end of an era, SGI stops production*
*SGI stops production of MIPS IRIX
But wait a minute, weren’t they broke already? Well… not really, they filed for bankruptcy, but called it a reorganization. Now, the end-of-production of MIPS and IRIX doesn’t come as a surprise, but still…
MIPS® IRIX® Products Approach EOP
SGI probably will stay some highly-specialized company, still developing some crazy Itanium-systems and hopefully they keep contributing to the linux source code… Which is all quite nice of course, but without MIPS and IRIX, SGI is just not SGI anymore…
The MIPS/IRIX-SGIs were the only real SGIs imho… That’s also why I didn’t feel too sorry to be modding this SGI320-case to become my workstation... which resembles ever more the current SGI line-up, running linux X86_64 (shock! horror!) ^_^ ...
But I will always have this soft spot for MIPS IRIX stuff for sure. I already got a couple of them and I have this hunch there will be coming some more (nooo, I didn’t buy anything already!)
For instance, something like this:
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a maxed out Octane2, now for sale in Holland...
They even have a Warehouse Clearance Sale at SGI themselves (‘all items must go!’ ...now wait, they start to make sense!), although that’s still ridiculously overpriced compared to ebay for instance (but somehow, that fits them *^_^* )
My friend Roberto from Italy got a similar system and even though I’m not a jealous guy… in this case… ;-)
Well… last words…
MIPS IRIX is dead, long live MIPS IRIX in the hobbyist scene!
and my favourite quote when it comes to this:
“Mac users may form a cult, but the SGI community is the tech equivalent of the pre-Reformation Moravian church—unknown, tiny and years ahead of its time.” source
earlier on this site
Silicon Graphics, may you rest in peace
Whatever happened to SGI?
and you can find a lot more SGI-related stuff on this site of course, this site started off on a SGI and the site-design is still inspired by that
earlier on bright.nl (in dutch, by me)
Einde in zicht voor Silicon Graphics
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I always wanted an SGI, but I put it out of my mind as anything I could ever get.
Now that they are affordable and plentiful, what would you recommend for the beginner SGI hobbyist?
hi there! thk for the link!
sad to read irix era has ended
soon after my relocation i’ll rebuild my sgi homelan with octane ..two o2 and challenge…
rob
>what would you recommend for the beginner SGI hobbyist?
Well, anything goes I guess… but when you look around you should be able to pick up an Indy for near to nothing…
an o2 can be a good starting point if you can afford a bit more than a base indy, feel fre to mail me for futher info.