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04:03, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Onyx-R10k.jpg
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04:02, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Onyx2 with Multichannel.jpg
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03:57, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Indigo2 (Created page with "The Indigo 2, codenamed "Fullhouse" is a high end workstation marketed by Silicon Graphics from 1993 to 1997, with production of IMPACT models ending in 1998. The Indigo 2 succeeded the earlier IRIS Indigo line and is the higher end version of the Indy. === Features === The Indigo 2 is a large teal or purple desktop that is deceptively heavy, around 40lbs. It came with two plastic feet which can be used to set it upright vertically. ==== CPU ==== The Indigo 2 has three...") Tag: Visual edit
03:22, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Indigo2-purple.jpg
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03:20, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Challenge S (Created page with "The Challenge S is the server variant of the Indy workstation, utilizing the same basic hardware. It has some minor differences that make it different from the Indy in terms of hardware support, but is structurally similar. === Features === The Challenge S is a small desktop (dimensions 41 x 36 x 8 centimetres) server with a slightly darker case compared to the Indy. Inside the hardware is nearly identical: power supplies; processor modules; hard disks; memory; and GIO3...") Tag: Visual edit
03:12, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Indy (Created page with "thumb|500x500px|SGI Indy owned by CB_HK The Indy, code-named "Guinness", is one of the low-end workstations by Silicon Graphics. Selling for around $5000 USD at base price it was one of the cheaper models. It is notable for its common-ness, comparable to the Amiga 500 for Amigas, and its use in development for the Nintendo 64. It was introduced on July 12, 1993 and discontinued on June 30, 1997. === Features === The Indy is a small desktop (dimensio...") Tag: Visual edit
03:11, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Indymag.jpg
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03:09, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Crimson (Created page with "The IRIS Crimson or simply Crimson is the successor to the Power Series, first released in 1992. It was the first SGI workstation released with a 64-bit processor. thumb|A typical IRIS Crimson The Crimson was a member of Silicon Graphics' IRIS 4D series of deskside systems; it was also known as the 4D/510 workstation. It was similar to other SGI IRIS 4D deskside workstations, and could utilize a wide range of graphics options (up to RealityEngin...") Tag: Visual edit
03:08, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:IRIS Crimson.jpg
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02:59, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Crimson-jurassic-classic.jpg
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02:54, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page IRIS Indigo (Initial Commit) Tag: Visual edit
02:53, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Indigo-front-1000.jpg
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02:52, 7 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Indigo2-mag.jpg
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19:12, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Gentoo Prefix-Portage for IRIX (Created page with "On Nekochan in 2009, user Stuart posted that he had gotten Gentoo Prefix, a type of Portage port to other systems, working on IRIX. This article is an archive/documentation of that effort. Due to the 12-year gap from the time of writing this adaptation of his methods, this article is posted without warranty or guarantees. === History === Stuart posted on his initial post that he had quit working on pkgsrc (a NetBSD project) for the following reasons: * The build proces...") Tag: Visual edit
19:09, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Transporting SGIs (Created page with "This page is a list of user/crowd sourced notes on how to transport various systems. This page is free to be edited, as long as preexisting content is not removed without notification of a staff member. === Onyx === The Onyx was available in two form factors, known as the Deskside (codename ''Eveready'') and the Rack (codename ''Terminator'', sometimes referred to as the Rackmount or, rarely, Rackside). While both systems are large computers, the Rack is significantly l...") Tag: Visual edit
19:09, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page SSH Setup for 6.5 (Created page with "For years, SSH has been a pain under IRIX. However, with a recent port of Dropbear, an embedded, secure, and lightweight SSH server and client implementation for IRIX, it is now possible to have reasonably fast SSH usage under IRIX. === What is Dropbear? === Dropbear is an OpenSSH alternative, in a word. OpenSSH is a great product, but it does have its downsides. Recent versions are hard to setup under IRIX as it wants security features more and more that are difficult...") Tag: Visual edit
