[bjames]

What got me was the Indy Ads from the 1993 and 1994 CAD magazines. I read their specs over and over because the i/o ports on the back alone were impressive compared to my 486 Dx2 66mhz machine at the time. Also watching all the movies and making of movies in the mid 90s got my attention because all you saw were SGIs. My full time job starting in the mid 90s was an AutoCAD operator but did 3D Arch renderings on the side using 3D Studio. Everything I saw that looked photo real was done on an SGI - it was disappointing at the time because the hardware costs and software costs made it impossible for me to ever attain. These machines were the dream car equivalent to computers.