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From: pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Ray-tracing 128s (pigs DO fly)
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.074538.17070@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: 29 Jun 91 07:45:38 GMT
References: <1991Jun27.001844.4107@desire.wright.edu>
Sender: pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted)
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cshamis@desire.wright.edu (Christopher Alexander Shamis) writes:
>Greetings Fellow CBM'ers.
> 
>  I have a totally off the wall request but I thought Id throw it at you.

>  Does anyone know enough about Ray-tracing to collaberate with me on a
>programming venture to create such a program for the 128?
> 

I can't help you with making one(well, I have other things to do...)
but it isn't silly at all. When I used a c64 back in 1986/87, I used
a raytracing program called GigaCAD +. I would call that pretty much a
raytracing program. You could output monochrome and 4-multicolour, and
there was an option for making 4 screens(i.e. a 640x400 monochrome). The
fourscreen thing looked nice on printer.
Apart from that, you COULD raytrace for resolutions that the C64/128 don't
have, and then put it on disk.




>  I know its may just be a pipe dream but Im not a complete fool.  I was
>thinking something along the lines of 640x200 monocrome ray tracing.

>  Am I dreaming ???  Furthermore on the same subject, does anyone even know
>enogh about ray tracing to explain to me how it works????

>  I have  spent time messing about on a freings Ami 3000, and fell in love with
>Scultp 4d,  I wanteed to know what kind of algorithms could be used.

>  Im thinking about programming it in pascal, for speed, or maybey even haveing 
>the actuall math-work in ML, and the user interface compiled basic.  
> 
>  Please keep in mind Im talking SIMPLE stuff here.  reall simple.  But i was
>curious to see if it could be done.  (maybey even 40 col mode????)

>  I am curios what you Experts have to say about it.

>  Thanks.

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