To my techno-buds: do any

[mrlich]

To my techno-buds: do any of you know anything about silicon graphics machines?
Edit: I think that I'm good. I was wondering a bit about the details of such systems, but a little googling is all it took to figure that out. I'll post if I do anything fun with it. :)

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[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

What in particular? I don't myself but may be able to point you in the direction of somebody who does.

[glaucon.livejournal.com]

the older ones ran their own flavor of unix called irix. it was fairly similar to solaris.

and that's about all I've got.

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think that I'm good for now. I picked one up (ancient) 'as is' and I wasn't sure what I had. I did a little googling and I feel pretty sure that I have a really big paperweight. ;)

S'okay though, because I plan to have some fun just monkeying around with it.

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

I'm not positive, but I think that this one has irix on it (I haven't booted it yet). Going to have some fun just monkeying with it.

[glaucon.livejournal.com]

they were really nice machines back in the day. chances are it's not a total paperweight, even if it's an older one.

I used to use one occasionally. I seem to remember Irix compiling a little funny. never did any graphics work on one, which was what they were really designed for, I think.

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

I thought so as well, and that's why I grabbed it. Paid a whopping $10 for it, so even if it is nothing more than a paperweight, I can live with that. :}

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, that's a particularly nerdy-cool paperweight!

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

I was kinda thinking that!