ah the good old 8bit 3d card days where ya app would crash every hour on thr hour.
we made auto save plugs so at most ya would lose 5 minutes of work.

Doc's never been CGI strong point.
I remember Poser 4 manuel read see forums.
Forums are the life blood of CGI.
Before forums, HTML mailng list.
CGI manuels wore contracted out to publishing houses that new nothing about CGI.
Lightwave forums would go RTFM LW7 manuel sux.
Blender & D/S forums very friendly users I'd be rendering cubes with out them.

Game of Throns I like that show

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