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Pixar Image Computer
Pixar Animation Studios' own P-II Pixar Image Computer.
DeveloperPixar
ManufacturerPixar
TypeImage processing
Release dateJuly 24, 1986; 37 years ago (1986-07-24)
Units soldFewer than 300

The Pixar Image Computer is a graphics computer originally developed by the Graphics Group, the computer division of Lucasfilm, which was later renamed Pixar. Aimed at commercial and scientific high-end visualization markets, such as medicine, geophysics and meteorology, the original machine was advanced for its time, but sold poorly.

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