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==Computers==
===List of models===
{{Infobox supercomputer
| name         = Foonly F1
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| manufacturer = Foonly Inc.
| designer     = Dave Poole<ref name="hackers" />
| release date = 1978<ref name="F2" />
| units sold   = 1<ref name="hackers" />
| price        = $700,000<ref name="overview" />
| dimensions   = 
| weight       = -
| power        = 5 [[Watt#Kilowatt|kW]]<ref name="overview" />
| voltage      = 110/220V
| front-end    = DEC PDP-10 KA10
| os           = FOONEX<ref name="overview" />
| cpu          = [[36-bit]] processor
| frequency    = 11.1 MHz<ref name="overview" />
| memory       = Up to 18 [[megabytes|MB]] (4096 x 36 bits)<ref name="overview" />
| storage      = 
| mips         = 4.5 MIPS<ref name="overview" />
| flops        = 
| successor    = 
| predecessor  = 
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Model       !![[Million instructions per second|MIPS]]  !!Word Size!!Frequency    !!Memory               !!Price    !!Bays !!Power              
|-
|Foonly F1  ||4.5 MIPS  ||36 bits  ||11.1 [[Hertz#SI multiples|MHz]] ||18 [[Megabyte|MB]]  || $700&nbsp;000 || 4    || 5 [[Watt#Kilowatt|kW]] 
|-
|Foonly F2  ||0.5 MIPS  ||36 bits  ||2.8&nbsp;MHz  ||4.5 MB || $150&nbsp;000 || 1    || 0.5&nbsp;kW
|-
|Foonly F4  ||1.4 MIPS  ||36 bits  ||8&nbsp;MHz    || 9 MB || $300&nbsp;000 || 1    || 1&nbsp;kW 
|-
|Foonly F4B ||1.8 MIPS  ||36 bits  ||8&nbsp;MHz    || 9 MB || $350&nbsp;000 || 1    || 1.5&nbsp;kW 
|-
|Foonly F5  ||0.3 MIPS  ||36 bits  ||3.3&nbsp;MHz  || 2.25 MB || $80&nbsp;000  || 0.5  || 0.8&nbsp;kW 
|}

===The Foonly F1===
The Foonly F1 was the first and most powerful Foonly computer, but also the only one being built of its kind. It was based on the Super-Foonly ''project'' designs, aiming to be the fastest DEC [[PDP-10]] compatible computer,<ref name="hackers" /> but using [[emitter-coupled logic]] (ECL) gates rather than [[transistor–transistor logic]] (TTL), and without the extended instruction set.<ref name="cosonok">{{cite web |last=Brinkhoff |first=Lars |date=22 July 2012 |title=The Foonly F1: The Computer Behind Tron (1982) |url=http://www.cosonok.com/2012/07/the-super-foonly-f1-computer-behind.html |website=Cosonok's IT Blog}}</ref><ref name="ddyer">{{cite web |last=Sieg |first=David W |title=Dave Dyer, one of the principals behind the F1 |url=http://dave.zfxinc.net/ddyer.html |website=Dave Sieg website}}</ref> It was developed with the help of [[Triple-I]], its first customer, and began operations in 1978.<ref name="F2" />

The computer consisted of four cabinets:
* One for the [[central processing unit]] (CPU)
* One AMPEX for the [[random-access memory]] (RAM), with 2&nbsp;MB of [[core memory]]<ref name="dsiegf1">{{cite web |last=Sieg |first=David W |title=The Foonly F1 |url=http://dave.zfxinc.net/f1.html |website=Dave Sieg website}}</ref>
* A specific cabinet holding the Magic Movie Memory, a 3&nbsp;MB video buffer, used especially to render movie frames<ref name="dsiegf1" />
* One cabinet with tape and disk controllers, and power switches.

It was able to reach 4.5 MIPS.<ref name="overview" />

The F1 is mostly famous for having been the computer behind some of the [[Computer-generated imagery]] of the Disney 1982 ''[[Tron]]'' movie, and also ''[[Looker]]'' (1981).

After that, the computer was bought by the Canadian [[Omnibus Computer Graphics]] company, and was used on some movies, such as television logos for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]], and [[Global Television Network]] channels, opening titles for the ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' programme, scanner effects for the film ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'', the alien spaceship Max flying and morphing in the film ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'' and all of the CGI effects in the TV series ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]''.<ref name="MovingInnovation">{{cite web| url = http://files.animation.ir/video/Moving_Innovation.pdf| title = Moving Innovation : a History of Computer History, Tom Sito |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153801/http://files.animation.ir/video/Moving_Innovation.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>