The SGI Indy Instructional lab
The graphics instructional lab, located in Sieg Hall room 228, was
opened in September 1994. The lab was created through a donation by
Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI) of 14 Indy R4400s, one of which is shown
above. These machines represent the state-of-the-art in
high-performance single-user multimedia workstations. They are
equipped with 24-bit color frame buffers, 19 inch color monitors, and
an Indycam, a small digital video camera.
The machines are named after characters appearing in various computer
generated animations:
- andre (Andre and WallyB, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- ant (The Works, Dick Lundin, NYIT)
- betty (KnickKnack, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- billy (TinToy, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- depeltrie (Tony DePeltrie, University of Montreal?)
- knick
(KnickKnack, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- luxo
(Luxo Jr., John Lasseter, Pixar)
- muttley (Snoot and Mutley, Susan van Baerle, Ohio State)
- red
(Red's dream, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- sexyrobot (Robert Abel Productions?)
- snoot (Snoot and Mutley, Susan van Baerle, Ohio State)
- tinny
(Tin Toy, John Lasseter, Pixar)
- tuber (Tuber's Twostep, Chris Wedge, Ohio State)
- wallyb (Andre and WallyB, John Lasseter, Pixar)