UCSC Scientific Visualization Laboratory Hardware

Viz- Onyx 2, Infinite Reality 2 Graphics, 4 Gb of RAM, 90 Gb Hard disk, 8 processor 195 Mhz R10000 32 kb primary, 4 Mb secondary caches

• 24 inch Monitor
• VHS and Betacam Video Decks
  • These can record to videotape, any image or animation you can display on Viz.
• Stereo Viewing goggles
  • Sends different images to each eye, allowing you to view true 3D graphics with appropriate or exaggerated depth perception
• DLT tape drive (DOWN)
  • Archives up to 35Gb (compressed or uncompressed) on a tape cartridge
• Here is a list of available software on Viz.

• Miro DC 30 Plus Video digitizer
  • This will take a video signal (RCA or SVHS), and produce a digital Quicktime or Mpeg movie.
• HP Scanner
• Zip drive

Color printers in the UCSC Scientific Visualization Lab

• cheap (DOWN)
  • Epson Stylus 850 InkJet color printer, currently free. Quality is not very good.
• scaled
  • A very sophisticated high quality Codonics dye-sublimation printer. This printer has several queues which utilize different features of the printer.
  • Prints various image formats (ps,jpeg,gif,tiff,rgb)
  • Prints slides
  • Prints high (nearly photographic) quality output.
  • Can print various numbers of images per page, e.g. 3x4
  • Expensive to use ($2-$3/page), so make sure whoever sponsored your account is aware of potential recharges
  • Prints 8½×11 or 8½×14 (with 1 inch margins on top and bottom)
• as252-wide
  • A very high quality HP DesignJet wide-format printer.
  • Prints color postscript up to 3'×9' (yes, that's feet)
  • Very expensive to print; a 3×4 poster costs around $10
  • No one gets it right the first time. Click above for help.

Other printers may be made accessible with the cooperation of their administrators.

For accounts on either machine, fill out the new account form on the vizlab homepage.

Last updated 21 April 1999, Feb 2002