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List:       tuhs
Subject:    Re: [TUHS] Apollo Domain/OS
From:       Pete Wright <pete () nomadlogic ! org>
Date:       2020-01-22 18:06:02
Message-ID: 25618b7a-d831-fd56-80fb-41da1f65887f () nomadlogic ! org
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On 2020-01-22 08:31, Paul Winalski wrote:
>
> Apollo also did some early work in the field of CGI ray-tracing.  They
> released the very impressive 4-minute film "Quest: A Long Ray's
> Journey into Night" in 1986.  The ray-tracing was done by a network of
> 100 Apollo workstations and was revolutionary for its time.
Thanks Paul, I vaguely remember being told about this effort by my 
mentor which is what sparked my interest.  At the time we were trying to 
optimally use all available CPU resources for rendering and while we did 
have working solutions it required lots of perl and shell.  so the idea 
of CPU resources being available and shared as a foundational concept on 
the network was really interesting to me.

I also seem to remember him telling me about working on the patriot 
missile system, although i am not certain if i am remembering correctly 
that this was something he did at apollo or at another company in the 
boston area.

-pete

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Pete Wright
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