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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WARNING: A large GOTCHA when running DBW_Render on a VAX
Message-ID: <1471@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 03:49:44 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1471
Posted: Wed Apr  8 03:49:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 07:23:11 EST
References: <9062@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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In article <9062@decwrl.DEC.COM> wecker@cookie.dec.com (DAVE  CUM GRANO SALIS  WECKER) writes:
>
>FYI:	I have done this (as part of working on DBW_Render V2.0) and also
>	made a version of RAY2 which runs on the VAX. These will be available
>	as part of the major DBW_Render rewrite (hopefully in a few months).
>
>BTW:	RAY2 has been changed to do a "median split" algorithm instead
>	of a "poularity" based one which means that non-ham (32 color images)
>	are almost indecernable from the HAM (4096 color) versions! See the
>	1986 SIGRAPH proceedings for details on color compression.


Sounds great!   I've been wanting to use our VAX for the ray tracer since
my Amiga is not idle long enough to provide enough time to do any images.

BTW, Dave, I heard a rumor that Byte by Byte has picked up the rights to
your animation stuff (used to do the juggler).  Is this true?  Does this
mean future versions of your software is going over the counter and we'll
have to negotiate with them?  What's the scoop?

Keith Doyle
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