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Wrote on the subject of Octane dual R10000 195 mhz 1g ram V6 at Feb. 9, 2008, 9:32 a.m...

Code:

  mark@PerfectChaos ~ $ hinv -vm
  
  Location: /hw/node
  
  PM20 Board: barcode ENE950     part 030-0890-003 rev  G
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
  
  IP30 Board: barcode EAX320     part 030-0887-005 rev  B
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
  
  FP1 Board: barcode DKN962     part 030-0891-003 rev  A
  
  PWR.SPPLY.SR Board: barcode AAA7170133 part 060-0028-003 rev  A
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/12
  
  GM20 Board: barcode DZD138     part 030-0957-003 rev  N
  
  2 195 MHZ IP30 Processors
  
  Heart ASIC: Revision D
  
  CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.7
  
  FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
  
  Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes
  
  Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.2
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty2
  
  IOC3 parallel port: plp1
  
  Graphics board: MXI
  
  Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 0
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 5) pci slot 3
  
  mark@PerfectChaos ~ $ /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
  
  Graphics board 0 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
  
  Product ID 0x3, 2 GEs, 2 REs, 4 TRAMs
  
  MGRAS revision 2, RA revision 0
  
  HQ rev B, GE11 rev B, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev A,
  
  VC3 rev A, CMAP rev E, Heart rev D
  
  19" monitor (id 0x1)
  
  Channel 0:
  
  Origin = (0,0)
  
  Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 72.24Hz (1280x1024_72)

I also have a granite keyboard & mouse and a gdm-20d11 granite monitor, and octane speakers (which kinda really suck) hooked up to this system.

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Wrote on the subject of R5000 O2 at June 16, 2008, 9:21 p.m...

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  mark@machop:~$ hinv -vm
  
  CPU: MIPS R5000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.1
  
  FPU: MIPS R5000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 1.0
  
  1 180 MHZ IP32 Processor
  
  Main memory size: 128 Mbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  FLASH PROM version 4.16
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
  
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  
  On-board serial ports: tty1
  
  On-board serial ports: tty2
  
  On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
  
  CRM graphics installed
  
  Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 36868, device 32888) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 36868, device 32888) pci slot 2
  
  Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
  
  with no AV Card or Camera.
  
  Vice: TRE

Code:

  mark@machop:~$ /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
  
  Graphics board 0 is "CRM" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
  
  32 bitplanes
  
  board revision 2, CRM revision C, GBE revision B
  
  Monitor 0 type: Unknown
  
  Channel 0:
  
  Origin = (0,0)
  
  Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 59.94Hz (1280x1024_60)

edit: added picture. it might be a pretty slow computer but it is a fabulous bookshelf embellishment:

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Wrote on the subject of neko_kegs-0.91 (Apple IIgs virtual machine) uploaded at June 26, 2008, 6:50 p.m...

can't you just dd the floppy?

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Wrote on the subject of neko_kegs-0.91 (Apple IIgs virtual machine) uploaded at June 26, 2008, 7:03 p.m...

nekonoko wrote:

Not an Apple formatted floppy, no.

http://disk2fdi.joguin.com/D2FCABLE.htm

oh my.

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Wrote on the subject of Licenses? at Sept. 4, 2008, 4:26 p.m...

but since irix 6.5 is 64 bits, maybe they have fixed this?

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Wrote on the subject of Licenses? at Sept. 11, 2008, 6:55 a.m...

well we could set the date to 2039 and see what happens...

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Wrote on the subject of name your SGI? at Oct. 7, 2008, 2:56 p.m...

I now have perfectchaos, machop, and brainstorm. You should be able to figure which is which if you really care.

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Wrote on the subject of SGI in the 80s at Oct. 9, 2008, 2:32 p.m...

[quote="87Porsche"]Found it on the net a long while ago.

Anyway here's a better version in PDF format, as well as the Adobe Illustrator file I used to create this...

Attachment:

DSC_0982.JPG

hey I made one too! Though I couldn't afford it in color

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Wrote on the subject of name your SGI? at Nov. 15, 2008, 9:16 a.m...

