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Wrote on the subject of gcc 4.7 and gdb 6.3 problem at May 10, 2013, 6:35 a.m...

If I may ask, what software is this? Must be pretty old if it hasn't been updated since the R8000 was state of the art... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of MaXX Desktop Update – April-2013 at May 10, 2013, 11:02 p.m...

Presumably most of the work wouldn't be new development but rather getting the existing IMD codebase to compile using gcc with Linux? I'd be glad to help so you can go ahead and add me to the list of willing minions... :mrgreen:

Speaking of who we know at SGI I have a lifelong friend who was my "in" guy at SGI in Chippewa Falls, but Cray made him a better offer last year and he jumped, after more than 20 years with SGI. He was an eyewitness to the destruction off all those Tezros, Prisms, Origins etc. in 1996... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of *** MaxIMPACT Graphics Boards *** at May 10, 2013, 11:26 p.m...

That song blazed a trail that none have dared to follow... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of gcc 4.7 and gdb 6.3 problem at May 11, 2013, 10:54 a.m...

What's "official" about dbx? I don't even have it on my system, with what I thought was a complete install of MIPSPro 7.4.3... :cry:

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Wrote on the subject of MaXX Desktop Update – April-2013 at May 11, 2013, 4:13 p.m...

Ha ha yeah 2006, lost a decade in there somewhere sorry! :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Maxwell at May 13, 2013, 11:42 p.m...

Update: I'm converting the whole thing over to automake and scrapping their brain dead nonfunctional build system. Will post back when I've got it working, ah-OOG-ah ah-OOG-ah DIVE dive all dive! :lol:

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Wrote on the subject of Firefox 10 Porting Progress at May 14, 2013, 10:01 p.m...

Yes all Octanes are R10000 and above and are thus 64 bit machines.

I just dl'ed the most recent version of binutils but the configure script craps out with "compiler cannot create executables," which just simply ain't true it can. I've gotten this error before from autoconf on my Octane and it mysteriously goes away and then reappears again. Maybe my compiler installation is haunted! :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Firefox 10 Porting Progress at May 15, 2013, 10:47 a.m...

NCommander wrote:

Building with GCC or MIPSpro? Post relevant config.log output.

config.log is pretty much content-free, it calls "exit 77" when trying to figure out the compiler default output file name, if I comment out that part of configure it fails on the next check, can't recall exactly what that is right now, linking or something. Could be the diddling around I had to do with the compiler front end (fecc) to get Maxwell to compile (which it did), I'll check it tonight and report back status... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of gcc 4.7 and gdb 6.3 problem at May 15, 2013, 11:25 a.m...

Well that's weird, I have the latest version of Prodev Workshop that I installed from the CD, yet `which dbx` gives nothing... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Motif and MWM at May 15, 2013, 1:34 p.m...

I'm afraid the Linux desktop is pretty much owned by Gnome and KDE... :cry:

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Wrote on the subject of My new computer room at May 17, 2013, 10:18 a.m...

Spec tac ular! :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Rabbitmq at May 18, 2013, 2:56 p.m...

"I know, we'll write it in Erlang!" Or, How to Ensure That No Developers Will Ever Join Your Project... :lol:

Would be nice though because then we could also add wings3d to Nekoware...

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Wrote on the subject of My new computer room at May 18, 2013, 3:34 p.m...

Reminds me of when Groucho appointed Chico Secretary of War in Duck Soup and Chico says "I think we should have a standing army (because then) we save money on chairs"... 8-)

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Wrote on the subject of patents at May 20, 2013, 11:22 a.m...

That is one unenforceable patent! :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Motif and MWM at May 20, 2013, 9:52 p.m...

