7 May
1997
7 May
'97
5:45 a.m.
I asked a friend of mine who worked for the company that did the graphics
for Starfighter about the computers used in the process.
Her reply was as follows:
They were done on a Ramtek 2020, with the images
stored and
manipulated using a VAX mainframe. There were a number of things
that people thought were models which were really images done with
the Ramtek.
As I understand it, the 2020 was capable of doing
certain kinds of
transforms on the images, but that sometimes the VAX was used for
other kinds of transforms, and then the images piped back to the
2020 for final display/debugging before going to film.
How, exactly, the images got from the VAX to film, I
don't know,
I'm afraid.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
--
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes.
The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction!
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
--
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes.
The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction!
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_