I think my next SGI will be named... IRIS

You are allowed to have one, right?

I have a thinkpad x40 named kaon and now an alphastation 600 named tachyon.

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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 deskside IR2E, 2xR14K 500Mhz, 2xR12K 400Mhz, 8GB, DIVO at Nov. 18, 2008, 2:03 p.m...

bplaa.yai wrote:

I was a bit surprised at the begining that it sucks fresh air at the top and exhaust hot air at the bottom (it would seem more logical the other way), but now that you tell it, it's true that it does not have very good clearance on the bottom sides / back.

that is partly so it doesn't suck up all the dust bunnies from the carpet.

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Wrote on the subject of Bad Trades and Other Rants at Nov. 24, 2008, 2:19 p.m...

tillin9 wrote:

Maybe a disclaimer might be in order? Something simple saying that Nekochan or its operators are not responsible for anything in the bazaar, and users should research potential buyers/ sellers before contemplating a transaction?

I seriously don't know why users would complain to Neko if their deal went south. I actually had a bad experience with someone on the forum which is documented in another thread. I knew it was my own fault for not investigating the user (niker) completely, since it seems I wasn't the only one here he shortchanged. It kind of really sucks, since I wasn't buying or selling anything with him, just offering to be a helpful US enthusiast to pick up local hardware and forward it to him in Slovakia at cost. I still have my $600 shipping bill (Octane2s and VBOBs are heavy) of which I was paid less than half. Not to mention the customs nonesense he put me through. I declared the items at the eBay purchase price, since custom fraud is a big thing and the USPS often will ask for receipts and proof of payment if they need to pay a claim, but of course he didn't want to pay the fees. Anyway... enough of my rant. The end result is a major reluctance to do something similar in the future. That said, the vast majority of my deals on the forum have been good and I hope one or two bad apples doesn't ruin it for everyone.

EDIT: Grammer.

It would take something unimaginable for me to buy or sell anything outside of the country. There's really no reason to, unless it's a reputable dealer like mapesdhs or the like, in which case I would be turned off by the shipping costs. For example, I got a MXI board for my octane from a dealer in michigan. Shipping was $5 and took a couple days. From Ian, the shipping was well over $40 (what the board was worth), and would have taken at least a week or so. Pick yer poison.

Also deals like that where you have to act as the middleman, for somebody you've had no prior dealings with, to ship something to someplace you've never heard of (and will never visit) really rub me the wrong way. Why didn't you wait until you had the payment in full before you shipped it?

Here's a nice rule: "If your deal goes south, we don't want to hear you bitch about it. Use common sense." And then some legalese about how it's nobody's fault but your own.

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Wrote on the subject of Bad Trades and Other Rants at Nov. 25, 2008, 6:55 a.m...

well, maybe I should have worded that a bit differently. I wouldn't receive something for somebody and forward it to slovakia without getting most of my cut first

I've sent a lot of stuff to canada to extended family, but cheap stuff where customs isn't a big deal. I've gone through hell with customs because of a cheap ($150) walkman. I also don't run a business or online storefront so don't really have anything that would be worth the shipping. That may (will) change but I have to wonder what tillin9 was thinking when he thought to spend $600 shipping an octane without receiving payment first. I'm sure his intentions were good.

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Wrote on the subject of Fun YouTube vid: Personal Iris 4D/20 G at Nov. 28, 2008, 10:11 a.m...

Ooooohh... very nice

PROTIP: set the camera shutter speed *slower* than the monitor refresh rate.

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Wrote on the subject of Fun YouTube vid: Personal Iris 4D/20 G at Dec. 1, 2008, 2:18 p.m...

theinonen wrote:

nekonoko wrote:

As for customization, I'm probably going to install foam rubber grips on mine - just need to find a place that sells them.

If you are going to use water pipe, you could use pipe insulation for a hand grip.

