I had an A2000, DCTV was awesome! Screw you single frame controllers! Real-time animation to tape!
Wow, I almost forgot how painful it was to output video to tape on anything other than an Amiga in those days. Eric Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > My computer graphics career has circular logic. > > > > My first computer was the Apple II when I was barely in grade school and > had to write commands to draw pictures like: > > > > HLINE 60, 80 > > COLOR=8 > > RUN > > > > In college I used the Amigas 500 thru 4000 systems with deluxe paint, > video toaster, DCTV, Lightwave 0.9, and so on, but just before graduation I > had the luxury of working with the ever popular Tandy TRS-80 for use with > motion control camera stands to do multi-planar and slit scans. Caused so > much interference we couldn’t get reception on the boombox despite being > located only a few blocks away from the Sears Tower where the signals were > broadcast. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 > > > > Shortly after that I got my chance on the SGI with Softimage Creative > Environment 2.6 > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Lampi > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 2:52 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: positivity > > > > WICAT systems, System 300 and 150. > > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/wicat/brochures/System_300_Brochure.pdf<http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/wicat/brochures/WISE_Brochure.pdf> > > 1988 > > I worked for a defense contractor making computer based training lessons > for a naval combat system. It had vector graphics program, it had a 16 > color palette based on 4096 colors and one of 16 was used overlay laser > disc video. I didn't have a mouse or a gui. It was a command line > interface, to activate a drawing mode, cl - create line, cb- create box > etc... I had to use the arrow keys to move the cursor around to pin start > and end points for elements. I won't even get into what it took to do > animation on it. > > My boss was a 55 year old retired Master Chief from Texas who ate ramen > noodles every day for lunch and never washed his coffee cup, EVER. He told > me once that a graphic I was working on was wrong because it looked skewed > if he looked at the screen off center. > > > Good times. > > Eric > > > Freelance 3D and VFX animator > > http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work > > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] < > j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: > > I can say I miss the cheese and monkeys humor and do wonder what Porl is > up to these days. > > But as for old…. Maybe we should have a contest. > > > > What’s the oldest computer graphics system you worked on, and the year? > > It doesn’t have to be 3D, it can be 2d, print, video, layout, etc. It just > had to be a computer than did any kind of graphics. > > > > Takers? > > > > -- > > Joey Ponthieux > > __________________________________________________ > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of * > sc...@turbulenceffects.com > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 2:24 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc. autodesk. com > *Subject:* Re: positivity > > > > Ha ha yeah Ed, you're old. But dang, so am I. > > Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE exclusively from Sprint > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ed Harriss" <ed.harr...@sas.com> > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: positivity > Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 2:07 PM > > > > Maybe we need to go back to a multi-address list system like we had in the > old days. There was the discussion list, which was all > fun/monkeys/cheese/Porl and there was the Softimage list, which is pretty > much what we are using now. There were even other lists like eddie, > particle, etc.. (Yea, I’m old..) Anyway, we could have this list stay a > Softimage list and create another one for all the gloom and doom. > > > > Perfect! > > > > Now get to work Autodesk listproc person! ;) > > Thanks! > > > > Happy Holidays! > > Ed “cheese and monkeys” Harriss > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Kris Rivel > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 1:33 PM > *To:* Softimage List > *Subject:* Re: positivity > > > > Ha ha...Merry Christmas to all!! LOL. I'm not trying to start > anything...just want to see if I'm the only one hearing this. I told the > guys that told me to go tell the people that said this to go F themselves > for what its worth. It does piss me off to see rumors like this but....I > do sit at home mostly working all day and night. I don't get to mingle > with my peers as much as I used to so I didn't know if this may be old news > or something new. Sounds bunk so I'll leave it at that :-) > > > > Kris > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@hybride.com> > wrote: > > Only thing I have beef with myself is the thread hijacking that snowballs > into a long slog of boohooism. I'm tired of it. In recent times I have to > think twice about posting to the list because I'm afraid my thread will get > pulled into the black hole of negativity and what could have been a helpful > / informative thread will be turned into a bitch-fest. > > The emPolygonizer thread yesterday that was heading in that direction > seriously almost made me unsubscribe. > > If you want to complain about the demise of a software, have at it. Just > stop hijacking threads with it (not aimed specifically Mr. Lampi, in > general).. > > - Eric T. > > > > >
