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Wrote on the subject of Indigo2 installation problems at May 16, 2010, 9:31 a.m...

Thanks for the answers. I read up on the links from recondas post and my problem was indeed the "junk" on the disk. By following the instructions on Ian's page allowed me to repartition the disk (just like sybfreq describes) and do an install (actually it is running right now)

I ran into a snag, I got the same error as in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15190

When I booted the 6.5.22 installation tools CD. I then switched to a 6.5 1998 June Install CD and it worked like a charm. I thought the Indigo2 with R4400 should be able to run 6.5.22? Do I need to boot a specific version of sash (i.e. not the one that ends in 64) for that to work ?

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Wrote on the subject of Looking for P-Bricks at May 16, 2010, 9:36 a.m...

Oh, if I ever find a Crimson, can I have one of your fronts?

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Wrote on the subject of Any other pizza box fans out there? My SS20.. at May 16, 2010, 9:38 a.m...

They are nice! I like both their look and clever insides. I gave away _bunch_ of SSs but I keep one SS20 which is waiting for some love.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 1, 2010, 5:45 a.m...

smj wrote:

I haven't been near a Crimson in a long time, but as I recall the 3130 was taller. :Octane:

Hooray! Good work. I can verify that the 3130 is taller than the Onyx deskside at least. You can compare them on these pictures:

http://www.update.uu.se/~jeppe/bilder/pontus_maskinrum/

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 1, 2010, 7:53 a.m...

pentium wrote:

I should of asked SAQ for a chance to see what his Onyx compared to in size to his IRIS. I was there last week.

Edit:
I just saw that link. Holy crap your hardware is nicely aranged there Pontus.

Thank you

Me and my girlfriend worked hard to organize it and I made sure to take some pictures before it returned to its normal state of chaos

. Well, it is not that chaotic but I have gotten some more stuff now that occupy the empty floorspace in the pictures.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 1, 2010, 1:01 p.m...

smj wrote:

Pontus wrote: You can compare them on these pictures:
http://www.update.uu.se/~jeppe/bilder/pontus_maskinrum/

A very impressive job of arranging! And I love the fisheye view from outside the window...

Can you tell me what it says on the DEC masthead next to the |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| logo? I can't quite make it out, almost looks like "gamma11" to me. Just curious.

Thank you. It is actually a fisheye view from the inside of the window

Yes, it says gamma11, it is a version of RT11 specialized for some kind of visual x-ray application. I also have the PDP-11/34 with UNIBUS graphics (O_O). I'm unsure if I have gamma11, I got a lot of disk packs with the system, but have been unable to read them as of yet.

And, again, thanks for the 3130 signature icon!

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Wrote on the subject of Is there something I'm missing about PDF files? at June 2, 2010, 6:36 a.m...

I just noted the same while reading up on the Tezro and VW. It would be neat to be able to choose layers.

Perhaps one should extract the data and learn to hack <canvas>

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Pontus
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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 2, 2010, 2:14 p.m...

smj wrote: Wow - how wide is that lens?

8mm

smj wrote: Nifty! Have you identified the UNIBUS graphics board yet? If it were Qbus I'd be wondering about Matrox, but for UNIBUS I've no clue.

Er - and if there's a different thread elsewhere, I'll take my questions there. Or else I'll have to make another icon to bring this back on-topic...

I think it is called VTV or VMV and is a digital product. I'm unsure If I have all boards unfortunately.

kshuff wrote: That VAX and PDP11 remind me of mine, I miss them I have some pictures in my environments gallery of them. What are you running on the VAX?

The Vax 11/750 needs repairs and the power supply scares the bejesus out of me. The microvax has both ultrix and vms installed.

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Wrote on the subject of Is there something I'm missing about PDF files? at June 4, 2010, 12:12 a.m...

theinonen wrote:

These vector images must have been made in some 3d-modelling software, as they could have been drawn much simpler in a 2d app and as such are not very suitable for editing.

For example if you look the picture below, you see that top of that Tezro case is made of 9 different shapes, when that same could have been achieved with only 3 shapes. And if you look at the bottom menu you see something like 8652 objects in the foreground. I believe it would take a superhuman effort to group all of those and put them to layers.

