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[mst]

It seems entirely plausible to me that three letter agencies could also have done render farm type things like this: http://www.generationamiga.com/2020/08/30/how-24-commodore-a...

(I think this is a subset of your comment rather than an extension but Babylon 5 reference ;)

[vidarh → mst]

That'd be Video Toasters. But Newtek ditched Amiga support in '95, and by late 90's PCs or DEC Alphas would cream the Amigas for the render farms.

Even Babylon 5 switched the render farms for seasons 4 and 5.

Not impossible someone would still want to replace individual systems in a render farm rather than upgrading, but given the potential speed gains it'd seem like a poor choice.