The collected works of tesla

Real time 3D graphics and the looks of the systems. Got hooked by that in '91 and still am to this day although not so much by the graphics. The full story is in that other thread.....

/Matt

Have fun, but as ramq said it's clearly a problem somewhere at the endpoint.

/Matt

Hello all.

I'm in the process of making a little price list of SGI systems and parts. Eg what did a Indigo cost back in 1992? A skywiter, an Origin 2000, a FC XIO card, a 2m Craylink cable so on and so forth. When they were released into the market and say a few years later. Software too of course.

I know there is big diffrences when it comes to systems because of their inherent possibility of configuration, but if you know a price of THAT system or THAT part. Any price that came out of SGI or a reseller. I don't care as long it is a price of something. Just to see how ridiculously high the prices actually were.

It could be a bit of curious nostalgia that can reside in the wiki pages or something. I will put it together into a nice little document when there's enough data.

Important is year or full date, what part or system configuration and of course the price. It doesn't matter if the price is with or without VAT but should be specified if it's known. Also, currency doesn't matter, it's an easy task to convert anyway.

So keep it coming. Post here or PM me. Either way is fine.

/Matt

Hmm, looks like that almost covers what I was planning to do. Guess I'll scrap this idea alltogether.

/Matt

Pontus wrote: An interesting link, seeing that you are Swedish, might be this:

http://www.lattermann.com/_cdb/artiklar/attack/sgi.htm

Hehe, it was a long time since I read that article. Quite some bit of nostalgia there. I didn't remember that the specified any prices though. Nice.

/Matt

Interesting reading. Would have been even more interesting to hear "the full story" of employee combined interviews. Book material maybe?

/Matt

skywriter wrote: at the time they were not 'ridiculous', merely expensive.

Well, from the prices that I got from SGI sales during the period of 1992-1996 I would say that prices were pretty well in the ridicolous domain. Maybe not so much the systems themselves but upgrades and peripherals.
This, both compared to other visual workstation makers but also PC related hardware and software.

Of course, it could be that it was the case just in Sweden but I digress.

/Matt

Nice catch. Hope you get the most out of it, too bad you can't run it on the Tezro or it would probably fly.

A little OT but what kind of Wacom pad are you using? I have wanted one for some time now but not gotten around to actually buying one.

/Matt

I didn't get your question at first, but then I realized I took the pictures of the CD's on top of one of my tablets!
Anyway, that one in the pictures is my Wacom Intuos² A4 (in European paper size dimensions). Its interface is USB, I use it with my laptop (I also have a Bamboo that I take with me. I also have an old Intuos A6, which is sitting in a drawer somewhere, which has a serial interface. It's quite old (from ≈1998-1999), with a damaged overlay sheet (of all the usage, but it's too much trouble and expensive to replace), and — most importantly of all — I can't use it because I only have one power supply and I hooked it up to my Intuos² A3 , that I use with my Tezro .
Here are some pictures of my two main tablets, the aforementioned Intuos² A3 (with my Tezro ) and Intuos³ A4 (with my laptop).

Thanks for the info. Think I'll go for an Intous3 A5 or A6 as the A4 is quite expensive compared. Also form what I have read from several reviews the size isn't all that critical. More important to match the pad to the screen (aspect ratio) you're using.

/Matt

Pontus wrote: I've announced this to a few swedish nekochan members before, but interest was low.
/P

Well, it's not a matter of low interest. Me and Bjornl are very eager to get these racks but there is the slight problem of bringing them home. As I've been up to lysator and brought home two O2k racks (with car and trailer) I know that it isn't a walk in the park. Also, it's a 700km roundtrip from where we live.

As it is cold and unfriendly right now it would be very nice if we could get the chance to get them when the weather has changed toward more spring-like.

So, the interest very much exists.

/Matt

ramq wrote: I had all those A|W boxes complete with software along with an O2 at one point a few years ago. Sold it off to someone here on Nekochan, if I remember correct.

Ah, yes, that would be me. You already forgot? We're not that many enthusiasts here in Sweden.

/Matt

Well, Ian offered $1250+shipping for a less competent Tezro than this so I guess it's way out of my league too. Don't know if he got it or not but that offer kinda sets the price range.
It's one hell of a machine anyway.

/Matt

PM sent

That's the spirit!! Congratulations is in order now that you finally have it up and running.

Dang! So close, yet so far away.
If it had been in northern Germany I'd have a go at it.

