Woah, oben in der #ZKM-Ausstellung haben sie eine funktionstüchtige SGI O2 mit #Irix! :O

Laut Schild "voraussichtlich zum letzten Mal", dass die Installation auf der originalen Hardware läuft.

#GPN23 #SGI

It also aims straight ahead.
(It's kind of washed out because of the VGA to HDMI)
Also I totally forgot about webface. 😄

#SGI #O2 #IRIX

Optical drive and skins swapped. It works. But I haven't reset the root password yet. Also when IRIX comes up it sets the resolution to something my VGA->HDMI adapter at my desk doesn't wanna deal with, so I need to drag out the VGA monitor I was using before to get all that sorted. Can't wait to see what s/w is on this former gubmint computer.
#SGI #O2 #IRIX

@DenOfEarth @ytc1 @aka_pugs well #WindowsNT owned the workstation market because #Vendors like #SGI & #Sun failed to innovate...

• Abeit sgi hals self-inflicted that by removing the reasons to buy their stuff when they switched to #Itanium #CPU|s and #nvidia #GPU|s and not developing #IRIX any further!

#SunMicrosystems at least didn't stall in terms of #Software, but once #Oracle acqured them and started shaking down Sun Technology users for "#IP infringement" and "License Violations" they basically made using anythibg but #Linux a bad choice on #Servers!

• Meanwhile #Apple to this day doesn't even halfass #Servers anymore and is constantly giving customers and espechally professionals the middle finger in terms of #Repairability & #Maintainability!

@DenOfEarth @aka_pugs I know.

Cade in point, #OpenSolaris did have avid users just below that range, and a lot of #ScientificComputing used it, as they previously used #IRIX.

And #Sun being #OpenSourve-friendly was the right direction...

#plptools update!

Haiku

The #HaikuOS port is now mostly working, with caveats. Everything compiles except plpfuse, which might require migrating plpfuse to FUSE3. I've been able to send and receive files using plpftp, but RS232 DSR checking has to be disabled in the code. I don't want to speak too soon as it could very well be my mistake, but there might be a bug in Haiku's implementation of ioctl() for serial ports. Stay tuned...

FreeBSD

The #FreeBSD port currently has issues with linking to readline, but I'm sure that's fixable. However, a different issue has come up involving FreeBSD's implementation of the timezone global variable. This, in turn, might have uncovered some very old, slightly iffy code when working out timezone offsets.

Other platforms

The #macOS port is running fine at the moment, thanks to @captfab and @jbmorley's sterling work. If you're on macOS, check out Reconnect.

I'd like to resurrect the #NetBSD port for a few reasons, not least because you can still run the current release of NetBSD on a Series 5. I have no experience with NetBSD, so that's my challenge for this afternoon.

There are indications that plptools has at some point worked on #HPUX, #IRIX and #AIX. I personally feel that these ports probably don't need to be resurrected.

The code also mentions #Solaris - I'd certainly consider working on an #IllumOS port, if people were interested.

Interestingly, there's no mention of #OpenBSD, but again I would consider working on that if people are interested.

This is very much a *NIX/POSIX suite of tools. A Windows port isn't going to happen any time soon, unless someone wants to try building it using cygwin. I'm not saying it will never happen, but it's not a priority.

Misc

A couple of small bugs have been squashed by Reuben, including an issue where logging didn't go to stdout when using the --autoexit switch.

#psion #retrocomputing #retrodev

How I prefer to browse my filesystem 💎
#IRIX #SiliconGraphics 🦖

@flexion Oh, I just found this: Running #IRIX in #MAME.

https://sgi.neocities.org

@flexion Is there a way to run #IRIX on any other platform then #SGI hardware? I'm asking for a... me. 😃

I would like to build 1:2 scaled replicas of SGI hardware (mostly based on Raspberry Pi) and of course running IRIX on it, or a usable emulation.

@davidrevoy @Ertain @zeppy5d

Yes and no.

#Apple's #iPad makes it easy to test, build and sell #CCSS [commercial closed-source software] at a premium.

• I mean, I'm happy with my #X230Tablet but I do acknowledge this is an old device and it's rather the exception than norm...

Simply because #Wacom makes good passive stylus and pen-capable touchscreens.

• So OFC companies that have the money and resources to build premium #apps will target the premium customers who by virtue ob being able to splash 4 digits on a tablet brand-new will be proven more able to pay for their software.

That's why #Autodesk won't even sell people a #Linux license for #Maya (or any of their other tools) unless one has proof of ownership of a certified workstation (i.e. HP Z-series) with a #RHEL [#RedHat] #Workstation #subscription active to begin with.

• And yes they will run the machine's serial # to check if it's ordered with parts that fit their system requirements from the factory and will demand the same for RHEL. I've been there and had to do that before they even consider offering one a subscription!

Compare that to like #AffinityDesigner on #iOS (or rather "#iPadOS") and the fact that basically all iPad users are expected to have an Apple account and credit card linked to it for the #AppStore and it's no wounder the developers of creative apps will focus on that.

The only exception are #FLOSS #apps that are native to Linux and/or got started on other #Unix Systems [#blender started out on #IRIX as CCSS] and serve #macOS & #Windows as 2nd & 3rd tier platforms [i.e. #darktable oftentimes had no Windows builds because none of the devs had or wanted a Windows machine to test on!]

@ij @heiko Friday is #retrocomputing day.

#sgi #irix #unix

Lange Nacht der Museen war lang. Aber dmtexcube mit angeschlossener Kamera sorgt immer noch für staunende Blicke #sgi #irix #retrocomputing

I've created a smol X11 motif demo for fun. #SiliconGraphics #IRIX 4Dwm
"Can we have compiz?"
"We have compiz at home"

Wohoo! DATman in Action 🤩

#retrocomputing #sgi #audio #dat #DATman #irix #pizzabox

Anyone know if the little toy / game Blix appeared on any other platform than IRIX?

#IRIX #Blix #SGI #UNIX #gaming #games #retrogaming #OpenGL #Linux #unixgaming #3D

Time for some #IRIX OutRun on the Octane2 🌴 🏎️ 🌴