The submission period for the January-February 1998 round of the Internet Ray
Tracing Competition is over.  The images are now available for viewing,
voting, and comment at

      WWW:  http://www.irtc.org/stills/
            http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/bill/1998-02-28/
            http://www.ucf.ics.uci.edu/pub/mirrors/irtc/stills/1998-02-28/

      FTP:  ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/stills/1998-02-28/
            ftp://ftp.apocalypse.org/pub/u/bill/1998-02-28/
            ftp://ftp.ucf.ics.uci.edu/pub/mirrors/irtc/stills/1998-02-28/

Note the mirror sites listed above.  We have a new server for this round, and
we hope ftp access to ftp.irtc.org will be better than in the past.  However,
you are still encouraged to use a mirror site for downloading if you encounter
problems with the first site you try.  The extra WWW URLs listed above are
only for file access; web viewing and voting still starts on www.irtc.org as
always.  Ftp access for older rounds is now available through oz.irtc.org.

For the MS-Windows users among the voters, check out Bob Franke's new WinVote
voting assistance program.  Details and downloads are available at his site,
"http://www.halcyon.com/wordsltd/pov/test.htm".  The files it needs are in a
subdirectory called "winvote" in the main ftp area.
        
There were 73 entries accepted for voting.  If you prefer to download large
bundles, they are available in the directory named "zipped-up", under the name
"images-*.zip" for the images, and "all-text.zip" for the text.

This round's voting interval is fourteen days; votes will be accepted from
March 3 through March 16.  Winners will be announced March 17.

The March-April round of the IRTC is now open.  The topic for this round is
"Night".  You may begin submitting for this round immediately; entries will be
accepted through 30 April 1998.

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The IRTC Admin team