I used 5dwm (early MaXX desktop) while its binaries were compatible with Slackware (which is the only Linux distribution I've ever used, when you've got the best why mess with the rest), after which I went back to the same WM I started out with on Unix 25 years ago[1], mwm, although I did copy over the 5dwm sgi-like root window colors into my .mwmrc, like so:

Code:

Menu Backgrounds

{

"Backgrounds"   f.title

"Indy"          f.exec "xsetroot -solid DodgerBlue3"

"Crimson"       f.exec "xsetroot -solid SkyBlue4"

"O2"            f.exec "xsetroot -solid SteelBlue4"

"Indigo"        f.exec "xsetroot -solid RoyalBlue4"

"Octane"        f.exec "xsetroot -solid DarkCyan"

"Onyx"          f.exec "xsetroot -solid DarkSlateBlue"

}

Note that you have to have the line "Backgrounds" f.menu "Backgrounds" in your .mwmrc DefaultRootMenu section for this to work.

[1] Yeah, I know, I'm one of those old dudes... :lol:

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Wrote on the subject of Onyx350 IP Dual-Head: 8x700MHz | 16GB | DM8+RAD | Compositor at May 21, 2013, 9:32 a.m...

Trouble in paradise? :lol:

Nice Fuel BTW... :mrgreen:

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Wrote on the subject of Building the New Ted word processor on IRIX. at May 21, 2013, 4:07 p.m...

Probably no need for me to keep diddling around with Maxwell then eh? :shock:

Well, no other reason than sweet revenge for the abuse it's heaped on me... :twisted:

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Wrote on the subject of My new computer room at May 21, 2013, 4:16 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote: Now if only I could shut up that bloody Silkworm, it is absolutely intolerable....

Noise canceling headphones?

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Wrote on the subject of Building the New Ted word processor on IRIX. at May 22, 2013, 10:55 a.m...

hamei wrote: We will fight them on the beaches.

I d'blieve it's "we shall fight them on the beaches" but either way he was wrong; no one ever fought us on the beaches, they preferred to shoot at us from the comfort of their entrenchments... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Mac mini G4 after diswasher session at May 23, 2013, 9:39 a.m...

Neat... Petite! 8-)

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 24, 2013, 10:59 p.m...

F-ing useless boot failure messages; "The bandersnatch doesn't match the silibub in the maxcanwhoa, aborting" instead of "The primary hard drive is unpartitioned, please see http://blah.blah.com/blah/blah/blah for simple instructions that will extricate you from this difficulty"... :twisted:

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Wrote on the subject of Export FBX on IRIX with any tool...? at May 24, 2013, 11:45 p.m...

Blender can export FBX, I would assume it can do so on IRIX though disclaimer-wise I've never used Blender on IRIX...

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Wrote on the subject of ZOMG, Where are these 6.5.22 packages? at May 25, 2013, 4:33 p.m...

In the dist directory my MIPSPro-7.4.4 distribution, I have the files c++_eoe.sw64, compiler_eoe.sw64, compiler_eoe.sw64, I don't have the file eoe.sw64. I never got 7.4.4 to install either so I'm still using 7.4.3. Sorry about your birthday...

Edit: Fixed typo... :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of ZOMG, Where are these 6.5.22 packages? at May 25, 2013, 4:37 p.m...

So it's working now on yours? Top notch!

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Wrote on the subject of patents at May 26, 2013, 1:53 p.m...

I've agree; software patents are a blight on the landscape and must be purged and expurgated. From endsoftpatents.org:

Each software patent blocks software developers from implementing a feature such as a video format, pinch-to-zoom, or nested menus. For 20 years, no developer can implement that feature without asking the patent holder, who can refuse, or ask for payment and impose conditions. Today there are tens of thousands of software patents and this affects all computer users:

Software patents block standards, leading to incompatibility. If you can’t view a video, if a document doesn’t look right on your computer, or if two software packages don’t work well together, it’s often because a patent prohibits the software developer from making that feature work correctly.

Software patents block individuals from taking part in the development and distribution of software. This may not seem relevant to most people but it’s the same as the freedom to write a book. Most people will never write a book, but some people will, and society as a whole benefits from what is made by the few people who do write books or develop software.

