Blake Patterson
@blakespot@oldbytes.space
Full-stack web developer at American University in D.C., dad, vintage computing nerd, and No Man's Sky explorer. I live in Alexandria, Virginia and my views / toots are my own. (He/him) [Originally joined (diff instance): 08/19/2018]
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@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I have an O2. I set out to get an Indy, but got an O2. The O2 is cool, but everything I've used it for I could've done more cheaply and quietly and in less space with an Indy. Maybe get an Indy.
Right now the O2 system is on the shelf because I needed space for an Apple IIe.
Here's a gallery of my O2 in its various settings: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72157604335087061/
#SGI #SGIO2 #O2 #O2Workstation #IRIX #UNIX #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #workstation #computers #tech #vintagetech
Blake Patterson
@blakespot@oldbytes.space
Full-stack web developer at American University in D.C., dad, vintage computing nerd, and No Man's Sky explorer. I live in Alexandria, Virginia and my views / toots are my own. (He/him) [Originally joined (diff instance): 08/19/2018]
oldbytes.space
Jurassic Park Computers in EXCRUCIATING DETAIL
https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html
#UNIX #IKNOWTHIS #SGI #Sun #Mac #Workstations #movies #films #JurassicPark #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #tech #vintagetech #entertainment #blog #photo #nineties
HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
mastodon.tmm.cx
Now we're getting to the good part of #irix
After the just unacceptably and inexplicably bad install process.
#unix #sgi #retrocomputing
HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
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occult
@occult@vox.ominous.net
Serving the darker bits. #engineering #hamradio #meshcore #science #pinball #laserdisc #film #retrocomputing #history #poetry #urbanism #astronomy #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Plan9 #Linux #Unix #Unix_Surrealism #Boston #CambridgeMA
vox.ominous.net
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I found this ad for a six-degree-of-freedom 3D input device in the Summer 1989 issue of the SGI magazine "IRIS Universe".
I remember seeing stuff like this around in the 90s, but it all seemed so inaccessible at the time. Flipping through these old professional magazines, you spot some interesting engineering and industrial design.
@flexion@oldbytes.space, you should get one of these, restore it, and get it working on one of your systems.
#SGI #UNIX
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