The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII in 1996
I could say "I'm not that old" but I guess that's subjective, since the article says this is archeology.<p>I think it's been said elsewhere, but those entry level SGI boxes were around $25,000 in the mid 90s (and oh boy did I ever drool over those things back then).<p>I made out alright, with some friends on IRC having mailed me warez CDs, from their tiny middle-American town in Iowa to my depressed backwoods in WV... precious gold discs arrived loaded with wintel based 3D modeling and DAW software.