My nickname came from the SGI machines.
You can pick them up really cheap on eBay now.
I remember first seeing them at the Sydney Motorshow back in 1995 or 1996? They were worth a packet back then; the guys at the Ford stand were giving Alias|Wavefront demonstrations, and, explaining how the processing they were showing us then, several years ago would have taken an entire week to achieve the same result. Nowadays, we can do that kind of processing on our mobile phones!
I had the pleasure of using SGI systems when I did a short stint at AFTRS assisting a student with an animation he made for his masters degree project.
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