Well, I found the problem after much experimentation.  I had adjusted the scene magnitude (interface tab with Scene highlighted) to small so that adjustments could be made.  I left it there, and it screws up the rendering.  When I adjusted it back to large, the texture cleared up.

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.