16 Sep
2009
16 Sep
'09
11:03 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, John Foust wrote:
I don't remember any SGIs, and neither do these
guys at the moment
they were interviewed.
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/effects.html
Newtek's Lightwave software for 3D animation ran on Amigas first,
using the Toaster side only as a framebuffer for desk-checks of
the higher quality NTSC output. The reality is, the rendered digital
versions of frames were often pushed out through other real-time
digital playback devices such as the Abekas (the DDR mentioned above).
Later versions of Lightwave were ported to Windows both Intel and Alpha.
For a year or two window in the early 90s, the Alpha had an edge over Intel.
Moto released the '060 in '94 but I don't remember when the first
Amiga boards appeared.
Lightwave, that's the software I was trying to remember. I can guarentee
it ran on SGI IRIX machines as well. I don't know if SGI's were used in
making B5 though.
Zane