Show thread𝚜𝚞𝚣𝚊Feb 11, 2025

Warum ist die SGI O2 so cool?

πŸ”Ή Innovatives Design: Schaut aus wie ein futuristischer Toaster, ist aber eine High-End-Workstation.

πŸ”Ή IRIX OS: UNIX mit Stil – und einer GUI, die sich auch heute noch sehen lassen kann.

πŸ”Ή Grafikpower: 3D, Video, und Bildbearbeitung, bevor Photoshop cool war.

πŸ”Ή Nostalgie-Boost: Einmal hochgefahren, fΓΌhlt man sich instant ins Silicon-Valley der 90er katapultiert.

πŸš€πŸ’™ #RetroComputing #SGIO2 #WorkstationLove #SiliconGraphics

𝚜𝚞𝚣𝚊Feb 11, 2025

SGI O2 ist zurΓΌck aus der Zukunft!

Silicon Graphics bringt 1996 O2 auf den Markt. Eine kompakte Workstation mit mehr Multimediapower als so manches heutige Smartphone und der Monitor ist ein echtes Stück High-End-Geschichte! 🎬✨

πŸ’™πŸ’Ύ #SGI1600SW #RetroMonitor #SiliconGraphics #RetroComputing #SGIO2 #WorkstationLove #vcfe #RetroLove

onionNov 13, 2024
Wonder what happened to Ralf Baechle, he was always helpful with my newbie #linuxmips questions many years ago. #linux #mips #sgi #sgiO2
James against the machineSep 28, 2023

I love this brittle beast I found on Ebay and impulsively bid on. The seller hand-delivered it within a day or two! I'm grateful for that because I doubt it would have survived shipping... the aged plastic case is extremely brittle and delicate. I've already broken (and repaired) two clips (one clip immediately broke again!).

This is a Unix system! I know this!

#VintageComputing #SGI #sgiO2 #siliconGraphics

KhralkatorrixJun 1, 2023

 Trying to render stuff using Maya 4.5 on my #SGI O2
The render speed with Maya 4.5 IPR renderer at 640x480 is about 2 minutes. Quite good speed consider my O2 only have R5200 300Mhz CPU.

I didn't made the model, the model is made by bean(alwayshasbean), "dingus the cat" from https://skfb.ly/oAtMJ

#retrocomputing #unix #silicongraphics #sgio2 #maya

dingus the cat - Download Free 3D model by bean(alwayshasbean) (@alwayshasbean)

model from original addon (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2874462324) he is also known as maxwell (it’s the only name he is known by, who am i lying to…) and real cat’s name is Jess, i didn’t know it nor the source of photo at the time since i got the original image from discord - dingus the cat - Download Free 3D model by bean(alwayshasbean) (@alwayshasbean)

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KhralkatorrixJun 1, 2023

Playing with Barco Creator (a software like Photoshop) on my #SGI O2 with Wacom Intuos 1 tablet. Quite good brush engine for early drawing software.
Would try to do some drawing with this in future :3

Also, if you install Wacom tablet driver after install Barco Creator, it will crash on launch.
Re-install Barco Creator after install Wacom tablet driver would fix the crash issue.

#retrocomputing #unix #silicongraphics #sgio2 #barcocreator

onionApr 1, 2023
#SGI O2 that won't power on. Probably PSU dead, any ideas anyone ? #retrocomputing #retrohardware #unix #silicongraphics #sgio2
SiddeFeb 5, 2023

February 2006:
Installing #IRIX 6.5 on the #SGI O2. It's a very odd unix system in so many ways and why isn't vector based icons still a thing?

#VintageComputing #Retrocomputing #SGIO2 #unix