One method would be to put everything into a magnetic layer, and then use snaps to draw a simpler image on top of the old one.

I took a stab at the same image yesterday. I had no problem using Inkscape to separating the purple plastics into a layer of itself. Notice that all holes in the metal is a few shapes that need to be selected and moved.. those will take some time. Another approach that I might try is to edit the SVG as a textfile and group things by Z-order. It will take some trial and error but should be quicker.

I would do more, but I'm not sure what software should be used to view the result in a nice click-to-show-layer-x fashion.

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Pontus
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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 6, 2010, 10:54 a.m...

Neat!

Nekonoko already put a few non-sgi things in the icon set, I'm sure he won't mind putting these classics there!

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 7, 2010, 12:21 p.m...

nekonoko wrote:

Pontus wrote: Nekonoko already put a few non-sgi things in the icon set, I'm sure he won't mind putting these classics there!

Yep; not a problem - I've added all the new icons to the database.

Thank you! Already in my signature. Soon there will be no space left for text

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI icons at June 7, 2010, 9:43 p.m...

An Indigo with Elan door would be nice

If you need a reference I can fix that.

More of a technical question, would it be hard to make SVG's out of these from the photoshop format (PSD is it?) ?

Good work, you got some skills!

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI icons at June 8, 2010, 1:47 a.m...

modology wrote:

just show me the photo of Indigo with Eldan door. I will def need it for reference

This is the best one I found right now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macg4/413257109/

If you need better I can take a photo of the one I have at home. I'm uncertain if there was an Elan badge as well, but I have not seen one.

Edit: there was a badge http://www.sgizone.net/badges/ but was it used in together with the door, that seems redundant.

Edit 2: Nope, Either the door marking or badge, depending on CPU option (3000 -> door, 4000 -> badge)

modology wrote:

it's not easy to convert it to SVG since I made everything in Photoshop

I thought so, just curious

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 8, 2010, 2:44 a.m...

smj wrote:

hamei wrote: Hate to be a spoilsport but the white does not show up at all well on the light blue background. Reminds me of that famous painting "Black Cat Sitting in a Coal Mine at Midnight."

Yeah, I noticed this with the IRIS 3130 icon, and that's darker. But these cabinets were a pretty light cream color (before the sunlight got to 'em, anyway). I don't think an outline is going to look right. Any suggestions? Lots of gear that comes to mind is going to have the same issue...

Hmm, I did notice.. but I think we will have to live with it.

ramq wrote:

Pontus wrote: Thank you! Already in my signature. Soon there will be no space left for text

Speaking of which... How's my old DECsystem doing?

Just fine, I'm working on restoring some Amiga 500 and an Indigo 2 right now so it is not getting much attention. But it will come in handy when I need to read some RA disk. I'm hoping to save some data from RA82 disk which I will have to throw away afterwards... they are just _huge_

/P

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI icons at June 10, 2010, 1:24 a.m...

modology wrote:

enjoy!!

Notes: FIX THE HEIGHT!

Wow! You are good, and fast! I like it!

By the way, how do you want to license these images? I'm hoping for something like creative commons so I can use it on a web page or two.

Do you want more requests?

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Wrote on the subject of What did I do?! at June 10, 2010, 2:22 a.m...

Yikes! poor I2. I'm somewhat amazed that a bad hard drive could have caused this. I'll be following the thread with interest.

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI icons at June 10, 2010, 6:05 a.m...

Crimson Jurassic Classic

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo2, R4400 200MHz, 128MB, Extreme at June 13, 2010, 11:53 a.m...

Nice, I've just been giving my own Indigo2s some love and gave one away yesterday. hmm. better update the sig.

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Wrote on the subject of ES25 at June 13, 2010, 12:18 p.m...

Where did you find it? (only answer if you decide not to bid on it

It is a quite nice machine for 15$ I would go for it... but I have the space.

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Wrote on the subject of ES25 at June 13, 2010, 11:36 p.m...

I missed out

It went very cheap, about 60 dollars, Did you get it?

