This is a fun little video
showing a November 1988 prototype of what would become 3D Studio for DOS. The video is narrated by Tom Hudson, one of the original developers.
SGI: Computer Graphics
Video of early 3D Studio for DOS prototype
And for those of us who don't have flash, here's an update to the neko_youtubedl that also includes vimeo-dl (requires neko_xclip and neko_wget). Just copy the URL, go to Toolchest/Find/WebTools and open vimeo-dl to download the video to your Desktop.
I actually remember playing around with 3D Studio on DOS back in the days...
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