Flash from the past - captured IRIX 5.3 wallpaper "Twilight"
IRIX and Software
Twilight - hot stuff in '92
Very nice
I actually made some gradients in gimp to kinda emulate that look, lol, but with no stars...that wouldn't be hard to fix though.
I actually made some gradients in gimp to kinda emulate that look, lol, but with no stars...that wouldn't be hard to fix though.
ok - but isn't this still included with irix 6.5 as a wallpaper? i thought i've seen it a few years ago, same with the rotating cube, cpu eater or what it was called.
GIJoe wrote: ok - but isn't this still included with irix 6.5 as a wallpaper? i thought i've seen it a few years ago, same with the rotating cube, cpu eater or what it was called.
Still available, at least in my 6.5.28 dist
cheg wrote: IRIX 5.3 wallpaper "Twilight"
Thanks.
I had the default colored Scatter background from IRIX as the Wallpaper onmy Windows box at work for a while last year. Might be a good idea for me to start collecting IRIX backgrounds for other platforms. Or maybe I'll just wait for the MaXX Interactive Desktop.
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check 0:33 in the video in the article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/chi ... story.html
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nice find
SGI - the legend will never die!!
Looks like hamei will no longer need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.toxygen wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/chinese-hack-us-weather-systems-satellite-network/2014/11/12/bef1206a-68e9-11e4-b053-65cea7903f2e_story.html
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Welcome to ARMLand - 0/0x0d00
running...(sherwood-root 0607201829)
* InfiniteReality/Reality Software, IRIX 6.5 Release *
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Welcome to ARMLand - 0/0x0d00
running...(sherwood-root 0607201829)
* InfiniteReality/Reality Software, IRIX 6.5 Release *
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toxygen wrote: :) check 0:33 in the video in the article http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/chi ... story.html
How the heck did you spot that in the 1 second it was on the screen?
Presumably it's a Windows 8 take on the original 4DWm classic, source code from 1992 attached for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
vishnu wrote: Presumably it's a Windows 8 take on the original 4DWm classic, source code from 1992 attached for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Not necessarily. There were a lot of high end, IRIX-based weather analysis and visualization systems out in the wild. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that a government agency like NOAA would still be running some of them.
vishnu wrote:toxygen wrote: :) check 0:33 in the video in the article http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/chi ... story.html
How the heck did you spot that in the 1 second it was on the screen?
I do not know about others, but when I see stuff on displays in videos like that, I have this urge to identify what system and applications it is running
maybe some anecdote you will appreciate, I was watching some russian reportage on satellites which was shot in military satellite communication complex and boom, there it was, orbit data for american secret spy satellite
i might try to find the link, if you are interested
vishnu wrote: Presumably it's a Windows 8 take on the original 4DWm classic, source code from 1992 attached for everyone's viewing pleasure.
I tend to agree with josehill here. In satellite control business it's normal to run old systems because it's cost effective (no need for sw rewrite - nasa still keeps some old sun workstation to process voyager data)
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here we go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... B53Q89vOIw
check 2:05
I bet it was intentional, because only selected satellites are displayed.
2001044001 = USA-161
some info about that satellite: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2011/09/ ... -with.html or just google it
orbit data for satellites like this are pretty valuable asset to nations which do not have ability to monitor the whole skies (which is like everyone except g8)
check 2:05
I bet it was intentional, because only selected satellites are displayed.
2001044001 = USA-161
some info about that satellite: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2011/09/ ... -with.html or just google it
orbit data for satellites like this are pretty valuable asset to nations which do not have ability to monitor the whole skies (which is like everyone except g8)
vishnu wrote: source code from 1992 attached for everyone's viewing pleasure
they had stdbool.h in 1992
foetz wrote: they had stdbool.h in 1992
Nope.
But I have a copy of the old info-iris archive on my FTP server: ftp://ftp.jurassic.nl/pub/info-iris/twilight.c
Dated 1992
To accentuate the special identity of the IRIS 4D/70, Silicon Graphics' designers selected a new color palette. The machine's coating blends dark grey, raspberry and beige colors into a pleasing harmony. ( IRIS 4D/70 Superworkstation Technical Report )
jan-jaap wrote:foetz wrote: they had stdbool.h in 1992
Nope.
But I have a copy of the old info-iris archive on my FTP server: ftp://ftp.jurassic.nl/pub/info-iris/twilight.c
Dated 1992
Not dramatically different:
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~$ diff Downloads/twilight.c src/c/twilight.c
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<
< #include <gl/gl.h>
< #include <gl/device.h>
---
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <GL/gl.h>
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<
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< void draw_background(float x, float y, Boolean rgb_mode);
---
> void draw_background(float x, float y, bool rgb_mode);
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< main()
---
> int main()
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< Boolean redraw_needed = FALSE;
< Boolean rgb_mode;
---
> bool redraw_needed = 0;
> bool rgb_mode;
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> return 0;
Project:
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...
Temporarily lost at sea...
Plan:
World domination! Or something...