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cinenate35
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Who joined April 27, 2007, 10:14 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of 13w3 to vga won't work at Oct. 14, 2010, 10:09 a.m...
This is the best thread ever!

I have been using a CRT with SOG for 2 years because I had a "sun" adapter, I never knew there was a difference. Everything I read was SOG or TFB. This should be noted somewhere in a sticky post or something.

Thanks for the info guys! :mrgreen:
Nate

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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of iPad at Oct. 18, 2010, 12:43 p.m...
The hard core Mac guy that I am, I bought one when it first came out. But then sold it bit down the road.

It seems it would be a great product for someone that wasn't a hard core computer user that wanted a simple web access device. I found I only used it for checking email, surfing the web when I was chilling, and so on. It was great at what it did....but I couldn't see spending that much cash on a portable web browser.

If you have a laptop and iPhone, you may not see the need (that was my issue). It's one of those things that either fits in your life, or is an extra thing you sometimes use. A good use is if you have the 3G one and no smart phone, will come in handy on the road, otherwise, kinda pointless if you have an iPhone.

But its defiantly a well build, stable, and well designed device. If there was a tablet to get, that would be the winner IMHO.
Nate

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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of What are the differences between the XT-HD vs. DG5/TVO? at Oct. 22, 2010, 10:07 a.m...
Hey Guys,

So I was trying to make a 30 second short animation, and it turned out to be a huge project. I had 30 stills in JPEG and SGI IMAGE format that I created in photoshop with a Wacom. I wanted to arrange them, set how long they are displayed, add some audio, and export. Perfect tool you would say is IRIX's built in MovieMaker. It worked great until it got up to about 25 images with audio and would crash, every time. Ok, fine, so I tried Adobe Premiere, FAIL, it crashed loading a single image, and then I figured I would try ShotMaker (supposedly a re-written MovieMaker), it would seem they removed still image support for some reason. So needless to say, that wasn't an option. What I ended up doing was arranging the images in MovieMaker, then exporting them as QuickTime, importing them into Premiere adding music, titles, and exporting them. But what a pain!!! I'm wondering I guess if there is a better way to arrange images for us as video. I am planning to do a much higher quality and larger project, this one was just messing around on a Thursday night as a proof of concept. I am using an :O2: at the moment, I was going to try the :Octane2: , but the drive took a crap the other night and I have to get IRIX on the new one still (don't have enough beer in the house to start the IRIX install..the first package dependency!). :lol:

Here is the end result just for lol's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHXS89ri3Y

Thank you!

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Nate

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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of What are the differences between the XT-HD vs. DG5/TVO? at Oct. 25, 2010, 12:32 p.m...
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Once you get the Octane2 up and running again, I wonder if you'll experience any of the same problems.

So after getting the octane up and running it seems that app (MovieMaker) works a little better. It does crash if you copy and paste images into the sequence though. The other issue it seems to have, even though the images are snapped together, when outputted, I get black frames in between some of the images. Kind of a pain.

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Nice little animation there!

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Heh, made me laugh.


glad you guys enjoyed the "just messing around test film"

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cinenate35
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Who joined April 27, 2007, 10:14 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Why didn't Doc Brown just distill the booze? at Oct. 27, 2010, 6:01 a.m...
The better question is why don't Doc and Marty get gasoline out of the other DeLorean that is in the Delgado Mine?
When Marty arrives in 1885 there should be 2 DeLoreans, one with burned up time circuits and the other with replacement components (vacuum tubes). The DeLorean in the mine should still have fuel in the tank, and if it's going to have to be towed in 1955 anyway (wheels rotted, etc.) then why not just take the fuel out of its tank?


I NEVER thought of that! But if they disturb it, it may affect time. If they put back one of the wooden boards wrong on the opening someone in the mine might see it instead of walking past, then the car is gone, vandalized, or in a government lab. You never know what the smallest change can do. Over a hundred years of sitting there, who knows who's been in there and if they tried to get in.
Nate

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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of What are the differences between the XT-HD vs. DG5/TVO? at Oct. 28, 2010, 5:42 p.m...
Thanks guys for the tips!

I will check out blender's NLE, I never knew it had one. And will defiantly take a look at shake.

Thanks for the help!!!!

