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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:28:20 -0600
To: Dan Piponi <dpiponi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <MatrixFan@FilmSFX.com>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD, The Matrix, Academy Awards
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At 07:20 27-03-2000 -0800, Dan Piponi wrote:
>> As we all know, these were made on a computer
>running
>> FreeBSD.
>
>Ahhh! Those were the days when you could do visual
>effects using just *a* computer! :-)

Yes, of course. I did not mean to imply you only used one. :)

> Actualy the
>rendering was done on a render farm consisting of 32
>Dell twin proc Pentium II's running FreeBSD alongside
>a similar number of IRIX machines. Those FreeBSD boxes
>really saved our asses at the final render crunch!

And what a fine job you did! The Matrix is now my all-time favorite movie.
Kudos to you.

Do you have a web site where you talk about it? I'd love to visit it. I
really enjoy the special effects addenda on the video release.

Cheers,
Adam


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