/Matt

PM sent.

Well, all I can say is a gigantic thanks to you Harry. Many new systems (and gizmos) inded to clutter up my place. But a good clutter up that forced me to get rid of other things and do some well needed cleaning. Also, I have no problem keeping myself busy in the foreeable future. Hehe.

Harry is actually fresh clean out of SGI systems AFAIK. But if he ever feel the need to have one again I'll deliver one to him personally.

Again, thanks!

Oh, btw, I'm the dude in the middle in the first picture if anyone wonders.

/Matt

Pontus wrote: Good luck with your new apartment and endeavours! Lucky tesla, I think we fought over that Onyx on tradera

Regards,
Pontus.

No, I have actually never put up a bid for an Onyx. Must be somebody else.

But lucky, yes Indeed.

/Matt

hamei wrote: This is really cool ! now we will have something small enough to use as a comparison with the average MBA's intelligence !

How uncool of you to insult the Boson.

PM sent

On rotation at home, in the car or at work at the moment:

Frank Zappa.......always.

But also:

Alice Cooper
After Forever
Ambeon
Avantasia
Ayreon
Billy Cobham
Black Sabbath
Blue Man Group
Blues Brothers
Chad Wackerman
Deep Purple
Derek Sherinian
Dragonforce
Ed Mann
Edguy
Focus
Frank Zappa (the return of the son of....)
Gavin Harrison
Helloween
Ike Willis
Kaipa
Kamelot
King Diamond
Llongo
Megadeth
Michael Kiske
Ozric Tentacles
Planet X
ReVamp
Rush
Saga
Spastic Ink
Therion
Tone Norum
UK
Van Halen (the Hagar era)

skywriter wrote: One of his most Pop of albums. I got over this one, and overnight sensation when I was 14. 4/4 time? Really? Hardly one of Franks best.

It's a good one but other excellent performances comes to mind.

Manx Need Women (ZINY)
Sinister Footwear 2nd mvt (MAJNH)
Approximate (YCDTOSA 4)

or

Clownz On Velvet (Apocrypha)
Whipping Post (Apocrypha)
The Purple Lagoon (ZINY)

or....well there's just so insanely much music from this man that blows the mind.

GeneratriX wrote: Why is Frank Zappa always so popular inside the geek or nerd circles? I like Frank Zappa too, but I mention it because it is not the first time his name arises (and many times, in fact!) including other places with a rather geeky or nerdy population! That without punishment of geek/nerd kind of persons, where I consider myself right at middle of both, or something...

Well, I'm a musician and most (musician) friends of mine hold FZ in high regard. Why? Because his extremely vast catalog includes everything you could possibly wish for in musical excellence. If you also happen to like humour in music, how could you ever go wrong with FZ?

GeneratriX wrote: Yes, I think pretty much the same. I need to refresh my mind for the older albums, anyway, since I've not heared some of them since my very best LP age, and I also ignored some of them! Good point. I need to complete the puzzle!

I prefer the post Flo&Eddie (around 1971-ish) stuff myself but if you take the time and listen to earlier albums and look (listen) beyond much af the vaudeville stuff that is going on you'll find some really mean music lurking around.

Some more info on Sonic Solutions.

They made some pretty nifty-top notch-super-turbo-laser-jet sound solutions back in the day. Frank Zappa used Sonic Solutions to remaster pretty much all his backlog of recordings up until he died, and he was a pretty picky customer to say the least. There is a whole chunk of information about SS in one of the interviews he did for some magazine. What hardware he ran it on was never mentioned but it could very well have been a SGI-machine although not an Octane since this was pre 1993.
Examining the card a little further there seems to be at least three DSP chips from Motorola. The same 56000 series IC's that were used in Iris Indigo, so it definitley handles audio of some sorts.

Well, my cents worth of nostalgia.

Ooooh, I see that Crimson flashing at me.......then I realize that there's a crapload of water between our countries.

Ok, you've already seen my ugly face in deBug's farewell post. Here I am at work in the electrical departments technowiz room hard at work hacking an old Honeywell Logic Manager. The factory is controlled by everything from early 70's stuff to brand new gizmos which makes life quite interesting sometimes.

occhamrazor wrote: Snippetisnap....

so... any suggestions what we should do with these monsters? (except cleaning them up which I've done)

/H

Well, if there is some cool CPU's (R12k-300 and higher) in them I might be interested in a few nodeboards.

/M