I think some of my first paid jobs as an animator was using an Amiga 2000 and a DCTV going direct to an MII recorder. The DCTV was an amazing piece of tech!
— Sent from Mailbox for iPad On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Eric Lampi <[email protected]> wrote: > I had an A2000, DCTV was awesome! > Screw you single frame controllers! Real-time animation to tape! > Wow, I almost forgot how painful it was to output video to tape on anything > other than an Amiga in those days. > Eric > Freelance 3D and VFX animator > http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: >> My computer graphics career has circular logic. >> >> >> >> My first computer was the Apple II when I was barely in grade school and >> had to write commands to draw pictures like: >> >> >> >> HLINE 60, 80 >> >> COLOR=8 >> >> RUN >> >> >> >> In college I used the Amigas 500 thru 4000 systems with deluxe paint, >> video toaster, DCTV, Lightwave 0.9, and so on, but just before graduation I >> had the luxury of working with the ever popular Tandy TRS-80 for use with >> motion control camera stands to do multi-planar and slit scans. Caused so >> much interference we couldn’t get reception on the boombox despite being >> located only a few blocks away from the Sears Tower where the signals were >> broadcast. >> >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 >> >> >> >> Shortly after that I got my chance on the SGI with Softimage Creative >> Environment 2.6 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Eric Lampi >> *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 2:52 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: positivity >> >> >> >> WICAT systems, System 300 and 150. >> >> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/wicat/brochures/System_300_Brochure.pdf<http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/wicat/brochures/WISE_Brochure.pdf> >> >> 1988 >> >> I worked for a defense contractor making computer based training lessons >> for a naval combat system. It had vector graphics program, it had a 16 >> color palette based on 4096 colors and one of 16 was used overlay laser >> disc video. I didn't have a mouse or a gui. It was a command line >> interface, to activate a drawing mode, cl - create line, cb- create box >> etc... I had to use the arrow keys to move the cursor around to pin start >> and end points for elements. I won't even get into what it took to do >> animation on it. >> >> My boss was a 55 year old retired Master Chief from Texas who ate ramen >> noodles every day for lunch and never washed his coffee cup, EVER. He told >> me once that a graphic I was working on was wrong because it looked skewed >> if he looked at the screen off center. >> >> >> Good times. >> >> Eric >> >> >> Freelance 3D and VFX animator >> >> http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I can say I miss the cheese and monkeys humor and do wonder what Porl is >> up to these days. >> >> But as for old…. Maybe we should have a contest. >> >> >> >> What’s the oldest computer graphics system you worked on, and the year? >> >> It doesn’t have to be 3D, it can be 2d, print, video, layout, etc. It just >> had to be a computer than did any kind of graphics. >> >> >> >> Takers? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Joey Ponthieux >> >> __________________________________________________ >> >> Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not >> >> represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of * >> [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 2:24 PM >> *To:* softimage@listproc. autodesk. com >> *Subject:* Re: positivity >> >> >> >> Ha ha yeah Ed, you're old. But dang, so am I. >> >> Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE exclusively from Sprint >> >> ----- Reply message ----- >> From: "Ed Harriss" <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: positivity >> Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 2:07 PM >> >> >> >> Maybe we need to go back to a multi-address list system like we had in the >> old days. There was the discussion list, which was all >> fun/monkeys/cheese/Porl and there was the Softimage list, which is pretty >> much what we are using now. There were even other lists like eddie, >> particle, etc.. (Yea, I’m old..) Anyway, we could have this list stay a >> Softimage list and create another one for all the gloom and doom. >> >> >> >> Perfect! >> >> >> >> Now get to work Autodesk listproc person! ;) >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Happy Holidays! >> >> Ed “cheese and monkeys” Harriss >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Kris Rivel >> *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 1:33 PM >> *To:* Softimage List >> *Subject:* Re: positivity >> >> >> >> Ha ha...Merry Christmas to all!! LOL. I'm not trying to start >> anything...just want to see if I'm the only one hearing this. I told the >> guys that told me to go tell the people that said this to go F themselves >> for what its worth. It does piss me off to see rumors like this but....I >> do sit at home mostly working all day and night. I don't get to mingle >> with my peers as much as I used to so I didn't know if this may be old news >> or something new. Sounds bunk so I'll leave it at that :-) >> >> >> >> Kris >> >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Only thing I have beef with myself is the thread hijacking that snowballs >> into a long slog of boohooism. I'm tired of it. In recent times I have to >> think twice about posting to the list because I'm afraid my thread will get >> pulled into the black hole of negativity and what could have been a helpful >> / informative thread will be turned into a bitch-fest. >> >> The emPolygonizer thread yesterday that was heading in that direction >> seriously almost made me unsubscribe. >> >> If you want to complain about the demise of a software, have at it. Just >> stop hijacking threads with it (not aimed specifically Mr. Lampi, in >> general).. >> >> - Eric T. >> >> >> >> >>
