here is the earliest one I could find using the half method, if you will. Tried 1=nothing, 1000=image..then kept halving until I got to 845...not to say there may be another hiding prior to that.
This was uploaded in 1999
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=845

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