The collected works of guardian452 - Page 2

Come on guys, I said I wanted one, not that I just bought one after seeing this. Although Ian does make it look easy ;)
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no, you don't. Just recolor the red one.
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pentium wrote:
sybrfreq wrote: no, you don't. Just recolor the red one.

The logo is still on the front. ;)


D'OH!
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it's about time :twisted: I guess we can say sgi is dead now, no more limping along on life support.
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Hehe. I just figured out the wnole remote X thing today. :mrgreen:

I've yet to get the fonts going (as you can see) but why is the picture off in the system manager ? I thought those were bitmaps:

Could it be related to your garbled fonts in the toolchest?

Edit: I was just informed that it could also be a cygwin problem. Too bad the machine has gone back into GNDN mode for the week, or I would test with something else.
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yay! my octane is world famous! ^_^
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I follow this procedure, works for me.

http://knorretje.hku.nl/wiki/irix/clone_system_disk

(^^perhaps a good wiki candidate^^)

Root dsk - 36gig on ID 1 controller 0
"clone"backup dsk - 9 gig on ID 2 controller 0


you are sure it will all fit?
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mapesdhs wrote: Surely it makes sense to get the single CPU efficiency sorted out first before trying to go parallel? At least, that's what a Cray guy once told me about this sort of thing.


I would think (as a layman ;) ) that it would be better to just throw more processors at the problem than try and hack up the code for better single processor speed, considering today's (and yesterday's) multi-core machines and that the speed losses came as a cost of more features.
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mapesdhs wrote: IMO that idea is a microcosm of why the world's going right down the toilet... :}

OK, yeah, but surely they've figured out the efficiency thing by now? If it was such a big deal eventually the project would split and we would have blender and mixer and scrambler and one would be feature rich, one would be fast, and one would be multithreaded.

as you mentioned previously:

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2.44      06:37.37
2.45      07:21.19
2.43      07:45.19
2.42a     08:41.00
2.40      09:33.73
2.41      10:02.82

it's not like they are getting slower and slower, I think at 2.44 they just had a big push for speed.

Come on guys, I thought the idea of all this sort of thing was to write good code, not just any-old-code-will-do...

The trend nowadays is to write code in higher and higher and higher level languages, let visual studio do all your heavy lifting, then piss off work early for a couple of rounds of whatever.

I say get the basic rendering system working well first, then think about threading it out. As it stands, what we have right
now is a build that means a dual-300 Octane is no better than a single-400 Octane. Not good IMO.

Wouldn't that mean that the threading aspects of the program need to be worked on?

By definition (I would have thought) any extra efficiency in the code will automatically be passed on to all threads when running on multiple cores. That's a major saving in time, energy & hence money.

Yes but you have to think about where to pull the speed from... it's not like blender is just lumbering down the road at half throttle, it's been coded and tested and whatever else and it's running at full speed as is. To pass a car on the interstate you just step on the gas... but this is a race and everybody is already going full speed.

Then again, it's amazing how such seemingly teeny changes can give huge speed boosts.

People often moan about MS apps getting all bloaty. We should be on our guard against freeware sw going the same way.

Nobody's forcing me to use newer versions of anything. I'm the crotchety old man with regards to new versions of things. I'd go broke if I had to always buy new hardware to keep up with the latest versions of software, and the new versions are always slower and harder to use. When I do buy new hardware, my old software goes wayfast on it.
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interesting, how does it like the 4 rm6 boards? Most docs say you can only have two in a deskside due to power/cooling requirements.

er... mind the date...
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recondas wrote:
pentium wrote:
OMG! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!! AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! HELP ME!!!!!!

Thought for a minute one of maxsleg's girls from Roppongi Hills got to you.....
:D
rofflecopter :mrgreen: omg, I just got stuff up my nose.

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I quite like the one from http://www.deckkeyboards.com

the only disadvantage is there is no number pad, and also the oddball placement of the ~ key. They have full-size ones now, unfortunately I already promised myself this would be the last keyboard I buy :roll:

ps: It's not really that quiet, much quieter than the M keyboard though.
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SAQ wrote: More measured expositions of how ElectroPaint reminds you of autumn leaves in a windstorm!


electrons flashing
square leaves twirl, edges alight
oops I bumped the mouse
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I know my octane cost just north of $60000 in early 1997 with dual 195, MXI, 4gb disc, 128 mb ram, and all the fixin's.

No idea how much the memory upgrade to 1gb cost in 2001 though...
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foetz wrote: best kb i've ever used is the granite sgi.
touch, contact point, quality ... you name it. top-notch in every aspect.


I have the kind that has the extra 2 inches of plastic above the function keys (I believe it is the kind that came with the indigo2 and indy), it is alright but not nearly as good as the slimmer ones at school (which I believe came with the o2/octane era machines)... those are AMAZING!

