26 Mar
2012
26 Mar
'12
6:37 a.m.
From:?Nick Allen <nick.allen at comcast.net>
Date:?Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:15:02 -0500
Subject:?PIXAR Image Computer Panel Museum Display on Ebay
PIXAR's first computer used to make portions of the 3d short (Red's Dream) is now
on Ebay (wife refuses to let me keep it and hang it on our wall).
Thought you might be interested in it, here is the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIXAR-Image-Computer-Panel-Framed-Museum-Piece-RARE…
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIXAR-Image-Computer-Panel-Framed-Museum-Piece-RARE-Steve-Jobs-Apple-Vintage-/270942048213?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f15678fd5#ht_500wt_1262>
We have a system with what I think is the same from panel at the RICM.
I will take some pictures next weekend and put them on the RICM WWW
page.
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Michael Thompson
26 Mar
26 Mar
9:59 a.m.
On 26 Mar 2012 at 9:37, Michael Thompson wrote:
We have a system with what I think is the same from
panel at the RICM.
I will take some pictures next weekend and put them on the RICM WWW
page.
I wonder if this isn't just a commemorative piece; in other words,
just a display bit run off as a memento. If you're doing vacuum
molding, it's just as expensive to run off 500 pieces as it is 10.
Sort of like those Intel bare-die keyring fobs that were passed out
as freebies by the sales force.
Was this particular piece ever a part of a real Pixar processor?
--Chuck
10:15 a.m.
On 3/26/2012 10:59 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 26 Mar 2012 at 9:37, Michael Thompson wrote:
Those were the working chips.. the ones with bugs got sold to IBM. :)
We have a system with what I think is the same
from panel at the RICM.
I will take some pictures next weekend and put them on the RICM WWW
page.
I wonder if this isn't just a commemorative piece; in other words,
just a display bit run off as a memento. If you're doing vacuum
molding, it's just as expensive to run off 500 pieces as it is 10.
Sort of like those Intel bare-die keyring fobs that were passed out
as freebies by the sales force.
--Chuck
11:01 a.m.
On 3/26/12 9:59 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
If you're doing vacuum
molding, it's just as expensive to run off 500 pieces as it is 10.
If we're talking about the Pixar front plate, it is cast, probably pot metal.
The granite grey textured paint they used makes it look like a tombstone.
11:19 a.m.
New subject: PIXAR, Re: cctech Digest, Vol 103, Issue 36
On 26 Mar 2012 at 11:01, Al Kossow wrote:
On 3/26/12 9:59 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> If you're doing vacuum
> molding, it's just as expensive to run off 500 pieces as it is 10.
If we're talking about the Pixar front plate, it
is cast, probably pot
metal. The granite grey textured paint they used makes it look like a
tombstone.
Thanks for the correction. Still, it's the die/mold-making that
really costs. Running off a few extras for keepsakes isn't that big
a deal. Is there any sort of certification that connects a faceplate
with a give machine serial number?
Provenance means a lot if what's be peddled is for "historic" value.
--Chuck
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