The Pixar Image Computer was a graphic designing computer
originally developed by the Lucasfilm Computer Division (later
renamed Pixar) in May 1986, intended for the high-end
visualization markets, such as media production and medicine. In
an attempt to gain a foothold in the medical market, Pixar
donated ten machines to leading hospitals and sent marketing
people to doctors' conventions. However, this had little effect
on sales, despite the machine's ability to perform CAT scans and
show perfect images of the human body. Pixar did get a contract
with the manufacturer of CAT Scanners, which sold 30 machines.
The terms were: Buy a million dollar scanner, and get a $30,000
3D visualization system free. However doctors were not trained
to look at 3D, and could be sued unless they looked at the
individual slices, per their training. By 1988 Pixar had only
sold 120 Pixar Image Computers. In 1988, Pixar began the
development of the PII-9, a nine slot version of the low cost
P-II. This machine was coupled with the w