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To: rupert1 who wrote (53921)	3/18/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Although I haven't seen this yet, Harvey has been raving about it. El Compaq Web Advisory: "Bunny" Film Hops On Oscar Ballot Thanks to Compaq's AlphaServers Blue Sky Studios Turns to the Power of Alpha for Record Rendering HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1998--The ''Bunny'' film, a short animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios of Harrison, New York has been nominated for an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the category of ''Best Animated Short Film.'' This computer animated short film, written and directed by Chris Wedge, was rendered entirely on Compaq Computer Corporation's (NYSE: CPQ - news) Alpha-based servers and Tru64 UNIX. Creation of computer generated images imitating natural lighting conditions typically take months. With the Alpha-based systems, Blue Sky Studios was able to complete the film in weeks, under a very tight deadline for submission to the Academy. blueskystudios.com Blue Sky Studios rendered ''Bunny'' in record-setting time by using 41 rack-mounted AlphaServer 4100s, each equipped with four 533 MHz Alpha processors, 4MB of cache, 2 GB of memory and a 4.3 GB drive. The company used its proprietary rendering software, which was ported to Compaq's Tru64 UNIX. In order to store the tremendous amount of data involved in creating computer generated images, Blue Sky Studios used 200 GB of Compaq's StorageWorks. Finished images were then transferred to DLT tape and shuttled to Blue Sky Studios. The systems were interconnected via a switched 100baseT network. Blue Sky Studios saw a 2.1x performance improvement over the fastest systems that they owned. For more details, please visit Compaq's Web site at: digital.com Company Background: Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. For more corporate information, see: compaq.com. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contact: Compaq Computer Corporation Steve Milmore, 508/467-2259 steve.milmore@compaq.com OR Shandwick Golin/Harris Kristen Wilson, 617/266-8400 kwilson@shandwick.com