Not too soft and have some sort of possitive feedback and weight due to them still having some metal in them.

my personal favorite is the compaq KUS0060, I think I've mentioned this elsewhere. great feel except it has a useless credit card scanner in the side. I believe this is similar to what you are talking about, they are a membrane keyboard but have a thick steel plate in the bottom. very quiet.

still would recommend the deckkeyboards.com but you should really try one out in person because they feel so different.
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ok my v6 showed up tonite and appears to be working fine, but I forget how to go about upgrading the OS to handle it. IIRC there was a how-to but I can't find it now...

also I read here I need a minimum xbow rev of 1.3 but mine is 1.2; since it says that MXI also needs 1.3 I suppose I can ignore this? It runs fine with the old mxi and so far the new v6.
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I figured it might be easier with a clean install, which is something I've been meaning to do for a while now anyway since a bit of file system corruption....

Though I really haven't had time to fool with it tonight, I presume step one is to put the MXI back in for now to get it to boot the OS again. Although, should it be able to boot in single user mode without graphics drivers? Because it hangs at the prom screen (could be related to the aforementioned fs problems)
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I wound up doing a fresh install, as I didn't have the proper overlay cds to upgrade my current installation.
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I have a thinkpad x40... similar form factor. Only problem is, the battery is 5 years old now so a charge only lasts for 2 hours or so (having to carry around a power brick kind of puts a snag in the whole 2.5 pound laptop thing). I suppose I could hackintosh it if I wanted...


I almost got one of the 12" G4's but couldn't find one at a decent price at the time. If you can get a good deal on one (say, <$300) I say go for it.

although, if you need such a small computer to carry around everywhere you go, maybe you should reconsider your life. ;)
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What is wrong with a commercial request? Businesses have to put up with computers, too!

I've never used smoke before so I can't help... :( I wouldn't know where to begin other than 'check the cables'.
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Maybe you can take it to a photo place and ask them to read it. Microdrives were popular with digital cameras for a while.
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I think I've posted in one of these threads before but my stuff gets moved around so much it is likely completely different by now...

if you look closely you can see my super-high-tech 1600sw monitor leveling system (ball point pen):
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here is the other desk where you can see the console for the octane however ATM the keyboard and mouse (and that junky white monitor) are hooked up to my alpha as I'm in the mood for a bit of NT4 spelunking...

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zackwatt wrote: OMG. Poor ThinkPad.


a pentium4 laptop, I'd do far worse... those things started at 7 pounds, were dog slow when new, and had a battery life of about 15 minutes.
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my pentiumM ul-v does pretty good in my thinkpad, certainly just as fast as a pentium4, half the clock speed, a tenth the power consumption, and a few years older.

having a 14 inch screen would be nice though, not sure I want to be carrying it around!
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ajerimez wrote: I'm still using XP, having avoided Vista at all costs. I also prefer the old gray Win2k-style interface, which, ironically, looks more like OS X than Vista or 7 do, and leaves more system resources free for things I actually care about.
I like the artwork and interface in 7, it is very polished. Everything from the bootsplash to the wallpaper looks very well done, if you don't like aero you can disable it. But, I like it. Also includes desktop gadgets and other "yeeesh!" things.

ajerimez wrote: What are the advantages of 7 over XP? What will it let me do that I can't already do in XP?
I upgraded because of hardware compatibility. But all of the system tools have been upgraded in windows 7, everything just seems easier. It is probably the most mac-like experience you will get from windows. I'm using all the included drivers, didn't have to download anything from amd or nvidia to get my graphics or chipset working.


ajerimez wrote: Most of the answers online seem to take the position that it's new, so it must be better. If this article is any indication
Try it for yourself and see what you think. Of course, if you like XP then keep using it. There's always headaches when installing a new operating system, or even reinstalling the same one.


ajerimez wrote: 7 is generally slower than XP, especially in OpenGL, so hopefully it offers some compelling new features to justify its existence.
I haven't noticed this. Specifically, I play unreal tournament 3, with the settings turned all the way up at 1600x1024, on XP x64 I would get maybe 35-45 FPS and 25ms latency (with a local server). With 7, it's gone up to 60-75 fps and 10ms lag. Here I point out that in order to get the game to run at all, I had to install a patch which probably helped out a bit in the speed department as well.
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josehill wrote: Even on Vista you could turn off most of the crap and get a reasonably Win2k-like experience, even if it took a lot of work to do so.


maybe if you want a win2k-like experience, you should be using win2k ;) For better or worse, microsoft has made something different. Nobody says you must change, if you want to continue using ms-dos 6.22 then go right ahead...

milatchi wrote: Windows 2000 was so good usability-wise. What happened?

every version of an operating system that has been released has been more complex than the last. For example, in dos if you want to run a text editor, you just type in 'edit', and you have an editor. When windows came out, suddenly you had to look through menus for the editor program. eventually there were more and more menus, and multiple programs that do the same thing. Later yet came menus of menus, and now they are in 3d.

There is always more and more programs and tools in the system, and they are always thinking of new ways to organise them. If you don't like the new system of organisation, continue using the old way until there is a new new way, and try that.

The old taskbar in it's theory of operation has been unchanged since windows 95. Nice to see microsoft try something different. Even if it's only slightly different and the mac has had something similar for eons.
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where did you get that conductive antistatic carpet and sofa? That would come in handy, especially for wintertime.
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I'd keep the machine and share the graphics between the 4D and Crimson.
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mapesdhs wrote:
hamei wrote: There's no room for discussion, Ford GT.