You can find insulation, that is like foam rubber, and as it is meant to be used on water pipe it has the right diameter. Another plus point is that you can get everything from the same place.

or you could be a man and hold onto COLD HARD STEEL

pipe insulation sounds like a good idea, I was about to suggest that actually. But if it's going to be so cold out that it would be a problem, you'd be better off with gloves anyway. Foam insulation doesn't last forever when you really handle it.

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Wrote on the subject of R5000 O2 at Jan. 3, 2009, 5:30 p.m...

eMGee wrote:

Nice system! I remember, back when I was 15 years old and relatively new to CG, I dreamed about owning one of those. I remember that I became so curious, I one day picked up the telephone in an adventurous mood and called SGI to ask how much one of their lowest spec.'ed O2 systems would cost. I remember the price was extremely high, especially for a 15-year-old kid, being something like ~ƒ15,000 (Dutch guilders; the equivalent of $8,500 or $9000, depending on the value of the US$ at the time)...

Is it true that the R5K O2 s somehow perform better than some R10K and R12K s? That's what I heard from some people, something I've picked up here on the forum as well in some threads. By the way, you should try to get an A/V-module (if you haven't acquired one already, in the meanwhile). That's undoubtedly one of the most interesting, and unique , features of the O2 among SGI visual workstations...

Haha- I wish! This is among the slowest O2s out there- all it has going for it is that they are bulletproof, lightweight and easy to carry around. Looks good too!

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Wrote on the subject of Japan in 7:39 at Feb. 2, 2009, 5:51 p.m...

Those who can't do, teach.

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Wrote on the subject of Need command format HD SGI Fuel at Feb. 8, 2009, 9:35 a.m...

Nothing gets you acquainted with irix like a nice quick weekend reinstall ;D

But unless you are the NSA 8-)

, there's no reason for a low-level format. A new filesystem is more than enough.

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Wrote on the subject of Restore your yellowed plastics? at March 6, 2009, 12:47 p.m...

With regards to silkscreen: it doesn't seem to be a problem but as there is such a variance between different plastics and inks as well as retrobright formulas, I would recommend trying an inconspicuous area or throwaway piece first. I'm not sure if you would find much printing on (for example) the interior side of a piece of plastic, but if you do that would probably be an ideal place to try.

If it was a big deal I'm sure previous users of the formula would have noticed. It seems to be a non-issue.

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Wrote on the subject of Restore your yellowed plastics? at March 6, 2009, 2:05 p.m...

Indeed, I should have added I haven't looked much past the linked wiki page. Didn't see any disclaimer regarding screenprinting though, that is definitely something to keep in mind.

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Wrote on the subject of Restore your yellowed plastics? at March 13, 2009, 5:34 p.m...

This is somewhat off-topic, but the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, while they work unbelievably well for removing gunk and scuffs, will take your model and serial numbers off with just a single careless swipe. :cry:

So while my onyx now looks like it just rolled off the assembly line, it also has hand-written model and serial numbers (just in case I ever need them for an odd reason they will still be there)

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Wrote on the subject of The company that design the Tezro and PRISM case at June 11, 2009, 6:54 p.m...

not only that, they've got the tezro on their home page...

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Wrote on the subject of quick reply at July 24, 2009, 8:54 a.m...

squeen wrote:

I guess I'm "out-of-it" but what's quick reply?

It's a feature that lets you talk without thinking.

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Wrote on the subject of [...] at Aug. 16, 2009, 8:43 p.m...

I've had lots of scsi drives fail and only one ata drive fail, which is funny because I have a lot more ata and sata drives than scsi drives.

but scsi disks are made for the commercial environment and redundancy where if a disk fails it's not a big deal. so I guess they really aren't made to last. I kind of expect scsi disks to fail, but it was a real shock to have an ata-type drive die on me.

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Wrote on the subject of [...] at Aug. 17, 2009, 7:39 a.m...

eMGee wrote:

Well, that certainly isn't my experience. Did you second-hand buy all those SCSI disks by any chance? The thing is, while mechanically speaking the drives may indeed suffer from the same sort of failures (bearings wearing out, to name something), SCSI and FC are often in the 10K and 15K+ RPM range, thus are better suited for RAID/LVM protection via mirroring and striping (being a lot faster).

