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@lauren @PeterLudemann @not2b I used to joke about how without fail every other generation (Challenge-Origin server and Indigo-O2 desktop era) of Silicon Graphics machines - the power supplies would either just die (no blinking lights) or catch on fire (literal flames shooting out). #sgi #silicongraphics A smart software engineer whose deskside machine caught on fire in his office calmly rolled it outside, removed the disks to save their work, THEN used an extinguisher on it.

I figured it couldn’t hurt to drop in to HARD OFF on my walk back from the mall.

Wandering through the Junk PC aisle, a double-take, what is that teal beauty on the bottom shelf?

A SiliconGraphics O2? In MY rural Japanese city? How did that get here? The tag showed it had been there for over a week. At $60 I had to give it a home!

Lugging it home in the 31+C heat, squeezing in on the tram and dashing through the rain was a slog but it made it home!

Hello vintage computer friends... I have a lil SGI O2 workstation with a Dallas clock chip — it's the cheeky type of chip with an internal battery. I do Not Like This.

Are they known to leak? Do we remove the battery from the chip? Replace the chip with something else?

Thank you, brain friends!!

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@flexion I'm really jealous

I wished someone would claw the #sgi brand from #HPE's hands or at least do a #brand & #design licensing deal to remanufacture the classic #SiliconGraphics case designs but for modern mainboard form factors.

Seriously, I'm shure there's some warehouse with the molds for those plastic cases or at the very least the geometry and design stuff...

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The Indy appeared in a few films. Jurassic Park is also from 1993 and features plenty of Silicon Graphics kit but, surprisingly, no Indy.

starringthecomputer.com/comput

13 year-old me went to a trade show in Lisbon and the guy at the Silicon Graphics booth thought nothing of letting me play with the Indy on display. It sported a (grayscale) camera and ran some smooth 3D demos. Sweet.

The DEC guys, though, looked at me funny when I asked about their Alphas... 🤨

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There were a few old computers at @inercia 2023, but one in particular piqued my interest: a Silicon Graphics Indy.

The Indy is an entry-level workstation from 30 years ago, but this one appeared to be running a fairly recent Linux distro... weird. 🤔

Turns out it's actually a modern PC on the inside. And not a hacked Indy chassis either: only the plastic exterior is original Silicon Graphics, the metal parts are custom built. Nice. 👌

I love this brittle beast I found on Ebay and impulsively bid on. The seller hand-delivered it within a day or two! I'm grateful for that because I doubt it would have survived shipping... the aged plastic case is extremely brittle and delicate. I've already broken (and repaired) two clips (one clip immediately broke again!).

This is a Unix system! I know this!