[rescue] Sun drivers/info for Pixar graphics system?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 04:30:20PM -0800, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> If it is big, square, grey and has a dimple in the middle of the front
> face. Then it is the Pixar Graphics Computer. Which is a mid-80s top of
> the line image generator. It is basically a SIMD dedicated machine for
> rendering complex scenes (not interactively mind you), and then dump them
> into film/screen. It requires NeWS to work, so I assume it can not be used
> under "moder" sparc machines.

Wasn't news around on some of the first Sparcs?

The Pixar Image Computer 2, I got the impression, was a standalone 
machine.  I think that is the one that ran NeWS.  The PIC1, I think, just 
did assembly.

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Joshua D. Boyd