Downloads for both the IRIX binary as well as a ready made tardist (further down the thread) can be found in this forum thread.
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Just a quick note to tell you that the Retrochallenge 2012 Winter Warmup competition will be running in January 2012. The website is now up and running and already providing interest and amusement. The 'competition' is open to anyone using retro computing kit, it's a great community to be part of and there is always lots of interesting projects going on.
It'd sure be nice to see some SGI kit getting a workout this time around.
More info at our neck of cyberspace: http://www.retrochallenge.net
Regards, Mark.
I don't know if it's too late to actually enter at this point, but it certainly isn't too late to follow along! I'm hoping to start work on some retro projects this month as well.
]]>]]>I am pleased to announce... the Seattle Retro-Computing Society's inaugural meeting, on Saturday, June 25th, 2011!
Do you do any of the following with old computers near Seattle?
+ Use them
+ Collect them
+ Play games on them
+ Write programs for them
+ Develop new hardware for them
+ Help other people do any of the above
If your answer was "yes," as I expect it will be if you're reading this near Seattle, then the SRCS is for you! We exist so you can show off your awesome stuff, bounce ideas off of fellow enthusiasts, and be inspired by one another's achievements, plans and aspirations.
No idea is too big or too small, and we're not picky about what flavor of vintage machine you prefer! Come on down and tell us about it!
The meeting is graciously hosted by the Living Computer Museum, a relatively new organization which is building a computer museum in Seattle's SODO neighborhood. There will be refreshments, presentations on various vintage topics of interest, and enough table space & power to set up anything you may want to show off!
For further details, please see our page at http://srcs.nfshost.com/.
Hope to see you there!
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Just wanted to make an official announcement on Nekochan for the DEC Legacy Event. This is the second year of the event, and following on from last years great success I would like to extend the invitation to attend not only to those interested in DEC hardware but also in SGI, HP, IBM and Sun hardware as well (or any other kit that would be of interest).
Given the size of the venue I am not entertaining extending this invitation to our 8-bit friends as I believe this is a community better served by VCF-GB which I am informed will be making a repeat appearance in 2012.
The event is hosted over two days in the beautiful Lake District of the UK. Last year we had many interesting talks and presentations, including a very memorable talk by Stephen Hoffman via video-conference to the USA about his time spent at the mill. It's a very unique opportunity to meet up with fellow enthusiasts. This year we are planning on being a lot more hands on - expect to see a multi-machine/OS DECnet cluster being created for example.
The cost is GBP 15.00 for the two days, although you are able to book for either Saturday/Sunday separately as required. Most of this cost goes to hiring the venue.
Feel free to ask me any questions. I am about to spend a little time getting the website more up to date with people and machines that will be attending. If you would like to make a presentation or do a demonstration (or would like to volunteer someone!) that would be great - just let me know.
I would love to see a good representation from the SGI, HP and Sun community there!
Regards,
Mark Wickens
http://declegacy.org.uk
Downloads for both the IRIX binary as well as a ready made tardist (further down the thread) can be found in this forum thread.
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A download link for the binary tarball can be found here Give it a try, post feedback and have fun!
]]>More information, discussion and download links for pjcap can be found in this forum thread. Give it a try and let kshcsuf know how it works out!
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The game itself is a tribute to the 1980 classic vector game ‘Rip Off’ by Cinematronics.
Download link, information and discussion can be found in this forum thread. Have fun!
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“Chromawaves” is an interactive OpenGL demo featuring colorful waves which can be panned and zoomed via a mouse. Downloads for both binary and sourcecode can be found in this forum thread.
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An IRIX binary download and information on its use can be found in this forum thread. It’s a fun way to test out the performance of your machine and generate some nice artwork at the same time. Worth checking out.
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New features in this version include:
More information and the download link can be found in this thread (scroll down for the latest version).
]]>Ouch.
I sincerely apologize for this. I betrayed the trust of those following me, and I feel awful about it.
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Thumbo is a small tool for creating thumbnails from a folder of images for use on the web. A binary download for Thumbo can be found on the project web site:
http://www.sgi.faktor0.de/thumbo/
A discussion thread for feedback and more information can be found here.
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Not being much of an IRC user myself I gave it just a cursory run, but it seems to work well. A download link for the binary tarball can be found here (scroll down a bit for the latest version). Give it a try and be sure to let uridium know if it works for you!
]]>Some highlights in this batch (in no particular order) include:
Many thanks go out to to all the Nekoware packagers for crafting these updates!
]]>For those not in the know, Ayam is a free 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface distributed under the BSD licence. You can use it in conjunction with freely available IRIX RenderMan binaries such as BMRT.
Though far from the glory days, it’s still nice to see recent 3D graphics applications running on SGI IRIX hardware. Check it out, give it a spin, leave feedback in the forum thread dedicated to the release.
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