The AI-generated cat pictures thread
#802
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huh. I completely forgot about that owl.
It's kind of sad how the firms such as Triple-I, Robert Abel, Digital Productions, Magi and Computer Image, who did such incredible, groundbreaking work, have all simply vanished to history.
Ancient History time.
One of the first (if not the absolute first) computers to be used for what we now recognize as CGI was actually an analog machine.
Behold, the mighty Scanimate:
![](http://scanimate.zfx.com/Asheville1.jpg)
Hell of a good history lesson on it here: http://scanimate.zfx.com/
It's kind of sad how the firms such as Triple-I, Robert Abel, Digital Productions, Magi and Computer Image, who did such incredible, groundbreaking work, have all simply vanished to history.
Ancient History time.
One of the first (if not the absolute first) computers to be used for what we now recognize as CGI was actually an analog machine.
Behold, the mighty Scanimate:
![](http://scanimate.zfx.com/Asheville1.jpg)
Hell of a good history lesson on it here: http://scanimate.zfx.com/
#805
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A run through the trivia section on Wargames on IMDB gives an interesting insight to what computer graphics were in 1982:
Graphics on the large NORAD war room screens were rendered in advance by an HP 9845C desktop computer running BASIC. In 1982 the 9845C was comprised of a base with built-in keyboard and a 14" color monitor that mounted on top. Cost of a 9845C was about $90,000 (inflation-adjusted) and the entire "desktop" computer weighed about 100 pounds. The computer's resolution was not good enough to project on a large screen or to be filmed from directly, so a high-resolution monochromatic display was connected. The images were filmed from the display, one frame at a time, one color at a time, using filters for red, green, and blue. The process took about 1 minute per frame of film.
Graphics on the large NORAD war room screens were rendered in advance by an HP 9845C desktop computer running BASIC. In 1982 the 9845C was comprised of a base with built-in keyboard and a 14" color monitor that mounted on top. Cost of a 9845C was about $90,000 (inflation-adjusted) and the entire "desktop" computer weighed about 100 pounds. The computer's resolution was not good enough to project on a large screen or to be filmed from directly, so a high-resolution monochromatic display was connected. The images were filmed from the display, one frame at a time, one color at a time, using filters for red, green, and blue. The process took about 1 minute per frame of film.
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#820
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Don't feel bad for those carp. They are a non-native species that are destroying the natural balance of the rivers and lakes they are infesting. A few decades they escaped from a farm. Mass killing of them is a good thing and is promoted. Personally, I'd be standing on the boat with a baseball bat.