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From London - UK
Who joined March 2, 2011, 1:37 a.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 10, 2012, 1:46 p.m...
Jesus, I could not be more jealous, jesus... :o
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Lock bar; SGI microphone.
Mods: PSU Noctua fan; internal Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM; Adaptec AIC-7880P SCSI card.

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vishnu
From Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Who joined March 18, 2007, 3:25 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 10, 2012, 2:44 p.m...
hamei wrote:
vishnu wrote: I saw an HP 7475a pen plotter sitting in the scrap bin at work today, those things were thousands of dollars when they were new... :shock: :cry:

You should grab it !
Can you even buy pens for them anymore :?: :?: :?:
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
jpstewart
From Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Who joined Sept. 21, 2010, 3:31 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 11, 2012, 7:21 a.m...
vishnu wrote:
hamei wrote:
vishnu wrote: I saw an HP 7475a pen plotter sitting in the scrap bin at work today, those things were thousands of dollars when they were new... :shock: :cry:

You should grab it !
Can you even buy pens for them anymore :?: :?: :?:


This on-line store lists pens for the HP 7475A. I would imagine there are other sources, too. I just happen to have that one bookmarked from when I nearly purchased a pen plotter earlier this year. Supplies are out there!
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vishnu
From Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Who joined March 18, 2007, 3:25 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 11, 2012, 2 p.m...
Amazing! For anyone who's never seen a 7475a at work, it is no end of entertaining, there's a bunch of video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=HP+7475a&oq=HP+7475a
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
smj
From Berkeley, CA, USA, NA, Earth, Sol
Who joined Nov. 12, 2007, 7:54 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 12, 2012, 10:23 a.m...
jan-jaap wrote: Look again, there's a HP Color Laser 2500 hidden somewhere. JetDirect, PostScript, and way too big. I rarely print anything so I should probably get rid of it :)

Similar thing here - a couple friends talked me into buying a Color LaserJet 8550N for $75 while my house was still empty. They thought it would be neat to be able to come over and make nice 11x17" color prints without having to make room for it in their own homes. :?

It's a fine printer with the duplexer, but it's huge - like a tall Onyx2 deskside. And some of the rubber rollers I haven't replaced yet are starting to misfeed...
Then? :IRIS3130: ... Now? :O3x02L: :A3504L: - :A3502L: :1600SW: +MLA :Fuel: :Octane2: :Octane: :Indigo2IMP: ... Other: DEC :BA213: :BA123: Sun , DG AViiON , NeXT :Cube:
hamei
From over the rainbow
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 12, 2012, 11:02 p.m...
smj wrote: Similar thing here - a couple friends talked me into buying a Color LaserJet 8550N for $75 while my house was still empty. They thought it would be neat to be able to come over and make nice 11x17" color prints without having to make room for it in their own homes. :?

I was thinking that you could add a Draftmaster to your garage so your friends could do a little e-size plotting while they are visiting. But that seems rather selfish. Perhaps you should replace that huge laser printer with a nice little inkjet ?

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(I'd really like one of these so if anyone knows where there's a cheap one, I'd be happy to get it delivered to smj's house ...)
jan-jaap
From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 4, 2012, 2:13 p.m...
Desk arrived. It's a little bigger than I expected (nearly 3m), but the price was unbeatable (free). I also got two cupboards for storage of parts with it (free as well :) )

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There's still a fair bit of work left and I haven't even begun to wire the place ...
Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet :)
It turns out that when reset, the WD33C93 defaults to a SCSI ID of 0, and it was simpler to leave it that way... -- Dave Olson, in comp.sys.sgi
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In the museum : almost every MIPS/IRIX system.
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Geoman
From Munich, Germany
Who joined May 26, 2005, 3:37 a.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 4, 2012, 2:16 p.m...
a dream!!
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SGI - the legend will never die!!
bigD
From Socal
Who joined June 17, 2008, 8:38 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 4, 2012, 6:48 p.m...
That pic of the desk with the Onyx2 deskside underneath and a Tezro on top is pure, unadulterated, geek porn.
:Onyx2: :Fuel: :Indigo2: :Indigo2IMP: :O3x0:
geo
From Shenzhen, P.R.C
Who joined July 21, 2009, 5:07 a.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 4, 2012, 11:02 p.m...
Geoman wrote: a dream!!
same here!! mouth watering..
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PymbleSoftware
From P.O. Box 121, Pymble, Sydney, NSW 2073, Australia.
Who joined July 15, 2008, 5:48 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 4, 2012, 11:06 p.m...
6 racks and couple Tezros and you won't be able to swing a cat. Been there... Not the cat thing, the 6 rack thing.


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jan-jaap
From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 5, 2012, 2:21 a.m...
bigD wrote: That pic of the desk with the Onyx2 deskside underneath and a Tezro on top is pure, unadulterated, geek porn.

I'll try to take a better picture some time :) Haven't figured out where to put the DMedia breakout and assorted stuff yet, though. Storage is mostly FC so will probably end up in the 19" rack.

PymbleSoftware wrote: 6 racks and couple Tezros and you won't be able to swing a cat. Been there... Not the cat thing, the 6 rack thing.

