Nekonomicon - Last IRIX release showing photo of an actual computer in System Manager

dukzcry
From Russia
Who joined June 14, 2009, 11:53 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 3:10 a.m...

Anyone remember which was the last IRIX release presenting photo of a computer it runs on in System Manager?

5.3 definitely did this:

Maybe 6.2 too?

I know that at least with 6.5.0 it started to look boring:

Thanks for the answer!

jan-jaap
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From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 4:44 a.m...

I think IRIX 6.3 introduced the 'new' System Manager. Which make 6.2 the last with the old one.

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hamei
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Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 5:16 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote: I think IRIX 6.3 introduced the 'new' System Manager. Which make 6.2 the last with the old one.

I think the graphics of the newer system manager also changed about 6.5.15 ? Originally it was sort of a Victorian look, then it went more colorful and less formal. But they didn't change anything else to match, so the interface became sort of a mish-mash

The time has come for someone to put his foot down ...

jan-jaap
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Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 7:15 a.m...

hamei wrote: I think the graphics of the newer system manager also changed about 6.5.15 ? Originally it was sort of a Victorian look, then it went more colorful and less formal. But they didn't change anything else to match, so the interface became sort of a mish-mash

I think under the hood it's just an HTML widget, so changing the look probably wasn't too hard

Originally it looked like this: http://www.sgistuff.net/software/irixin ... 5-img3.gif

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SAQ
From Renton, WA
Who joined July 19, 2006, 8:37 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 7:21 a.m...

Gotta love the backwards "y" - probably the worst thing in the whole SGI font. What were they thinking? Yes, it "matches" the G better, but there's a big market difference between SGI and Toys R' Us.

"Brakes??? What Brakes???"

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dukzcry
From Russia
Who joined June 14, 2009, 11:53 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 8:17 a.m...

BTW, forgot that there was also a cool CPU dialog here

hamei wrote:

jan-jaap wrote: I think the graphics of the newer system manager also changed about 6.5.15 ?

Yep. Noticed this after 6.5.0 -> 6.5.22 update.

foetz
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Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 8:32 a.m...

dukzcry wrote: Maybe 6.2 too?

yes, the one you're looking for has been introduced with irix 5 and shipped with 6.2 for the last time.

I know that at least with 6.5.0 it started to look boring:

yes the 6.5.0 system manager looks different but this screen shot doesn't show 6.5.0

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dukzcry
From Russia
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Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 8:54 a.m...

foetz wrote: but this screen shot doesn't show 6.5.0

Ok, replaced it with the screen provided by jan-jaap

kjaer
From Seattle, WA
Who joined May 7, 2008, 7:47 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2015, 10:06 a.m...

SAQ wrote: Gotta love the backwards "y" - probably the worst thing in the whole SGI font. What were they thinking? Yes, it "matches" the G better, but there's a big market difference between SGI and Toys R' Us.

I'm not sure what makes you think the "y" is backwards...?

SAQ
From Renton, WA
Who joined July 19, 2006, 8:37 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 7:19 a.m...

kjaer wrote:

SAQ wrote: Gotta love the backwards "y" - probably the worst thing in the whole SGI font. What were they thinking? Yes, it "matches" the G better, but there's a big market difference between SGI and Toys R' Us.

I'm not sure what makes you think the "y" is backwards...?

Don't have a SGI with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that in the "new new" System Manager with the "SGI font" (6.5.14+) the y in System has the tail pointing to the right.

"Brakes??? What Brakes???"

:Indigo:

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diegel
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 1:14 p.m...

SAQ wrote: Don't have a SGI with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that in the "new new" System Manager with the "SGI font" (6.5.14+) the y in System has the tail pointing to the right.

I never noticed, but it looks like this:

commodorejohn
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 1:30 p.m...

Looks like they were trying to be clever and turn the Y into a rotated lambda?

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robespierre
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m...

That's giving them too much credit... that was simply the "new corporate font" they commissioned from Ideo in 1999.

commodorejohn
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 3:30 p.m...

Ah.

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kjaer
From Seattle, WA
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2015, 11:15 p.m...

Yikes. I hadn't seen that before; that is indeed awful.

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Last IRIX release showing photo of an actual computer in System Manager