Softimage|3D 3.8SP3 screenshot from November 1999.
Luc-Eric points out that this is probably a “fake”. The fancy logo and render region are the giveaways.
That screenshot is so old that it seemed only rifgt to run it through pixlr-o-matic:
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Could you perhaps elaborate on the reason why you state the second image is ‘apparently “fake”‘?
http://groups.google.com/group/xsi_list/msg/16e1d815e7ca6626
Updated the post too.
Aaahhhhh (or some other exclamation of sudden insight) 😀