That would be a Boston Colorgraphics Lightspeed Qolor workstation - around 1986: http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/cg/1985/12/04056044.pdf <http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/cg/1985/12/04056044.pdf> no. 2 machine from top.
24 bit painting with a digitizer mouse with a crosshair - it could record color images via a b/w videocamera with colored filters, which, combined, produce full color images for further manipulation. Output with a QCR onto slides. Morten Bartholdy Den 20. december 2013 kl. 23:08 skrev "Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]" <[email protected]>: > > 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > To: " [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> " < > [email protected] <mailto:[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]> [ > mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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. > > > > >
