I remember the SGI machines well. IRIX was easily my favorite graphical UNIX. We used SGI Indy systems for network administration at the university, and SGI Oc

I remember the SGI machines well. IRIX was easily my favorite graphical UNIX. We used SGI Indy systems for network administration at the university, and SGI Octanes for niche graphical applications and databases, but they were always considered an expensive luxury for both of those use cases. Nearly every other UNIX system at the university back then was Sun Microsystems.