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[Jim Battle]

Richard wrote:
> In article <457CF9C9.8010603 at pacbell.net>,
>     Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net>  writes:
> 
>> I worked at a start up called ShoGraphics, 1991-1993.  I have a lot of 
>> stories about the place, but that is another topic.  ShoGraphics made an 
>> xterm with hardware accelerated PEX (Phigs Extension for X).  Here is a 
>> link that google coughed up: [...]
> 
> Hey, now that you mention it, I remember the name ShoGraphics :-).  I
> don't suppose you lucked into any ShoGraphics hardware?
> 
> At the time I was working at E&S and we competed with ShoGraphics; the
> ESV was a PEX implementation.

I was at work one afternoon when the sheriff came to the door and 
announced they would be back on the following monday with chains and 
padlocks and that we should remove any of our personal belongings.

There was a hasty auction of lab tools and furniture and who knows what 
came of the rest of it.  One of the software developers bought a system 
for a song, but as far as I know, he was the only one who bothered.

Even though I had some of my own blood, sweat, and tears in the system, 
I have little nostalgia for that one.  It was a poorly run company that 
deserved to die.