That's why I have desksides. Same challenges [pun intended], but more manageable in terms of space, power, heat and noise. More fun per square meter, in the end. I once considered replacing my Onyx2 deskside and the SGI 2100 I used to have with an Onyx2 rack to save floor space. Bad idea: the tall rack takes the same amount of floor space as two desksides (and is 3x taller, of course).

I've got 25 square meters to myself for my hobby, and that will have to do. It's also my escape from a house cluttered with kids toys and other joys of family life. If this room would be packed until I wouldn't be able to 'swing a cat' I think I would go insane. Better to maintain some discipline and keep only stuff worth keeping ;)
Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet :)
It turns out that when reset, the WD33C93 defaults to a SCSI ID of 0, and it was simpler to leave it that way... -- Dave Olson, in comp.sys.sgi
Currently in commercial service: Image :Onyx2: (2x) :O3x02L:
In the museum : almost every MIPS/IRIX system.
Wanted : GM1 board for Professional Series GT graphics (030-0076-003, 030-0076-004)
duck
From Jakobstad, Finland
Who joined Oct. 27, 2003, 5:22 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 5, 2012, 8:30 a.m...
Fly me over and I'll take you a 360x180 degree panorama you can stick in a VR player (Yes, I got a new toy, a Nodal Ninja 3 MK II. I like to do this sort of thing (tmp url, may go away) :-)
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N.B.: I tend to talk out of my ass. Do not take it too seriously.
vishnu
From Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Who joined March 18, 2007, 3:25 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 5, 2012, 9:27 a.m...
duck wrote: Yes, I got a new toy, a Nodal Ninja 3 MK II. I like to do this sort of thing (tmp url, may go away) :-)
Wow, that's an amazing pic! :shock:
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
Pontus
From Uppsala, Sweden
Who joined May 8, 2008, 12:12 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 6, 2012, 1:14 a.m...
Looking good jan-jaap. It's coming together.

Me, I'm at this stage: Image
:Onyx2R: :IRIS3130: :Onyx2: :O2000: :O200: :PI: :Fuel: :Indigo: :Octane: :O2: :Indigo2IMP: :Indigo2: :Indy: :1600SW: :pdp8e:
:BA213: <- MicroVAX 3500 :BA213: <- DECsystem 5500 :BA215: <- MicroVAX 3300
Pictures of my collection: www.pdp8.se
duck
From Jakobstad, Finland
Who joined Oct. 27, 2003, 5:22 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 6, 2012, 6:47 a.m...
vishnu wrote:
duck wrote: Yes, I got a new toy, a Nodal Ninja 3 MK II. I like to do this sort of thing (tmp url, may go away) :-)
Wow, that's an amazing pic! :shock:


Thanks! I will be taking more as work/cat allows... Have made some before, but before the ninja they all had a
lot of misalignments due to parallax shifts. In case it's not totally obvious, it's a stereographic projection of a 37 image stitched panorama (I use a 14mm lens so quite few pictures). Original resolution is just over 12000x12000 pixels.

Pontus wrote: Looking good jan-jaap. It's coming together.

Me, I'm at this stage: <snip>


Ooh, raised flooring... Expensive, no doubt?
:Octane: halo , oct ane
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Pontus
From Uppsala, Sweden
Who joined May 8, 2008, 12:12 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 6, 2012, 6:51 a.m...
duck wrote: Ooh, raised flooring... Expensive, no doubt?
Free actually :) It's used and quite ugly. I had to buy new legs though since the old ones were to short, but that was only about 3-400 dollars.
:Onyx2R: :IRIS3130: :Onyx2: :O2000: :O200: :PI: :Fuel: :Indigo: :Octane: :O2: :Indigo2IMP: :Indigo2: :Indy: :1600SW: :pdp8e:
:BA213: <- MicroVAX 3500 :BA213: <- DECsystem 5500 :BA215: <- MicroVAX 3300
Pictures of my collection: www.pdp8.se
sgtprobe
From Sweden
Who joined Nov. 20, 2008, 11:18 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 6, 2012, 6:53 a.m...
duck wrote: Fly me over and I'll take you a 360x180 degree panorama you can stick in a VR player (Yes, I got a new toy, a Nodal Ninja 3 MK II. I like to do this sort of thing (tmp url, may go away) :-)




That's just awesome.

Show us more, please :lol:

/Jonas
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duck
From Jakobstad, Finland
Who joined Oct. 27, 2003, 5:22 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 6, 2012, 9:19 a.m...
sgtprobe wrote:
duck wrote: Fly me over and I'll take you a 360x180 degree panorama you can stick in a VR player (Yes, I got a new toy, a Nodal Ninja 3 MK II. I like to do this sort of thing (tmp url, may go away) :-)


That's just awesome.

Show us more, please :lol:

/Jonas


I'll fork off a thread when I have more (The old ones are crap, you don't want to see them *waves hand*)
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hamei
From over the rainbow
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.
Wrote the following at Dec. 7, 2012, 9:06 p.m...
A little weekend relaxation at jan-jaap's house ...

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