3D

[Dan Roganti]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:

> > >> 20 years ago, SGI.
> > >> There probably were others, but SGI "defined" that market.
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Dan Roganti wrote:
> > Which market are you referring to ? You actually think SGI started it all
> -
> > gimme a break !
> > Because Singer-Link already had graphics using projection monitors with
> > resolutions upto 1000x1000 for their military simulators as far back as
> 1980
> > - raster not vector. It didn't that many colors yet, about 64,  but
> still.
> > We designed many of the computing systems for their simulators while at
> SEL
> > - even Rediffusion.
>
> Sarcasm and/or ridiculing words such as "defined" is oft wasted on this
> group!
> Why do you s'pose I put "defined" in quotes?
>
> SGI may have been the best-known,
> but surely nobody would think that they were "first"!
>
>
some levity doesn't hurt, doldrums is bad for your health :)