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===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>