modem to access these sites? Of course it's COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE (darn it) but it sure would solve a lot of problems! Don White Box 271177 Concord, CA. 94527-1177 zehntel!donw