IRIX
I've been a fan of MIPS based SGI machines running IRIX since the early 90s. It
started to develop into a serious addiction when I finally got my first own
SGI machine (an only Indy) in 1998. That machine was followed by an Indigo2 Impact
in 2000 and an Octane (upgraded to Octane2 level over the years) in 2001. Starting
with the Indigo2 I was using IRIX as my main desktop OS pretty exclusively (coming
from Linux). The Octane was finally replaced by a Fuel in 2005. Some older pictures of the Fuel can
be found in the gallery.
For various practical reasons I finally stopped using IRIX as my main OS in 2007.
However, i'm still keeping the Fuel around as a hobbyist machine, for working on Nekoware and to drive the DLT tape drive I use for weekly backups
(as its the last SCSI based machine I still use regularly).
Nekoware
Nekoware is an extensive distribution of open source software compiled and packaged
for IRIX by the members of the Nekochan community.
I started to actively participate in nekoware in 2004 (contributing over 80 packages
over time) and still try to do so on a pseudo-regular basis. You can find Nekoware
here.
IRIX video formats
I've compiled quite a few IRIX video format definitions (vfo) for various
people and various machine/display combinations using the SGI video format
compiler (vfc) over the years. You can find those here (use
those at your own risk!).
Archived content
There used to be a separate IRIX section on this website before I decided to combine
the various sections into one UNIX section. You can find the archived SGI section here.
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