zahal wrote: Kinda looks like a NeXT monitor...and a NeXT cube!!
It does in fact look identical to an N4006 NeXT (Sony) Megapixel monitor, as both companies where owned by Steve Jobs then it probably is a NeXT monitor rebranded.
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It does in fact look identical to an N4006 NeXT (Sony) Megapixel monitor, as both companies where owned by Steve Jobs then it probably is a NeXT monitor rebranded.
nekonoko wrote: Heh, I like how it says "This is the product that started Pixar !!". In reality, this is the product that started Pixar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar_computer
I wouldn't mind having one of those myself - I wonder if the granite skins were an inspiration to SGI?
In the book by Alan Deutschman - The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. It says the case was designed by John Lasseter.
It also says in the book that the machine whilst powerful was very difficult to use, when taken on the road for demo and road shows the books says three Ph.D.s had to accompany the machine and hid behind curtains during demo runs.
Also mentioned is that the machine was used by Mr Lasseter to do the Luxor Light & Tin Toy demo movies.
Hmm that is true and somthing that had not occured to me before. I had always "assumed" Pixar had borrowed the monitor of NeXT, it seems it could be the other way around, perhaps the likely expanation if Pixar had a warehouse full of them
I have a dead N4006 monitor, could you give me the model number if you know it of a compatible Sun/SGI monitor that I could use as a donor to get it working again?. I could then dual head my NeXTcube as I have two dimension boards.
I have a dead N4006 monitor, could you give me the model number if you know it of a compatible Sun/SGI monitor that I could use as a donor to get it working again?. I could then dual head my NeXTcube as I have two dimension boards.