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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
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Subject: Re: AmigaVision on CNN today!!  Watch it!
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Date: 11 Dec 90 15:44:39 GMT
References: <1366@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> <1990Dec9.203048.7679@unlv.edu> <1990Dec09.210816.20342@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Dec9.231409.9014@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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In article <1990Dec9.231409.9014@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>And those solid-modeled animations were excellent! Especially the one
>where it flies around the campus from a helicopter view, and then
>moves downward and thru the olympic rings. I wonder if those
>animations were done on amiga, or something like an Iris or Sillicon
>Graphics.

Most of the 3D graphics was done on SGI machines. The Amigas were used
primarily for music and total system control.
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