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Was it analog video? I worked with a guy who loved SGI systems and still had some back in 2016 and he said they made analog video an option, but it was the same

Was it analog video? I worked with a guy who loved SGI systems and still had some back in 2016 and he said they made analog video an option, but it was the same A/V add-on card as analog audio so they just glued plastic caps over the video ports if you didn't opt for it.

samstave 6y ago
Lucas was the inventor of "offline video editing" -- which became a spin-off company called Avid. Avid was later based in seattle - but it was based on tech that LucasFilm invented - as was CG rendering called "the death star" which Steve Jobs bought from George for $10,000,000 and turned it into pixar. George didnt think that CGI was going to be profitable, hence selling to Jobs. Source: on the Presidio design team, I designed a majority of their data center in that facility - and had designed a cable interconnect matrix with the design requirement that any given workstation in the four-building facility could be made a render node when the engineer was not at desk (so at night) Lots of crazy experiences from that -- 1. being asked why I couldnt provide power over fiber 2. Being asked if I could design a facility in Singapore because paying "us Prima donnas" was too expensive when they could pay asian animators far less for the same work 3. Having see them in-bed with Force 10 networks 4. Seeing all their equipment stolen from the parking garage after delivery but before installation into the data-center by some construction guy 5. Them turning down my initial datacenter design which made it look like the inside of the death star. Telling me they hated it. 6. Watching the power struggle as the then CFO took control of the empire as Lucas stepped away. 7. Watching the distaste of all the employees as Lucas sold for four billion dollars to disney, but his accomplished and skilled staff got basically nothing because they didnt own stock in the company they built for lucas. Yeah - fuck george lucas.

samstave 6y ago

Lucas was the inventor of "offline video editing" -- which became a spin-off company called Avid. Avid was later based in seattle - but it was based on tech that LucasFilm invented - as was CG rendering called "the death star" which Steve Jobs bought from George for $10,000,000 and turned it into pixar. George didnt think that CGI was going to be profitable, hence selling to Jobs. Source: on the Presidio design team, I designed a majority of their data center in that facility - and had designed a cable interconnect matrix with the design requirement that any given workstation in the four-building facility could be made a render node when the engineer was not at desk (so at night) Lots of crazy experiences from that -- 1. being asked why I couldnt provide power over fiber 2. Being asked if I could design a facility in Singapore because paying "us Prima donnas" was too expensive when they could pay asian animators far less for the same work 3. Having see them in-bed with Force 10 networks 4. Seeing all their equipment stolen from the parking garage after delivery but before installation into the data-center by some construction guy 5. Them turning down my initial datacenter design which made it look like the inside of the death star. Telling me they hated it. 6. Watching the power struggle as the then CFO took control of the empire as Lucas stepped away. 7. Watching the distaste of all the employees as Lucas sold for four billion dollars to disney, but his accomplished and skilled staff got basically nothing because they didnt own stock in the company they built for lucas. Yeah - fuck george lucas.