[rescue] Sources of IRIX?

Phil Stracchino phils at caerllewys.net
Mon Feb 13 13:26:11 CST 2017


On 02/13/17 14:07, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 02/13/2017 01:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> Honestly, it's such an experience that I'd bet at least a few home users
>>> have been put off SGIs by it.
>>
>> Was a Silicon Graphics workstation ever something for "home users"?
>> (Excepting very unusual specialist ones. I.e. weirdos. I.e. people
>> like us lot.)
> 
>    At one time nearly everyone I knew had at least one SGI at home.  But 
> then I've always worked hard to ensure a very high signal/noise ratio in 
> my social contacts.

I kept meaning to venture into SGI, but never actually pulled the
trigger.  Some years back I recall coming across a limited stash of
Fuels and Tezros (iirc), but I was completely tapped out on all three of
cash, time and energy at the time.


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