Me too, I started with 4.2. I've used Ligthwave a few months before that and it was a pleasant change.
But it wasn't until I was forced to study and use Maya 6 at work when I realized how good XSI was! I was excited with Maya at first, because being so popular, I though it was the best thing in the market. Oh how wrong I was. Martin Sent from my iPhone > On 2015/05/14, at 7:57, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Myself I started with XSI 4.2. I still remember the big heavy box of manuals > with the liquidy orangey flower art. :) Good times. > > >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:13 PM Adam Sale <adamfs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ah yes, we can't forget Ms Charette. >> >>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:31 AM, christian <papag...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> maggie and christine were always on fire on the list.. >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Adam Sale <adamfs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I began with Softimage 3d v3.0 in 1997. We ran it on r10000's. >>>> Pierre Tousignant, Gino Vincelli, Maggie Kathwaroon to name a few. >>>> Good times. >>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Daniel Harjanto <miste...@cbn.net.id> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> I start with Softimage 3D 1.5.2 back then, running on Personal IRIS >>>>> Still come as QIC Tapes, and a bunch of hard cover manuals and with IRIX >>>>> manuals, that took a lot of space on the shelves. >>>>> Must be somewhere in 1990 >>>>> >>>>> Go through terrible 2.0, which fix with 2.0.3 >>>>> My last version on Softimage 3D was 3.7 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] >>>>>> <j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: >>>>>> It must have been 2.6 to 2.65 then. It would have been Mar 94, whatever >>>>>> was current then. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll certainly never forget 2.66. And 2.66b, and 2.66c, and...... >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Joey Ponthieux >>>>>> LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) >>>>>> MYMIC Technical Services >>>>>> NASA Langley Research Center >>>>>> __________________________________________________ >>>>>> Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not >>>>>> represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. >>>>>> >>>>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>>>> > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage- >>>>>> > boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind >>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 3:03 PM >>>>>> > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>>>> > Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #223 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Joey, if you started in 1994, then you likely began with v2.65 as that >>>>>> > was the >>>>>> > first version released under Microsoft ownership and a lemon of a >>>>>> > release >>>>>> > that took many patches to fix. On the other hand if you began with >>>>>> > v2.4, >>>>>> > then you likely started in 1991 or 1992 because I started in July 1993 >>>>>> > just after >>>>>> > Jurassic Park hit theaters. v2.6 was current at the time. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Matt >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 13:46:42 +0000 >>>>>> > From: "Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]" <j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> >>>>>> > Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #223 >>>>>> > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Actually for me it was 94. Softimage 3D 2.4 or something like that. It >>>>>> > was the >>>>>> > SGI version in early 94 right before they switched to the Microsoft >>>>>> > compiler >>>>>> > and all hell broke loose. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Prior to that I had been using Cubicomp from 88-94. What a difference >>>>>> > a day >>>>>> > made, the day I started on Soft! >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > Joey Ponthieux >>>>>> > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) MYMIC Technical >>>>>> > Services NASA Langley Research Center >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Daniel Harjanto >>>>> Infinite Frameworks Studios >>>>> TD >>>>> http://misterdi.cgpot.com