Nah, I'd rather have a Veyron any day. GT is waaaay too slow. ;D

Ian.


2nd generation mazda rx7 for me... in white (of course), not turbocharged... fun and unique.

I have no desire for your bleaurgh supercars.
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you are thinking of a marveolus software called synergy... there is a mac version and irix version in nekoware.
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uridium wrote: I have a Dingoo A320. 360mhz MIPS32+MDMX goodness. Open hardware based and tiny. :) Runs FLAC, Mp3, homebrew software, GNU/Larnicks, avi, mpeg, .mp4. Rocks my world for $80 worth of hardware. Get some! It has a full MMU unlike PSP. Awww. Also more mhz.


but does it have gran turismo?
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nice to see all those little blanking spots filled with useful toys :D

oh man, I'm getting a headache looking at that :)

added: I'm not sure if it would be able to get my heart racing quite like a loaded onyx deskside though ;)
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yeah, though I said onyx and not onyx 2. Still puts a smile on your face. With the onyx there's always that little thought in the back of your mind that the thing will blow up in your face as soon as you turn the key :P
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two of these, both with multilink, were on ebay ending on saturday. one ended for $50 and one ended for $6.50 - neither one met reserve, but that shows there's not much demand for these bad boys right now. I might have to get a second one to dual-screen. (I thought mine was a good deal at $200. I still think it was actually, compared to the kind of monitor you could buy at costco for $200)


http://cgi.ebay.com/Silicon-Graphics-16 ... 2c513c2506
http://cgi.ebay.com/Silicon-Graphics-16 ... 2c513c344b
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ajerimez wrote: I think they run native in excess of 100 DPI, which makes text really tiny.


Two reasons why I didn't bid on them:
-I was at work from 9AM saturday to 2AM sunday, and I have awful luck with ebay auctions.
-what you just said. but at that price it is really a buyers' market, and breathtaking pictures, games, and videos more than make up for the tiny-text problem.
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maybe it's just me.

I just installed neko_glut-3.7p25.tardist

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chaos 4% ./chromawaves
1383:./chromawaves: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully map soname 'libglut.s
o' under any of the filenames /usr/lib32/libglut.so:/usr/lib32/internal/libglut.
so:/lib32/libglut.so:/opt/lib32/libglut.so:/usr/lib32/libglut.so.1:/usr/lib32/in
ternal/libglut.so.1:/lib32/libglut.so.1:/opt/lib32/libglut.so.1:

running fixpath didn't fix it
I linked /usr/lib32/libglut.so to /usr/nekoware/lib/libglut.so which was probably a terrible idea, but I'm certainly no unix expert and it worked. It works great, actually. Maybe in the new version it can look for libglut.so in /usr/nekoware/lib/? or is it supposed to do that and my system is slightly fubared?
Another nekochan member helped me via PM. It's a common problem, the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH, mine was empty for some reason.

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I got one of these, there's lots of fun stuff on here... still 5 or 6 left.

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Did you ever try and run 4RM6s with just two 303 power boards? It should be possible as that would put out the same 3.3V amperage as two 2x305 boards. Of course you lose the surplus 5V power for the VME slots...

Also, I am guessing you are running 240V?
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update: more memory (thanks archaic!)

Code:
Aldebaran 9# hinv -vm
CPU Board at Slot 2: (Enabled)
Processor 0 at Slot 2/Slice 0: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 1 at Slot 2/Slice 1: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 2 at Slot 2/Slice 2: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 3 at Slot 2/Slice 3: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.5
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.5
Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes, 2-way interleaved
MC3 Memory Board at Slot 1: 2048 MB of memory (Enabled)
Bank A contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank B contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank C contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank D contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank E contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank F contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank G contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank H contains 64 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C95A, single ended, revision 0
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
CDROM: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
Tape drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0: 8mm(8500) cartridge
Tape drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0: DAT
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C95A, differential, revision 0
Integral EPC serial ports: 4
Integral EPC parallel port: Ebus slot 3
Graphics board: InfiniteReality
Integral Ethernet controller: et0, Ebus slot 3
I/O board, Ebus slot 3: IO4 revision 1
VME bus: adapter 13
VME bus: adapter 0 mapped to adapter 13
EPC external interrupts


also, the graphics work now :)

Code:
Aldebaran 34# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
Graphics board 0 is "KONAS" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
Display has 2 channels
4 GEs (of 4), occmask = 0x0f
4MB external BEF ram, 32bit path
1 RM6 board (of 1) 1/0/0/0
Texture Memory: 16MB/-/-/-
Medium pixel depth
32K cmap
Sirius video option detected
Channel 0:
Origin = (0,0)
Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60.vfo)
Channel 1:
Channel's Source Size: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines; Origin = (0,0)
Video Output: 640 pixels, 486 lines, 29.97Hz (640x486_30i.vfo)

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