24 Jan
2002
24 Jan
'02
1:34 p.m.
3. There was an interesting looking Evans &
Sutherland computer there
labeled as an ES-3. I popped the front cover off of it and it looked
relatively sophisticated, but I didn't actually pull any boards and
get a good look at them since they don't like people doing that sort
of thing there at the warehouse. I read somewhere that this box runs
UNIX and had some pretty nice graphics capabilities for its time. Does
anyone know much about these (e.g. architechture, history, OS
specifics, etc)? Does anyone know how they stacked up to SGIs of the
era and similar competing machines?
E&S are the godfathers of computer graphics, and their systems are very
high end - SGI equipment at its best is still pretty lame compared to
what an E&S can do. Prices, too.
Very much worth getting.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org