The computer in question was a Silicon Graphics workstation (pictured in the article). What the image does not convey is the sheer gargantuan size of SG machine

The computer in question was a Silicon Graphics workstation (pictured in the article). What the image does not convey is the sheer gargantuan size of SG machines. Desktop computing it may have been, but in some cases people actually used their SG boxes as physical desktops. The SG Octane that features in this story was actually one of the more petit versions, but still it would take two people to move comfortably. One is shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHsA8iq4N0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHsA8iq4N0s SG machines used to be the object of desire for all digital artists, sadly now gone the way of all things.