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382 points brundolf | 4 comments | 02 Jan 21 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.395s | source

1. bluedino ◴[02 Jan 21 20:22 UTC] No.25616123[source]▶

I like the picture of the 100+ SPARCstation render farm for the first Toy Story

2. erk__ ◴[02 Jan 21 21:22 UTC] No.25616659[source]▶

This reminds me of one of the first FreeBSD press releases. [0]

> FreeBSD Used to Generate Spectacular Special Effects

For the then upcoming movie The Matrix

> Manex Visual Effects used 32 Dell Precision 410 Dual P-II/450 Processor systems running FreeBSD as the core CG Render Farm.

edit: added that it was for The Matrix.

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3. lattalayta ◴[02 Jan 21 21:57 UTC] No.25616942[source]▶

I always liked the neon sign they have outside their current renderfarm

4. ksec ◴[03 Jan 21 18:02 UTC] No.25623518[source]▶

Wow. I assume for Rendering Farm it is all Linux now?

Pixar's Render Farm