Software patents create legal and financial risks that most companies can’t afford. The result is monopolies or only two or three companies being active in a given domain. Software users are left with very little choice, and because the patent-owning software companies know that the users are locked in, there is little incentive to respond to complaints from the users.

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 26, 2013, 4:53 p.m...

HAL!

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Wrote on the subject of I hate throwing this stuff out... at May 27, 2013, 11:57 a.m...

Powers up and won't boot or dead at the power switch?

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Wrote on the subject of What the heck is this and how do I get it to work? at May 27, 2013, 12:55 p.m...

katzmandu I think what you've got there is a rackmount Onyx RealityEngine2, the third picture shows the I/O ports as described here and also a very nice picture:

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Wrote on the subject of What the heck is this and how do I get it to work? at May 27, 2013, 3:57 p.m...

I'm sure your electrical service provider will be happy to run you two more phases. :mrgreen:

For a price... :shock:

Otherwise, a 120-240 stepup transformer should be able to do the job, yes?

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Wrote on the subject of What the heck is this and how do I get it to work? at May 27, 2013, 4:30 p.m...

You've only got single phase service to the house currently? Would you use a phase shifter then?

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Wrote on the subject of Period Comparison of Onyx(1) IR and Commodity Graphics at May 27, 2013, 9:58 p.m...

Breathe some new life into this most useful thread, results on my state of the art circa-2004 Linux box:

Code:

vishnu@starhunter:~$ tenmillion.c.exe light texture zbuffer area=850

running on starhunter (GeForce FX 5700 Ultra/PCI/SSE2) Tue May 28 00:41:10 2013

visual: 0x29

850 pixel triangles, 39 triangles/strip, 1 strips

vertex data: n3s t2s v3f

flat shading, zbuffer on, light on, texture on

test time: 2.000 secs.

geometry rate: 580409 triangles/sec

fill rate: 493.348 Mpixels/sec

Five hundred eighty thousand triangles per second seems pretty kick ass to me, especially on 9 year old hardware... :shock:

Would like to see what some of you guys with non-retro hardware can do... 8-)

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Wrote on the subject of freeware music software at May 28, 2013, 10:52 a.m...

No, but IRIX already has a fairly complete set of digital media tools, see for example: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... front.html

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Wrote on the subject of Period Comparison of Onyx(1) IR and Commodity Graphics at May 28, 2013, 11:55 a.m...

Wow!

I'm renaming my Linux box "boatanchor"... :roll:

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 28, 2013, 1:20 p.m...

Or, as a wiser voice than mine once said, reconfigure the PROM to the factory defaults by running "resetenv" <without the quotes> at the PROM command line (thanks recondas !) ... :mrgreen:

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Wrote on the subject of Period Comparison of Onyx(1) IR and Commodity Graphics at May 28, 2013, 1:38 p.m...

That's a little bit closer to what my lowly GeForce 5700 can do...

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Wrote on the subject of freeware music software at May 28, 2013, 3:13 p.m...

robespierre wrote:

there are binaries on the net for Csound, tiMIDity, Rosegarden, Cecilia, CAST, cmix, PD... maybe some of them are dead links now.

IRIX binaries? Seriously? :shock:

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Wrote on the subject of Period Comparison of Onyx(1) IR and Commodity Graphics at May 28, 2013, 3:15 p.m...

Undocumeted feature... :lol:

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 28, 2013, 4:28 p.m...

Just do a bare ls, don't reference the disk. SASH should see it as something like scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)/:

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 28, 2013, 5:02 p.m...

Nothing's installed yet! :shock:

You should be seeing directories and the file "unix" which is the kernel it would be trying to boot into...

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Wrote on the subject of Got an octane, Installing irix at May 28, 2013, 6:39 p.m...

Are you sure you got the disk partitioned right? You might want to have a look at this: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=bks&fname=/SGI_Admin/IA_DiskFiles/ch01.html

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