#POV and Centris 610
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Eduard,
I downloaded SoftwareFPU 2.41 and it doen't work with POV 1.0. POV starts to
render and when it comes to a pixel with color it locks up.
Do you know how to compile POV for a nonFPU Mac? I haven't compiled anything
before. I read an article in MacUser that said the Centris 610 without an FPU
is about as fast as a IIci with an FPU on applications that can use the FPU. On
applications that don't require an FPU it is twice as fast as the IIci.
Thanks for your help,
Britt Percival
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Britt,
> when it comes to a pixel with color it locks up.
Have you tried with more than one scene file? This sounds more like a
problem with the particular scene than with the copro emulator.
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Dan,
> Have you tried with more than one scene file?
Yes, I have tried four different scenes. It renders until it comes to a colored
pixel and that's it. The computer locks up and I have to restart it:(
Britt
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Hi Britt,
Hopefully we'll hear from Drew about your beta status. Yes, it is easy for me
to recompile POV-Ray so as not to require an FPU. But I wouldn't want to post
it on a public CIS forum area, because others would download it and get
confused by its slower performance, and give it to friends. I'd prefer not to
e-mail it to you, because it is big and expensive to send and receive. So
hopefully Drew can provide you with a useful alternative. And now I turn you
over to… drum roll… Drew Wells!
[esp]
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Eduard,
Thank you for the reply. I understand that you don't want to upload POV without
an FPU. If Drew Wells doesn't want me to try the 2.0 beta, would there be a
chance that I could send you a disk in the mail with a self addressed stamped
envelope to get a copy of a non-FPU POV? If that would be alright you could
E-mail me your address instead of having it posted in a message.
Thanks,
Britt Percival
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