I know I am generally quiet on this list but this one caught my attention for some reason. The workstation appears to be a IMI-500 workstation wITH 4K graphics (pretty impressive for the day). I believe that I read it was the IMI-500 with a Cray for image rendering that was used for the Last Starfighter movie. Here are a few references https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Productions - Wikipedia Article on the manufacturer of the workstation http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=1674340 - There is an add for the workstation at the bottom of the page. https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/cg/1985/09/mcg1985090007.pdf - an article on how they used the IMMI-500 backed by a DEC Mini for rendering the final images. --Jim Hart jim@jimhart.org
Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> October 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM I can't place that machine either but WOW that was a monster workstation! And Lake looks like Segourney Weaver from the Aliens era.
Lake also holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree Must be a story there- from that to computer graphics?
Ben Greenfield via vcf-midatlantic <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> October 22, 2016 at 6:31 AM