I first heard of Silicon Graphics when Jurassic park premiered, reading an article in my local computer magazine. I was using an Amiga at that time, that I loved to program by reading code snippets in my mags... And also that UNIX-system in the movie seemed so much cooler than my Amiga.
Silicon Graphics was something far faaar away, something I thought I'd never get the chance to have in my private collection. It was magical, mystical and something I often thought about, and read about whenever I had the chance.
A couple of years later, when I had left the Amiga for the PC (probably around '97) me and a friend was talking about SGI, and shared the same passion for those computers and started looking into if it would be possible to get one. We called SGI up too see if they had any obsolete (maybe even broken) machines they would be willing to donate/sell to us. Didn't work out, but atleast we each got an SGI-mousepad, which I still use
For many years I lost all hope in getting one, but then in 2004 I finally found an O2 in my local area which I bought. It wont boot Irix though, and I lack installation media. Also there might be some kind of hardware error, but I've made myself a promise that someday it will work - even though there's quite a possibility I will buy another SGI soon...
(Even though my personal O2 doesnt want to play Irix, I have spent lots of hours in the prom and sash trying to get it up and running - and its all been pure fun)
Silicon Graphics was something far faaar away, something I thought I'd never get the chance to have in my private collection. It was magical, mystical and something I often thought about, and read about whenever I had the chance.
A couple of years later, when I had left the Amiga for the PC (probably around '97) me and a friend was talking about SGI, and shared the same passion for those computers and started looking into if it would be possible to get one. We called SGI up too see if they had any obsolete (maybe even broken) machines they would be willing to donate/sell to us. Didn't work out, but atleast we each got an SGI-mousepad, which I still use
For many years I lost all hope in getting one, but then in 2004 I finally found an O2 in my local area which I bought. It wont boot Irix though, and I lack installation media. Also there might be some kind of hardware error, but I've made myself a promise that someday it will work - even though there's quite a possibility I will buy another SGI soon...
(Even though my personal O2 doesnt want to play Irix, I have spent lots of hours in the prom and sash trying to get it up and running - and its all been pure fun)