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'''DKBTrace''' was a graphical [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]] program which was the forerunner of [[POV-Ray]]. It had no [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] and ran via the [[command line]]. It featured [[quadric]] shapes (spheres, ellipsoids, planes, etc), constructive solid geometry (intersection, difference, union), and procedural textures like wood and marble.

It was originally written for the [[Amiga]] by [[David Kirk Buck]] (1986). [[Aaron A. Collins]] ported it to the PC and worked with David to produce subsequent versions. The last version (DKBTrace 2.12) was built in 1991 and ran on Unix systems, PCs and Amigas. Version 2.12 was released to the [[POV-Ray]] team to use as the basis of [[POV-Ray]].

Some early POV-Ray history written by David K. Buck is available at the [[POV-Ray]] site:
*[http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.0/7/ The Early History of POV-Ray]
*[http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.0/8/ The Original Creation Message]

Some of the old versions of DKBTrace are still available on the [[Aminet]] site. They were also released on disks 397, 513, and 514 of the famous [[Fish disks]] distributed by [[Fred Fish]].

==External links==
* [ftp://alfred.ccs.carleton.ca/pub/dkbtrace/dkb2.12/ DKBTrace 2.12]

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