I have a lot of second hand scsi disks and a lot of second hand sata disks. I rarely buy anything new.

eMGee wrote:

Aside reliability, about which opinions seem very mixed, the whole (P/S)ATA versus SCSI/FC discussion: You can't deny that SCSI and particularly FC outrun SATA easily. I haven't even mentioned iSCSI or SAS, the latter being an awkward hybrid of SCSI and SATA (in some regards) which appears to be making significant inroads...

imo, scsi for speed, sata for capacity and longevity.

Maybe because a 15k disk is double the speed of a 7.2 disk we can expect them to last half as long? That's certainly been my experience, anyways. YMMV.

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Wrote on the subject of Octane dual R10000 195 mhz 1g ram V6 at Aug. 21, 2009, 12:44 p.m...

upgraded graphics and new irix install:

Code:

  chaos 18# hinv -vm
  
  Location: /hw/node
  
  PM20 Board: barcode ENE950     part 030-0890-003 rev  G
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
  
  IP30 Board: barcode EAX320     part 030-0887-005 rev  B
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
  
  FP1 Board: barcode DKN962     part 030-0891-003 rev  A
  
  PWR.SPPLY.SR Board: barcode AAA7170133 part 060-0028-003 rev  A
  
  Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11
  
  ODY32 Board: barcode KWC425     part 030-1403-003 rev  A
  
  2 195 MHZ IP30 Processors
  
  Heart ASIC: Revision D
  
  CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.7
  
  FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
  
  Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes
  
  Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.2
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty2
  
  IOC3 parallel port: plp1
  
  Graphics board: V6
  
  Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 0
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 5) pci slot 3
  
  chaos 19# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
  
  Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
  
  BUZZ version A.1
  
  PB&J version 1
  
  32MB memory
  
  Banks: 2, CAS latency: 3
  
  Monitor 0 type: Unknown
  
  Channel 0:
  
  Origin = (0,0)
  
  Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60)

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Wrote on the subject of Octane dual R10000 195 mhz 1g ram V6 at Aug. 21, 2009, 2:16 p.m...

bigD wrote:

Sweet! Hope you're enjoying it. Do you notice a difference in speed between MXI and V6?

I haven't noticed much of a difference, but haven't been able to do much with it yet as I'm still getting the OS sorted out. Some 3d demos I tried seem much smoother than before; the big reason for the upgrade was so textured objects (especially games and videos) wouldn't have a scanlined appearance due to faulty tram.

also I think the power consumption is (maybe?) a bit lower.

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Wrote on the subject of windows can't see the disk in my alphastation (noob help) at Sept. 17, 2009, 11:02 a.m...

OK, so today I have been trying to get my alphastation 600 5/333 running with windows NT4. The NT installer is having a problem seeing the hard drive, it shows up in the 'display hardware configuration' menu from the arc console as:

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scsi(1)disk(1)rdisk(0) (RAW) SGI QUANTUM XP34550WLXY4

When I start the NT installation it goes fine up until the point where it is time to format the disk, it shows me the controller under the list of mass storage devices:

Code:

QLogic PCI SCSI Host Adapter

but there are no disks, the controller is the only thing windows sees, and I'm quite sure I've set the default environment variables in the arc console correctly.

So how do I get windows to see the hard disk?

Also, before anybody tells me to use something other than NT4, I should add that this machine normally runs openbsd fine, just want to try something different is all

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Wrote on the subject of windows can't see the disk in my alphastation (noob help) at Sept. 17, 2009, 7:09 p.m...

I blame the sca-to-68 pin adapter I was using, as when I put the disk into my PC it couldn't be bothered to notice it in either the bios, windows, or an ubuntu live cd. Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with the adapter, I just don't know how to use it

So I took the disk out of my onyx (the only spare non-sca disk I could find) and put it in to my PC and it showed up fine. put it into the alpha and it also showed up fine, in both the ARC firmware and the NT installer.

