7 May
1997
7 May
'97
5:19 a.m.
I think that the "last starfighter" movie graphics were done on a XMP cray
supercomputer. I'd love to have one these machines but the power
consumptioon would probably kill me financially.
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David Vincent, MUN Student davidv(a)ganymede.cs.mun.ca
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On Wed, 7 May 1997, Jim wrote:
I'm pretty sure Tron was done on a Cray of some
kind. I don't know what kind
of machine Last Starfighter was done on, but I'll find out.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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