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SPSDOD
From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of Installing & booting IRIX from Compact Flash (CF-IDE-SCSI) at Oct. 9, 2011, 3:22 p.m...

Using a Compact Flash card adapted to IDE adapted to 50-pin SCSI for installing and booting IRIX on an older IRIS (PI or Indigo).
I notice the classic Mac enthusiasts are trying this: here and here .
Anyone tried it? Any technical reasons it wouldn't work with IRIX?

I know the classic Mac OS is a lot smaller, a lot less demanding, and a lot more forgiving than IRIX.

SPSDOD
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.
and authored 12 notes

Wrote on the subject of sgixdoom... where is it? at Aug. 4, 2013, 2:08 p.m...

Remember to configure your keyboard controls for DOOM by making a .doomrc file in your home directory:

Code:

mouse_sensitivity      5

sfx_volume      8

music_volume      8

show_messages      1

key_right      174

key_left      172

key_up      119

key_down      115

key_strafeleft      97

key_straferight      100

key_fire      157

key_use      101

key_strafe      184

key_speed      182

sndserver      "sndserver"

mb_used              2

use_mouse      0

mouseb_fire      0

mouseb_strafe      1

mouseb_forward      2

use_joystick      0

joyb_fire              0

joyb_strafe      1

joyb_use              3

joyb_speed      2

screenblocks      9

detaillevel      0

snd_channels      3

usegamma      0

chatmacro0      "No"

chatmacro1      "I'm ready to kick butt!"

chatmacro2      "I'm OK."

chatmacro3      "I'm not looking too good!"

chatmacro4      "Help!"

chatmacro5      "You suck!"

chatmacro6      "Next time, scumbag..."

chatmacro7      "Come here!"

chatmacro8      "I'll take care of it."

chatmacro9      "Yes"

_________________

SPSDOD
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From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of Has anyone see this EBay posting? at Aug. 27, 2013, 7:09 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote: If the scrap value of an Onyx2 is > $300 then there must be more gold in my computer systems than in my wife's jewelry box

leaknoil wrote: Not a chance that is worth $300 in scrap. Maybe $30.

Sounds right. When I had to scrap my Onyx Deskside (RE²) I got $8 or $10.
It had a bad Dallas chip, pinstripe of death, and then the graphics gave out completely -- serial console still worked.

SPSDOD
From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of Looking for an SGI 230/330 case at Jan. 23, 2015, 4:54 p.m...

Dude, if I can get a new PC case. I will send you my 230 case for shipping cost.

SPSDOD
From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of Looking for an SGI 230/330 case at Feb. 10, 2015, 7:48 p.m...

Sean4000 wrote: Pm sent

Case sent. ETA, two days.

SPSDOD
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Wrote on the subject of PayPal Donation Link Added (plugin requires Prosilver theme) at Sept. 22, 2015, 7:27 a.m...

Donation made. 8-)

I would hate to lose the site. Nekochan Net and nekonoko have been great.
Without this site I would have never been able to get my Personal Iris, Indigo, and Indy up and running again.

SPSDOD
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From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of I bought a thing and now my money is gone at Dec. 28, 2015, 10:56 a.m...

Very nice MrBill. Very nice.

SPSDOD
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From Birmingham, AL
Who joined Dec. 6, 2010, 6:43 p.m.

Wrote on the subject of What Apple hardware do we have? at March 28, 2016, 6:46 a.m...

f10d4 wrote: What Apple hardware do we have?

Mac Classic with 4MB of RAM, external 100Mb hard drive, and Apple 600e CD-ROM drive. I use it as a terminal for my IRIS systems (serial connection) if they're broken. It runs OS 7.5.3

B&W PowerMac G3 with 1.5GB of RAM and a couple of 20GB hard disks. It dual boots Mac OS X 10.3 and Mac OS 9.2.2. I find myself partial to the case design and color. On the 9.2.2. side it has a lot of old Mac games. 10.3 runs well on it. I also consider 10.3 the first version of OS X that was responsive enough for serious work to be done.

SPSDOD
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From Birmingham, AL
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Wrote on the subject of Exodus 24: and I will give thee tablets of... at April 8, 2016, 12:43 p.m...

Exodus 24: "and I will give thee tablets of" IRIS Super Workstation Course Material!

Dated 1987, for the Silicon Graphics IRIS Superworkstation (IRIS-4D/60).
I got these a couple of weeks ago and have recently started looking through them.
One interesting fact so far, it appears the IRIS-4D series was to be referred to as the "IRIS Series 5000" as late as 1987. I guess SGI settled on IRIS-4D over IRIS Series 5000 before March of 1987.

I'll post more details from these as I move along.

SPSDOD
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Wrote on the subject of James Bond… at May 23, 2017, 6:46 p.m...

Live and Let Die was the first Bond movie I saw him in.