retro*GAMER | Load #278 | Banjo-Kazooie ~ subscriber exclusive cover | {rec’d Saturday November 29th, 2025} #RAREware #Nintendo #SiliconGraphics

@munroe @pluralistic And, of course, using a #SiliconGraphics Workstation.

Yes, Internet arguments ("flame wars") already were a thing, on usenet, before the World Wide Web.

Added some lighting to the vintage computer collection. Quite pleased with the result. #retrocomputing #retrogaming #vintagecomputing #vintageapple #silicongraphics #sgi #acorn #sunmicrosystems #sega

Silicon Graphics defined high-performance computing for visual effects and 3D graphics in the 90s. Their workstations powered CGI in Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, and they helped pioneer OpenGL, still a standard in graphics today.

Now barely a memory, only its website survives; 1 in a Trillion on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
https://web.archive.org/web/19970601000000*/http://www.sgi.com/

#WaybackMachine #SiliconGraphics #CGI #TechHistory #3DGraphics

And now I wonder how hard it could be to patch a 68K silicon graphics IRIS 3000 to run classic mac os. I doubt I'll have time in my lifetime to look into that, but still making QuickDraw work with a bitplane graphic adapter would be interesting…

#retrocomputing #68k #classicmac #silicongraphics

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/09/refurb-weekend-silicon-graphics-indigo.html

#silicongraphics

Refurb Weekend: Silicon Graphics Indigo² Impact 10000

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/09/refurb-weekend-silicon-graphics-indigo.html

#HackerNews #RefurbWeekend #SiliconGraphics #Indigo2 #Impact10000 #RetroComputing #VintageTech

To all professionals and retirees in the #VFX industry, join the #vfxPeopleChallenge by posting photos of your work environment (including yourself, #vfxPeople, your #studio, your desk at home and even your pets). The goal is to showcase that people are working on movies and shows that are believed to have no #noCGI!

Thanks for your participation and boots!

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2000, VideoEffecto in #Barcelona working on advertisements with a #SiliconGraphics #Octane

@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.

Really enjoyed #LightAndMagic on #DisneyPlus. I've long been a fan of #IndustrialLightAndMagic and it really hammers home just how amazing they were and still are

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-941c36e7-2dcd-46c6-a809-6d9471e8f3c6

#LucasFilm #ILM #StarWars #IndianaJones #PiratesOfTheCarribean #Pixar #JurassicPark #SiliconGraphics

EDIT: It's been reserved, thanks for boosts!

I have a Silicon Graphics (Norwegian) PS/2-keyboard, a PS/2 mouse (with ball), a Silicon Graphics Camera and a SGI O2 Workstation Quickstart guide. They are all headed for recycling. BUT, if someone wants the lot I can probably make the effort to ship it for the cost of postage and packaging from Norway to whereever you are.

I'll store it until the end of august.

#sgi #silicongraphics

SGI Octane: What can a $30,000 computer from the 90's do ?

https://makertube.net/w/86ZCm8LDh1wgF2Ux6UbYoq

Brochure for the #SGI Onyx supercomputers and the RealityEngine² graphics card.
Back in the day (around 1993), this was the gold standard for real-time 3D graphics. Modern iPhone GPUs are now orders of magnitude faster.

I used to drool over this tech and was lucky enough to have one on loan for a few days during a science fair organised by my university.
#ThrowbackThursday #Retrocomputing #silicongraphics

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!

#silicongraphics #sgi #RetroComputing #mb

Ummm… WTF???

(this one is getting its own thread once I get it home and take a closer look)

#HARDOFF #thrifting #sgi #silicongraphics #o2 #RetroComputing

‘Acoso’ es un alucinante viaje al pasado de la tecnología

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://javipas.com/2025/05/08/acoso-es-un-alucinante-viaje-al-pasado-de-la-tecnologia/