@lauren @PeterLudemann @not2b I used to joke about how without fail every other generation (Challenge-Origin server and Indigo-O2 desktop era) of Silicon Graphics machines - the power supplies would either just die (no blinking lights) or catch on fire (literal flames shooting out). #sgi #silicongraphics A smart software engineer whose deskside machine caught on fire in his office calmly rolled it outside, removed the disks to save their work, THEN used an extinguisher on it.
So... Anyone out there have any hot tips on debugging a dead #SiliconGraphics power supply??
I figured it couldn’t hurt to drop in to HARD OFF on my walk back from the mall.
Wandering through the Junk PC aisle, a double-take, what is that teal beauty on the bottom shelf?
A SiliconGraphics O2? In MY rural Japanese city? How did that get here? The tag showed it had been there for over a week. At $60 I had to give it a home!
Lugging it home in the 31+C heat, squeezing in on the tram and dashing through the rain was a slog but it made it home!
Ummm… WTF???
(this one is getting its own thread once I get it home and take a closer look)
How I prefer to browse my filesystem 
#IRIX #SiliconGraphics 
Look! A #silicongraphics Indy in Black Mirror Plaything! #sgi #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #unix
Anyone have any interest in an Silicon Graphics O2 Workstation Owner's Guide?
Document number 007-3282-004
It's headed for recycling if there are no takers.
I've created a smol X11 motif demo for fun. #SiliconGraphics #IRIX 4Dwm
"Can we have compiz?"
"We have compiz at home"
Hello vintage computer friends... I have a lil SGI O2 workstation with a Dallas clock chip — it's the cheeky type of chip with an internal battery. I do Not Like This.
Are they known to leak? Do we remove the battery from the chip? Replace the chip with something else?
Thank you, brain friends!!
Roll over Beethoven - fired up the Indigo2 High Impact last night for the first time in a while.
This was absolutely mind-blowing in 1996 when the R10k Impact models came out.
If you were lucky, you'd have a 166MHz Pentium in your PC, and a 3dfx card, which was no comparison.
The story of #JimClark and #SiliconGraphics Inc. #SGI was the pioneering company that essentially created modern 3D graphics, along with the #OpenGL standard.
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics
@flexion I'm really jealous
I wished someone would claw the #sgi brand from #HPE's hands or at least do a #brand & #design licensing deal to remanufacture the classic #SiliconGraphics case designs but for modern mainboard form factors.
Seriously, I'm shure there's some warehouse with the molds for those plastic cases or at the very least the geometry and design stuff...
@vampiress some companies take this idea to an extreme, cf #Lavarand (Wall of entropy) originally from #SiliconGraphics.
This example is from a company I won’t bother mentioning. cc @Dangerous_beans
@glennf i had a DAT drive on my Silicon Graphics Octane. It could store around 10GB if i remember right. It had a neat trick in that i could transfer digital audio i had recorded on my studio DAT unit. I still have the Octane, but the scsi DAT drive was dead years ago.
#Quiz #ComputerHistory #Woodturning #Photography #WoodWorking #SiliconGraphics #Computers
Old handouts sometimes comes in handy,
after how many years?
Some of you will know.
Sorry for the missing «i». Surfaced in my workshop today, used lately to pick up some Merchandise.
At some point I have to admit to myself I keep some stuff around that I should actually get rid of. I’m not a computer museum and shouldn’t keep something I don’t even use.
The hard part is finding a good new home for it. Maybe there are some actual computer museums around? The only one I can think of that’s remotely nearby is the Home Computer Museum in the Netherlands.
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