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI icons at June 14, 2010, 11:08 a.m...

Edit: Ooops! Wrong thread.

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Wrote on the subject of My SGI Coffee Mug Design... at June 14, 2010, 12:04 p.m...

nekonoko wrote:

I'd love to see a reissue/reproduction of the classic Crimson mug:

Was that official SGI swag?

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Pontus
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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 15, 2010, 12:11 a.m...

Here is my contribution, the PDP-8/e.

Also, I was wondering if I could use these icons on my own site? It's a great way to illustrate your collection.

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Pontus
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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at June 15, 2010, 8:49 a.m...

nekonoko wrote:

Pontus wrote: Here is my contribution, the PDP-8/e.

Also, I was wondering if I could use these icons on my own site? It's a great way to illustrate your collection.

Thanks, I've added it to the board. I don't personally have a problem with your using the icons elsewhere as long as the creators have no objections.

hmm I was afraid of that answer

pentium, sybfreq, smj, others(?) what do you think?

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Wrote on the subject of SeaMicro Atom "Bomb" at June 16, 2010, 11:15 p.m...

This looks pretty neat, reminds me of SiCortex but with x86. While SiCortex aimed for computing power SeaMicro aims for the server market where I/O is more important. It also reminds me of the SGI atom brick that never seamed to materialize. What do you think, is this the way to go green?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3768/seam ... nsumption/

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Wrote on the subject of Vintage Computer Festival in UK - (Now with added pics) at June 21, 2010, 11:13 p.m...

ramq wrote:

How cool is that?
Where is that musem? Just in case I get to go to the UK sometime...

I love that place! they have lots of _running_ hardware, such as the PDP-8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPioENtAHuY

It is in bletchley park, where Alan Turing made his fame! And if you don't know who Alan Turing is you better go read up or turn in your geek card!

Anyway, here is their homepage unless it has been mentioned in the thread.
http://www.tnmoc.org/

And if you want to see a Cray just like the one above, you are welcome to visit the Update computer club in Uppsala.

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Wrote on the subject of Vintage Computer Festival in UK - (Now with added pics) at June 22, 2010, 11:08 p.m...

sybrfreq wrote:

lol, is that an e-stop on top of the cray or just a hood ornament?

Also, do I see dials (of "dials and buttons" fame) in the picture with the ICL machines?

It's an emergency stop button, _real_ computers need them

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Wrote on the subject of New Sun at June 30, 2010, 3:25 a.m...

Oh, wow, that's some early sun gear right there! Tell us more!

Congratulations.

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Wrote on the subject of eBay UK Very cheap onyx at Aug. 23, 2010, 3:02 a.m...

Wow! short notice! (collect before 27th of august) Perhaps someone should notify TNMOC

If anyone wants two for free I can hook you up. Notice: Pick up only in linköping sweden. (I have advertised before)

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Wrote on the subject of eBay UK Very cheap onyx at Aug. 23, 2010, 11:29 p.m...

I sent a mail off to tnmoc.org, perhaps they care enough to get it.

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Pontus
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Wrote on the subject of Intel wants to charge you extra to unlock features at Sept. 20, 2010, 5:54 a.m...

I think it is all about the pricing. If I'm on a budget I could imagine buying a low-end CPU with the prospect of upgrading it when one of two things happens:

1) I get more money
2) The price of upgrading goes down (which I would expect it to do)

I'm currently considering upgrading my LGA775 CPU. The price/performance ratio is a bit high so it would be smarter to buy a newer motherboard, CPU and memory, but that's beyond my budget. Having the option of unlocking an extra core or the ability to overclock would be nice. I was very much on a budget when I bought the system so it fits the scenario I proposed above.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 7, 2010, 1:21 a.m...

smj wrote: Since there's been a spate of activity around Prisms recently, and I'm having an anti-social Saturday night, I whipped up a couple signature icons for the Prism line.

Cool! I think you managed to get the moiré pattern down pretty good!

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 8, 2010, 5:08 a.m...

ramq wrote: Wonderful!
Pity they never made it until Rusti got my Prism.

I've got leads on an Altix though...