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Nate

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:O2: :1600SW: o2, 200MHz, 448MB RAM A/V, 1600sw, 300 GB HD
cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of "New" SGI logo? at July 27, 2014, 7:09 p.m...
I don't get why they needed to change the logo in the first place. The original SGI font was much better. This new one looks like bland corporate rubbish. They need better designers I think.
Nate

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:O2: :1600SW: o2, 200MHz, 448MB RAM A/V, 1600sw, 300 GB HD
cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of "New" SGI logo? at July 28, 2014, 6:41 a.m...
Even the colors they use today stink. Old Sgi was good at selecting colors. Nobody else could pull off purple quite the same way! While I am greatful that the brand has survived...I with they had the same designers and creative people. I don't even want to think about how much money was spent coming up with the original logo and font....and now it's in the trash.
Nate

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:O2: :1600SW: o2, 200MHz, 448MB RAM A/V, 1600sw, 300 GB HD
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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of DM3 / DM5 LVDS cable pinout at Sept. 6, 2014, 9:27 a.m...
Hello everyone!

Did the pinout ever become discovered? Has anyone tried the non-sgi cables mentioned?

Thanks!
Nate

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:O2: :1600SW: o2, 200MHz, 448MB RAM A/V, 1600sw, 300 GB HD
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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of DM3 / DM5 LVDS cable pinout at Sept. 6, 2014, 1:03 p.m...
That's great! Thanks!

Question. The wiki articles says:
The LVDS cables used to connect these cards to a VBOB use a 26-position male-to-male Centronics "Mini D Ribbon" or MDR. They are sometimes referred to as an MDR-26. In addition to the SGI parts, 3M part number 14526-EZ5B-050-02C (0.5 meters) can be used .


So my question is, why do the pinouts seem different between what was tested and the 3M version. If you look at the PDF Specifications for the 3M cable the pinout looks different. Maybe I am missing something here.

Thank you!

Edit: Looks like you beat me to my own question!
Nate

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:O2: :1600SW: o2, 200MHz, 448MB RAM A/V, 1600sw, 300 GB HD
cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of Avid Cinema Film at Sept. 17, 2016, 8:42 a.m...
Hi Folks,

I made a video a while back about a long forgotten product...maybe you vintage computer enthusiasts might enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6HwrM8llsQ
Nate


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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of Avid Cinema Film at Sept. 18, 2016, 6:34 a.m...
pentium wrote: So this was basically the Apple Video system but with an extra hardware Codec card and Avid Cinema instead of Avid Videoshop

Correct. The Apple TV/Video System has a port inside that allows it todirectly connect to a video device. So the AVID card actually did the compression and capture, as well as the output. The AVID card was neat because it had a video out that was content specific and not just a 640x480 display output like the Presentation System. Only AVID Cinema could usethe card. It was really a great product.
Nate


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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of Design Decisions for the Indigo 2 and Indy at Sept. 22, 2016, 5:17 a.m...
uunix wrote: If you designed a new SGI MIPS box, how would it look, and what colour would it be?

I think the next logical color is orange. A very refined and carful orange. The shape would have to be very compact and unique.

But we all know if you want to sell tech today its gold, rose gold, silver, and gray. A very dull time for tech.
Nate


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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of PowerPC Macs - Are They Still Useful? at March 10, 2017, 12:11 p.m...
hamei wrote: I can't stand this. What the fuck is wrong with you people ? "What can I do with a G5 ?"

Well, you could spend thirty seconds with your favorite search engine and find several thousand programs that run great on a G5. You know, little-known ones like PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Mickeysoft Word ... well hell, just about nothing, I guess. May as well throw it away, can't possibly do any kind of useful work on anything less than 64 gbytes of memory and a 16-core 5 ghz cpu. I mean, like your work is so demanding . I guess your after-hours job is doing cfd for Hyundai's shipbuilding division, down there in mum's basement. Right after you finish that free-energy magno-hepadynetic clostromotron that will power the planet on a single cup of peanut butter.

Oh wait ! I have an idea ! Let's put Loonix on it ! Loonix, the operating system that survives on one, count 'em ONE (semi) functional program ! Woo-hoo babe, now we're cookin' with gas ! Penis hard as a rock, stroke faster ! Squeeze harder ! Ooh ooh !

Shee-it. This is retarded. There is no consumer software, none, that actually needs or uses anything more capable than a G5. If this is your answer to "what can I do with a g5" then maybe you guys should get a job waxing cars. Maybe you could handle that.

:lol: That is the best thing I've read all year.
Nate


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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx R10k IR deskside on the 'Bay at July 9, 2017, 2:19 a.m...
Where is this Onyx? Didn't see anything in my eBay alerts. Haven't seen an Onyx in a looooong time.
Nate


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cinenate35
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx R10k IR deskside on the 'Bay at July 9, 2017, 3:51 a.m...
Irinikus wrote: Make use of eBay's Global Search and you will see it.

Here is a screenshot of the listing.

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Thanks. I'm in the US so it should have shown up when I searched for "SGI Onyx" but did not. When I searched "SGI Onyx 10000" it showed up. I think eBays iPhone app is broken. I've noticed lately that when I am looking in search results I often see duplicates of the same item several times.
Nate


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