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BEFLIX: first ´demotool´ ever?

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BEFLIX is the name of the first specialised computer animation language.
BEFLIX was invented by Kenneth C. Knowlton at Bell Telephone Laboratories, USA.
BEFLIX was invented in 1963.
BEFLIX is a corruption of "Bell Flicks".
BEFLIX produced images at a resolution of 252 x 184 in 8 shades of grey.
BEFLIX-generated films, created using an IBM 7094 computer and Stromberg-Carlson 4020 microfilm recorder, cost approximately $500 per minute of output
http://beflix.com/beflix.php

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(Pixillation, 1963)

I wanna see any film made with this :)
added on the 2008-11-10 19:34:07 by pera pera
wasnt it a programming language rather than a demotool then? :)
added on the 2008-11-10 19:46:10 by Gargaj Gargaj
scripting suuucks!
@gargaj: yeah maybe.. a language like processing :)
added on the 2008-11-10 19:55:39 by pera pera

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