19:07, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Swap (Created page with "Just like on some other UNIX systems, IRIX can use swap. This article explains how to enable swapfiles for more swap. === General Procedure === <pre> # mkfile -v 2048m /usr/swap /usr/swap 2147483648 bytes # swap -a /usr/swap </pre>This will enable the file immediately. To ensure it works next boot add the following line to /etc/fstab: <code>/usr/swap swap swap pri=3 0 0</code>") Tag: Visual edit
19:07, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page NFS (Created page with "NFS or Networked File System is a protocol used to share filesystems over a network. IRIX includes support for NFSv2 and NFSv3. === Hosting NFS === '''NFSv2 and NFSv3 have known security problems and exploits. It's highly advised to use a proper firewall and configuration.''' NFS can be hosted from IRIX, BSD, Solaris/illumos, Linux or even some versions of macOS and still retain compatibility to IRIX. This page documents related issues with NFSv3/2 and the various quir...") Tag: Visual edit
19:03, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Inst (Created page with "inst is the package and installation utility on IRIX, and is supplemented by swmgr, an graphical frontend (the relationship is similar to aptitude and synaptic) to the command line. inst is used for installing and uninstalling programs, applying patches and more. === General Operations === inst can be started from within IRIX by typing "inst" as root to access the full menu, but it can be run as a user, but it will be read-only. Entries in inst are numbers and accessi...") Tag: Visual edit
19:01, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Toolchain (Created page with "The toolchest program is the IRIX equivalent of a Start menu or a "dock". The standard set of menu buttons in the IRIX Interactive Desktop toolchest is Desktop, Selected, Find, System, and Help. === Change the Toolchest Display === The following flags can be used to change the behavior/look of the toolchest: - horizontal - The toolchest will display horizontally instead of vertically. - vertical - The toolchest will display vertically. This is the default. - decal -...") Tag: Visual edit
18:58, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page L1 Controller (Created page with "All of the systems based on the Chimera architecture (Fuel, Origin 3000, Onyx4, Origin/Onyx 3x0, Tezro) include a low-level hardware monitor, power management and startup/shutdown system called the L1 controller. This system does many things that earlier systems either lacked the capability of doing, or had a separate system that performed those functions, including holding serial numbers and configuring NUMA access. === Power commands === To start an L1 equipped SGI, t...") Tag: Visual edit
18:58, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page ARCS (Created page with "ARCS is the name for the firmware used by SGI machines to boot an IRIX kernel and store important NVRAM variables. It's also commonly called in common parlance the '''PROM''' by users, though this generally refers to the physical chip storing ARCS. === Capabilities === ARCS is a fully graphical firmware that has basic understanding of TCP/IP (though it can't ping/trace and has no understanding of routes. It only knows TFTP and RSH commands enough to boot a kernel or app...") Tag: Visual edit
18:57, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page EFS (Initial) Tag: Visual edit
18:21, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page LTO Drives (Initial) Tag: Visual edit
18:15, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page USB Controllers (Created page with "USB is officially supported on IRIX in a very limited fashion on Chimera (Tezro, Fuel, Origin/Onyx 3000, Origin/Onyx 3x0, and the Onyx4). === Classes Supported === invent.h defines four classes: the root hub/controller USB hubs human interface devices the graphics compositor (A peripheral used to composite multiple VPros into a single output) === Device Support === The number of confirmed devices that work under IRIX is quite small, but users have reported the fol...") Tag: Visual edit
18:15, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Neweoe (Initial) Tag: Visual edit
18:10, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Libxg (Initial Commit) Tag: Visual edit
18:08, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Porting Issues (Initial) Tag: Visual edit
18:07, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page IRIX (Initial Commit) Tag: Visual edit
18:06, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page IRIXNet (Initial Commit) Tag: Visual edit
17:05, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Nekochan.net (Initial Commit) Tag: Visual edit
16:58, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Personal IRIS (Wiki Import) Tag: Visual edit
16:58, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:PersonalIris.jpg
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04:47, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Professional IRIS (Wiki Import) Tag: Visual edit
04:46, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:Prime-IRIS.jpg
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04:44, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page File:4D50GT.jpg
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04:15, 5 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Installing IRIX (Wiki Import) Tag: Visual edit
19:59, 4 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page IRIX 101 (Wiki Import) Tag: Visual edit
19:57, 4 February 2025 Raion talk contribs created page Upgrading O2 from R5-7k to R10-12k (Wiki Import) Tag: Visual edit