Intriguing, lets hope it works out! Making a signature Icon shouldn't be so hard by using the prism as base.

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Wrote on the subject of What HP/DEC/Compaq do we have. at Nov. 9, 2010, 5:24 a.m...

Does things branded d|i|g|i|t|a|l count or are we only talking about later DEC stuff?

I have (what I remember now)

DEC AXP 5000 (model 400 or 500)
AlphaStation 200
AlphaStation 255
AlphaStation XP900
AlphaServer DS10
AlphaServer ES45

EDIT: I see we are doing digital stuff as well:

PDP-8/e (with TU56, PC04)
PDP-11/23, 11/34, 11/44 (with RL01, RL02, RX02)
VAX-11/750 (with RA81, RA72)
MicroVAX 3300, 3500, 3800 (With R215f disk expansions)
Vaxstation 2000, 3100, 4000/vlc, 4000/90 (with storage expansions)
DECsystem5500
DECstation 5000/150, 5000/120

People seem to have quite a bit of gear, perhaps we should setup a DECchan

(or just keep it here)

Edit: Ah, people also list terminals, I will too

vt125
vt220
vt320
vt420
vt510
DECserver 100

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Wrote on the subject of What HP/DEC/Compaq do we have. at Nov. 10, 2010, 6:24 a.m...

tgc99 wrote:

Associated hardware like VR299 monitor (x3), VRT19 monitor, VT520, VT420, VT240 (x2), a couple of expansion boxes, DECserver 200MC (x8) and a ton of LK201s.

That is a bunch of DECservers! Would you consider parting with one or two?

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel R14000 500MHz, 1GB at Nov. 23, 2010, 12:59 a.m...

Hi, welcome and Nice Machine!

Whereabouts in Uppsala are you? I live in Storvreta, but work "downtown".

mila wrote: Ops, then you actually have a friend close by in Bålsta about 50km SW, and that strange guy have a much poorer Indigo2 and a Origin200, and some 20 Suns...

What strange guy? Not me I hope, I gave away all my suns you know

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Wrote on the subject of Cute music video featuring the Indy at Nov. 25, 2010, 1:19 a.m...

Hi

Got this from a friend, a lovely music video with and Indy in lead role:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRF68UKTdb8

The nineties videos was the bomb

A cheesier decade is hard to find.

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Wrote on the subject of Cute music video featuring the Indy at Nov. 26, 2010, 12:06 a.m...

pentium wrote: Twenty bucks says the whole video was edited and composed on that Indy as well.

I would think so too

Their other videos seem to contain some 3D elements, likely from the Indy or similar.

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Wrote on the subject of PDP-11 flightsim at Nov. 30, 2010, 12:44 a.m...

Hi

This is absolutely awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DpcvY4aBk

This is from the Norwegian Cooperative Nordic Simulator Center(NSC). They acquired the flight sim in 2007 (or so) and have been working on restoring it. It's _awesome_ that they have gotten this far. Imagine getting all that hardware going! It is three PDP-11 cooperating!

I found the Zip-drive somewhat anachronistic and amusing.

Read more here:
http://www.dc10.no/
and here:
http://www.toomuchfs.com/2mfs/showdoc.php?dsn=493

I wonder how the graphics is generated, it looks way better than what a PDP-11 could render.

I'm not affiliated, but I want to take a trip to norway now

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Wrote on the subject of PDP-11 flightsim at Nov. 30, 2010, 3:13 a.m...

mila wrote: PDP11 did not have any graphic options what I can recall, it must be some custom equippent that does the video presentation.

The QBUS PDP-11 had pretty neat graphic options, both from DEC and third parties. The DEC one were raster graphics and where called VSV11. And I have a PDP-11/34 with a mysterious vector graphics called (I think) VMV something.

mila wrote: BTW, Pontus we should meet sometime I am very close to you since I am i Bålsta.

Definitely, I'll be more than happy do give you a tour of Updates premises and my own collection. December will be hectic for me, but we might squeeze something in. Or wait until next year.

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<- DECsystem 5500 :BA215:

<- MicroVAX 3300
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