movie computers (The List! )

From: Jim <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Wed May 7 12:45:41 1997

 I asked a friend of mine who worked for the company that did the graphics
 for Starfighter about the computers used in the process.
 
 Her reply was as follows:
 
> They were done on a Ramtek 2020, with the images stored and
> manipulated using a VAX mainframe. There were a number of things
> that people thought were models which were really images done with
> the Ramtek.
 
> As I understand it, the 2020 was capable of doing certain kinds of
> transforms on the images, but that sometimes the VAX was used for
> other kinds of transforms, and then the images piped back to the
> 2020 for final display/debugging before going to film.
 
> How, exactly, the images got from the VAX to film, I don't know,
> I'm afraid.

-- 
Jim Strickland
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--
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes.  
The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction!
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_
-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_calico.litterbox.com
--
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes.  
The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction!
By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion.
Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_

Received on Wed May 07 1997 - 12:45:41 BST