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[Image]POV-Ray v3.1g For OpenVMS.

By: Robert Alan Byer

byer@mail.ourservers.net
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This is my POV-Ray for OpenVMS page. I love computer graphics and in fact
one of the reasons I got into computer was because of computer graphics.

Then my roomate got the first Amiga 1000 in our area and my first
raytracing package was DKBTrace by David K. Buck and I fell in love with
it. When I got access to a VAX I was happy to see the earlier versions of
POV-Ray were supported and I loved the fact that what used to take days on
the Amiga now took hours.

Well, as time went on and as newer versions of POV-Ray came out, I noticed
that no one was doing a VMS port which was a shame. Then the OpenVMS
Hobbysit program came out so I decided that it was time to get POV-Ray
running on the newer, faster platforms so hobbyist could enjoy the fun of
computer graphics.

So, I had some time to kill and I hammered out the compile script and some
minor code changes and now POV-Ray is available to the OpenVMS market once
again so enjoy.

If you follow the directions below, you should have no problems in getting
it up and running on your machine. Comments, bug reports, suggestions are
welcome, flames will just be ignored.

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1. General Information.

   * 1.1 What is POV-Ray?
   * 1.2 What is the current version of POV-Ray?
   * 1.3 Where can I get it? [Image]
   * 1.4 Where can I go for further information? [Image]
   * 1.5 How do I subscribe to the POV-Ray mailing list?
   * 1.6 How do I submit patches or bug reports?

2. Compiling POV-Ray v3.1g For OpenVMS.

   * 2.1 What platforms are supported? [Image]
   * 2.2 What do I need to build POV-Ray v3.1g for OpenVMS? [Image]
   * 2.3 Building POV-Ray v3.1g for OpenVMS. [Image]

3. Post Installation Information.

   * 3.1 Customizing POV-Ray v3.1g for OpenVMS .
   * 3.2 Testing POV-Ray v3.1g for OpenVMS. [Image]

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