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A couple of years ago I got Octane2 and went through similar ordeal (new OS and a bunch of other fun things). SGIs and IRIX are a lot of fun, especially for us

A couple of years ago I got Octane2 and went through similar ordeal (new OS and a bunch of other fun things). SGIs and IRIX are a lot of fun, especially for us that saw those only at workplace or in adverts 'back in the day' (they were a highway robbery back then). There's one advice from a friend here. If you ever want to use Octane2 on your desktop, let me warn you that it sounds like a jet engine. Not practical at all. Now I know why we kept only O2s on desktops and Octanes were in 'server room' when we did work on them.

octorian 8y ago
On the bright side, the Octane2 is one of the few SGI machines new enough to support graphics hardware with DVI ports.
- Keyframe 8y ago
  I still had that 13w3 to something (might've even been a VGA), even though graphics was maxed out.
- mrpippy 8y ago
  It does support it, but the DCD card has always been expensive/rare. Also requires V10/V12 graphics, which are almost as expensive/rare. Every Fuel has standard DVI, although Fuels have other drawbacks
Florin_Andrei 8y ago
Pretty much weighs as much as a jet engine, too. j/k, of course, but it's clearly the heaviest desktop system I've ever seen.
- Keyframe 8y ago
  Definitely heavy as a neutron star! TBH, the coolest looking one (to me at least) is/was Indigo 2. Both green and purple one! They ARE more manageable.
  - barclay 8y ago
    As an indigo^2 user: holy shit they were trinitron heavy, too. But the internals of that case were [stunningly beautiful](http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/i2/i2open.jpg http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/i2/i2open.jpg).
    - Florin_Andrei 8y ago
      All SGI hardware was beautiful inside (pun not intended). Source: was SGI employee for some years.
  - octorian 8y ago
    I have a late-model Indigo2. They're definitely a lot heavier than they look. The later models also suffer from being a bit of a "bridge" machine. Newer CPU and graphics paired with older SCSI, Memory, and Networking.
randomdata 8y ago
> SGIs and IRIX are a lot of fun, especially for us that saw those only at workplace or in adverts 'back in the day' Back when I was in high school SGI brought their truck[1] full of all their toys to our school for the students to tour. That was a good day. I'll never forget the refrigerator-sized Onyx2 running a 3D flight simulator across three displays. [1] https://i.imgur.com/cdTGzV8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cdTGzV8.jpg

octorian 8y ago

On the bright side, the Octane2 is one of the few SGI machines new enough to support graphics hardware with DVI ports.

Keyframe 8y ago
I still had that 13w3 to something (might've even been a VGA), even though graphics was maxed out.
mrpippy 8y ago
It does support it, but the DCD card has always been expensive/rare. Also requires V10/V12 graphics, which are almost as expensive/rare. Every Fuel has standard DVI, although Fuels have other drawbacks

Florin_Andrei 8y ago

Pretty much weighs as much as a jet engine, too. j/k, of course, but it's clearly the heaviest desktop system I've ever seen.

Keyframe 8y ago
Definitely heavy as a neutron star! TBH, the coolest looking one (to me at least) is/was Indigo 2. Both green and purple one! They ARE more manageable.
- barclay 8y ago
  As an indigo^2 user: holy shit they were trinitron heavy, too. But the internals of that case were [stunningly beautiful](http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/i2/i2open.jpg http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/i2/i2open.jpg).
  - Florin_Andrei 8y ago
    All SGI hardware was beautiful inside (pun not intended). Source: was SGI employee for some years.
- octorian 8y ago
  I have a late-model Indigo2. They're definitely a lot heavier than they look. The later models also suffer from being a bit of a "bridge" machine. Newer CPU and graphics paired with older SCSI, Memory, and Networking.

randomdata 8y ago

> SGIs and IRIX are a lot of fun, especially for us that saw those only at workplace or in adverts 'back in the day' Back when I was in high school SGI brought their truck[1] full of all their toys to our school for the students to tour. That was a good day. I'll never forget the refrigerator-sized Onyx2 running a 3D flight simulator across three displays. [1] https://i.imgur.com/cdTGzV8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cdTGzV8.jpg