Here are a few of the oldest screenshots and concept shots of the program that later became AXIS. They date from November 2004, making AXIS 4 years old this month.

And here's the irc log where I first mentioned the program in public (and possibly the first time I appeared on #emc): 

02:15:14 <jepler> Here's a screenshot of my Python + PyOpenGL rs274ngc viewer:  
http://craie.unpy.net/~jepler/rs274py-gplot.png

pyemc-20041124-2.png
pyemc-20041124.png
pyemc.png
rs274py-cone.png
rs274py-gplot-live.png
rs274py-gplot.png
rs274py-live-cone.png

(originally posted on the AXIS blog)