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PDI was founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl with a small loan from his father. He was joined in 1981 by Richard Chuang and in 1982 by Glenn Entis. Richard and Glenn wrote the foundation of the in-house computer animation software that was to be used for the next two decades. They started work on [...]
Solaris has implemented a separate LWP layer since version 2.2. Prior to version 9, Solaris allowed a many-to-many mapping between LWPs and user threads. However, this was retired due to the complexities it introduced and performance improvements to the kernel scheduler. UNIX System V and its modern derivatives IRIX, SCO OpenServer, HP-UX and IBM AIX [...]
Bacula supports many features used by large scale, production networks, including: Network options *TCP/IP – client–server communication uses standard ports and services instead of RPC for NFS, CIFS, etc.; this eases firewall administration and network security *CRAM-MD5 – configurable client–server authentication *GZIP – client-side compression to reduce network bandwidth consumption; this runs separate from hardware [...]
*1988–1991 – Early 3D modeling and animation functionality, early workflow definition, some 3D packages derived from CAD/engineering-focussed packages *1991–1995 – New generation animation tools based on research on robotics and physics, intense innovation period, games focus, openness to SDKs, ended with live theater experiments *1994–1999 – Acquisition by Microsoft. Mutation period, industry shakeup & buyouts, [...]
Capacity XFS is a 64-bit file system. It supports a maximum file system size of 8 binary exabytes minus one byte, though this is subject to block limits imposed by the host operating system. On 32-bit Linux systems, this limits the file and file system sizes to 16 binary terabytes. Journaling Journaling is an approach [...]
Physical methods The earliest methods for generating random numbers — dice, coin flipping, roulette wheels — are still used today, mainly in games and gambling as they tend to be too slow for most applications in statistics and cryptography. A physical random number generator can be based on an essentially random atomic or subatomic physical [...]
Universal Storage Platform V Specifications *Frames (Cabinets) – Integrated Control/Drive Group Frame and 1 to 4 optional Drive Group Frames *Universal Star Network™ Crossbar Switch – Number of switches 8 *Aggregate bandwidth (GB/sec) – 106 *Aggregate IOPS – Over 4 million *Cache Memory – Number of cache modules 1-32, Module capacity 8 or 16GB, Maximum [...]
Unix and Unix-like In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, kill is a command used to send a signal to a process. By default, the message sent is the termination signal, which requests that the process exit. But ”kill” is something of a misnomer; the signal sent may have nothing to do with process killing. The [...]
When AppleTalk was first introduced the dominant office computing platform was the PC compatible running MS-DOS. The “TOPS Teleconnector” system enabled MS-DOS PCs to communicate over AppleTalk network hardware; it comprised an AppleTalk interface card for the PC and a suite of networking software allowing such functions as file, drive and printer sharing. As well [...]
CATIA started as an in-house development in 1977 by French aircraft manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault, at that time customer of the CADAM CAD software. Initially named CATI (”Conception Assistée Tridimensionnelle Interactive” — French for ”Interactive Aided Three-dimensional Design” ) — it was renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell [...]
Software and libraries designed specifically for CAVE applications are available. There are several techniques for rendering the scene. OpenGL is better for simpler simulations, not large scenes. There are 3 popular scene graphs in use today: [http://www.opensg.org OpenSG], [http://www.openscenegraph.org OpenSceneGraph], and [http://www.sgi.com/products/software/performer OpenGL Performer]. OpenSG and OpenSceneGraph are open source, while OpenGL Performer is a [...]
The SGI O2 has an Imaging & Compression Engine (ICE) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for processing streaming media and still images. ICE operates at 66 MHz and contains a R3000-derived microprocessor serving as the scalar unit to which a 128-bit SIMD unit is attached using the MIPS coprocessor interface. ICE operates on eight 16-bit or [...]
Unlike proprietary software, the project is totally open and the current Git build is always available. The actual release dates apply to standardized and stable release of code, which is then compiled into a executable program. Both the development, the code releases, and the binaries are all created by those who volunteer their time to [...]
Quake III Arena - cult computer game in the genre of multiplayer first-person shooter. System requirements: 3D graphics accelerator with full OpenGL support, Pentium II...
While attending Full Sail University in 1997-1998 this 3D animation demo reel was created with Alias Wavefront and Softimage 3D software. The school labs were...
RETRO IZ IN! ... on the screen - loading Alias Maya 5.0 Irix version. ------------------------------------------ Specs of this system: - CPU: risc/Mips R10000 195 Mhz...