I've learned this lesson several times over, but once again, improperly configured scsi devices act quite bizzare.

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Wrote on the subject of [...] at Oct. 18, 2009, 7:51 a.m...

I'm not comparing given MTBF failures or any concrete data... I just said I've seen a lot more SCSI disks fail than ATA disks. I also use a lot more ATA disks than SCSI disks. Most ATA disks I see are 10+ years old, my most recent SCSI faiure was at the end of July, in my octane, with a disk that I bought new in 2007.

However, if the silent fujitsu hype is to be believed I might pick up a pair for my PC.

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Wrote on the subject of Octane dual R10000 195 mhz 1g ram V6 at Oct. 19, 2009, 5:40 p.m...

bigD wrote:

Sweet! Hope you're enjoying it. Do you notice a difference in speed between MXI and V6?

oh yeah, it's sweeter, badder, and just plain faster all around. (now that I've had a few months to wear it in

) But a big reason for upgrading was to get rid of the MXI scanlines in textured windows, especially mplayer videos. Should have gone with a v8 though, the low color depth (I believe that is causing the dithering??) is a bit noticable for some things. In places I wouldn't expect to notice it, like fast-paced games such as quake2 and bzflag.

Now I need a faster pair of processors. Boy do I <3 my octane. All the other computers can go pound sand, I love my octane.

indyman007 wrote:

Soon I will have a pair of Gigaworks T20 Series IIs hooked up to mine.

Well, if you must know, there is currently a pair of Mackie SRM450s just a rockin' but that is only a temporary setup. Normally I use a shure psm200 in-ear but sometimes you need to let a friend listen, and the octane speakers are perfectly adequate for getting a tune across.

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Wrote on the subject of favicon.ico at Oct. 28, 2009, 4:38 p.m...

zackwatt wrote:

I did read it, I just browsed through a bit too quickly. Sorry for making a mistake...

If you're going to browse through quickly, read at least the first post and anything that somebody with their name in red letters has to say

It may be possible (depending on your browser) to use a local file.

cheers!

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Wrote on the subject of Oh look. An HP 9000 D series at Nov. 13, 2009, 8:21 a.m...

I would have ripped the machine out of that obnoxious rack front panel and left the rest... I mean, there's useless, and then there's Useless.

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Wrote on the subject of Oh look. An HP 9000 D series at Nov. 13, 2009, 11:51 a.m...

pentium wrote:

sybrfreq wrote:

I would have ripped the machine out of that obnoxious rack front panel and left the rest... I mean, there's useless, and then there's Useless.

Are you implying a rackmount system is useless? I remove the front off the system and it's a naked front.

well, a hp-ux machine might be fun to have, but that front panel looks like it might triple the storage space requirements. With a bit of creativity it could look like a regular desktop tower. Plus, did you really need the 400 pounds of ups batteries?

All I'm saying is a bit of moderation would have kept your parents happy.

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Wrote on the subject of favicon.ico at Dec. 14, 2009, 10:18 p.m...

claudio wrote:

:mrgreen: here you have too "iconsmith favicons", I wish you like them.

I don't like it...

I love it!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

An irix icon in windows! cute. gaudy colors to match

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Wrote on the subject of Can an O2 play HD video? at Dec. 22, 2009, 9:08 p.m...

I don't think the o2 can display anything much above 1600x1024... maybe 1600x1200 with a strong tail wind, heading downhill

If the loop is short enough, it could very well be possible, but you will have to drop the resolution regardless.

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Wrote on the subject of Nekochan.net operating costs? at Jan. 8, 2010, 7:09 a.m...

I got four copies of win 7 pro for free through MSDNAA and one of 7 ultimate through the bookstore for $7.99. Why do you need to pirate software when they practically give it away? Though windows 7 is probably the first ms OS that is well worth the money.

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Wrote on the subject of Period Comparison of Onyx(1) IR and Commodity Graphics at Jan. 12, 2010, 3:13 p.m...

