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#Error IBMPOV

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#20423From: Dolf DeRoviraApr 24, 1993 5:28 PM
Have downloaded the POVIBM.zip file which has a Math Coprocessor emulation as you have suggested, however, on my 386 AT machine, 5 megs RAM, 7megs free disk space, with stacker, the povray and pov batch files give me the same error message: Bad default file format. Offending char: (/), val:47 Thinking that it was an error in unzipping, I reunzipped, only to find the same error upon execution. Any ideas? Dolf DeRovira There are 2 Replies. Read action !
#20429From: Bill PulverApr 24, 1993 6:29 PM
Dolf, something in your POVRAY.DEF file, or on the command line, is probably wrong. Look thru your file & see if you can see something missing or go ahead & post it here. Also make sure you ar putting an "-i " or "-o" in front of the file name you are trying to render. For example for glass.pov a simple command line would be: Povray -iglass.pov -oglass.tga With this everything else will be looked for in a file called POVRAY.DEF. Give that a shot & see what happens. Later — Bill Read action !
#20434From: Douglas OtwellApr 24, 1993 6:34 PM
Dolf, I believe this means that you have a bad POVRAY.DEF. This file is used to record POV-Ray default settings. It sounds like you have a "/" in this file, which POV-Ray is choking on. This is not a required file; you may delete it; or fix it. The documentation will tell you what should be in it. Yours, Douglas Read action !