I finally got around to running on my own Onyx which is similar but has only one RM6-16 instead of two RM6-64s.

default options:

Code:

  $ ./tenmillion.bin
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 13:50:29 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  50 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: v3f
  
  flat shading, zbuffer off, light off, texture off
  
  test time: 1.998 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 2377705 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 118.885 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin texture light smooth
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 13:56:57 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  50 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: n3s t2s v3f
  
  smooth shading, zbuffer off, light on, texture on
  
  test time: 1.995 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 2010655 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 100.533 Mpixels/sec

to match the settings used in the benchmark page (the extra RM really makes a difference!).
12,100,1000 pixels, without and with special effects:

Code:

  $ ./tenmillion.bin area=12
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:26:19 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  12 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 2 strips
  
  vertex data: v3f
  
  flat shading, zbuffer off, light off, texture off
  
  test time: 2.000 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 6014936 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 72.179 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin area=100
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:26:32 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  100 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: v3f
  
  flat shading, zbuffer off, light off, texture off
  
  test time: 2.000 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 1433856 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 143.386 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin area=1000
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:26:44 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  1000 pixel triangles, 36 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: v3f
  
  flat shading, zbuffer off, light off, texture off
  
  test time: 1.999 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 198800 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 198.800 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin texture light smooth area=12
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:27:46 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  12 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 2 strips
  
  vertex data: n3s t2s v3f
  
  smooth shading, zbuffer off, light on, texture on
  
  test time: 1.987 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 2935215 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 35.223 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin texture light smooth area=100
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:27:58 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  100 pixel triangles, 90 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: n3s t2s v3f
  
  smooth shading, zbuffer off, light on, texture on
  
  test time: 1.988 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 1231437 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 123.144 Mpixels/sec
  
  $ ./tenmillion.bin texture light smooth area=1000
  
  running on Aldebaran (IRS/M/1/16/4) Wed Jan 13 14:28:11 2010
  
  visual: 0x4e
  
  1000 pixel triangles, 36 triangles/strip, 1 strips
  
  vertex data: n3s t2s v3f
  
  smooth shading, zbuffer off, light on, texture on
  
  test time: 2.012 secs.
  
  geometry rate: 171486 triangles/sec
  
  fill rate: 171.486 Mpixels/sec

Code:

  $ /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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Wrote on the subject of Looking for P-Bricks at Jan. 13, 2010, 9:06 p.m...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Silicon-Graphics-Ir ... 6073wt_740

although, this one is far away, rather expensive (once you factor in shipping or gas money to pick it up), the server model has no graphics, no guarantee that it is working (no 120V outlets in his "shop"??!)... How bad is your red fever?

I waited for at least two years for my onyx, from "hmm that looks like fun" to actually picking it up. and then almost another year before I got it working. Started with the octane (I say, still a superior machine though it lacks the heft and quality of the bigger machines) passed over a few with low spec or in really bad shape though.

zmttoxics wrote:

I would bet that most of the people that still have them want to keep them for quite some time...

not necessarily. a person might pick one up to play with for a few years and then give it to somebody else so it's mysteries can be discovered yet again by another mind.

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Wrote on the subject of Nekochan is in the future at Jan. 14, 2010, 10:42 p.m...

One more clock you have to remember to "spring forward" and "fall back". Is there a setting to do this automatically? I looked this past October but couldn't find it. Some might notice that I am in the eastern time zone and therefore it is well past my bedtime. ...

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Wrote on the subject of wiki database error at Jan. 16, 2010, 11:20 p.m...

wanted to do some reading on this old sgi, but I think I broke the wiki. :oops:

http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/index.php? ... is+old+sgi

in my infinite wisdom I thought maybe "this" is some keyword so tried:
http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/index.php? ... +sgi&go=Go

which results in the same thing, tried in srware iron and internet explorer 8 and even deleted all the settings in ie8 and tried again. each time I get this error:

Code:

  A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:
  
  (SQL query hidden)
  
  from within function "". MySQL returned error "145: Table './wikidb/searchindex' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)".

although searching "onyx" for example does take me to the onyx page.

maybe growing pains with the new server? or is neko already fixing it...

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