the perspective on the second image had me confused lol, thought you'd had a custom hdmi mod installed but I realised that it was a rectangular power cable, not often you see one of those these days.
TIL that there is an O2 plus! I recently got myself an O2 and it really is an engineering marvel! I've read that the liquid metal effects in Terminator 2 were made in IRIX using various tools, does anyone know if there is an image/archive somewhere, that can demonstrate the process or parts of it on real hardware?
There was a graphics demo that could "pinch" a photo in real time. When you released it would bounce back to it's original form. It was awesome back then.
distort, the default was default a dog.. you could also ripple. They used a similar mechanism in the SM64 intro screen, you could distort Mario’s face. these machines still run lovely today. 🦾
I got into computing when I was at school and university in the mid to late 90's and remember walking past a computer lab which had SGI Octanes in it.. and just seeing that lightbar and the imposing wide and tall case... they were like the pinnacle of computing for me. The day I bought my first SGI Indy a year or two later from the wonderful Ian Mapleson I was completely hooked! Still adore the SGI case designs from numerous marques.. and it's only a) respect and b) increasing rarity that has stopped me chopping one up and stuffing modern PC innards into it!
If you look closely at the back, there are levers on the pluggable drive bay thingies. I honestly really liked them. The help pop out and seat whatever it is (usually a hard drive) from the motherboard ports. Every time I am fiddling with seating a drive even now, 30 years later, I think about these little levers you see on the O2.
I worked at SGI when the O2 was released (but I didn't work on the hardware itself, only some digital media software on it). I always wondered who added that nice little touch of levers. It isn't like a single customer would buy (or not buy) an O2 if it had regular screws like the back of any generic PC case has. But it was a nice touch anyway.
Nice! Your O2 is so "clean" in those photos! No dust, no rust.
I like the "Quake" running. The first time I ever played Quake, I came into SGI on my day off, on a Saturday, all alone (nobody else in the building), and played Doom (or Quake?) for 12 hours, and went back home. LOL.
I was never very good, played mostly on "Easy" mode, but I really enjoyed that day.
Is there any cool stuff left on it’s HDD?
I stupidly passed on a couple SGI workstations from early 90’s that were owned by a prototype body design artist for ford motors. I still kick myself every time I see these. They wanted $250 for the pair and it was right after covid lockdown in march 2020 so I was scared to buy anything on Craigslist because I had to enter their home to test it and I was also not sure if I was gonna have rent and food money and was pretty sure there was going to be food riots lol.
wuntoofwee@reddit
Erwin's looking well
bionicle_159@reddit
the perspective on the second image had me confused lol, thought you'd had a custom hdmi mod installed but I realised that it was a rectangular power cable, not often you see one of those these days.
DominBear@reddit
Pretty Purple!
Cwc2413@reddit
So cool to see one of these machines still being used!
chulofiasco@reddit (OP)
They still run remarkably well.
bhmcintosh@reddit
ERWIN!
thetarasque@reddit
TIL that there is an O2 plus! I recently got myself an O2 and it really is an engineering marvel! I've read that the liquid metal effects in Terminator 2 were made in IRIX using various tools, does anyone know if there is an image/archive somewhere, that can demonstrate the process or parts of it on real hardware?
DanDez@reddit
Time to get Alias Wavefront Maya 2.0 on there!
Or Power Animator!
TheGillos@reddit
3DStudioMAX
crozone@reddit
And glquake 😎
sparrow_42@reddit
Yasssss
rcreames@reddit
Sick! An SGI was a dream machine for me back in the day.
Rementoire@reddit
There was a graphics demo that could "pinch" a photo in real time. When you released it would bounce back to it's original form. It was awesome back then.
chulofiasco@reddit (OP)
distort, the default was default a dog.. you could also ripple. They used a similar mechanism in the SM64 intro screen, you could distort Mario’s face. these machines still run lovely today. 🦾
trackrat53@reddit
Sweet!
HCST@reddit
What I wouldn't have given to have one of these as a kid back in the day.
TheOriginalSamBell@reddit
no doubt - computer cases just looked way cooler back then. my personal favorite: the blue BeBox.
chicaneuk@reddit
I got into computing when I was at school and university in the mid to late 90's and remember walking past a computer lab which had SGI Octanes in it.. and just seeing that lightbar and the imposing wide and tall case... they were like the pinnacle of computing for me. The day I bought my first SGI Indy a year or two later from the wonderful Ian Mapleson I was completely hooked! Still adore the SGI case designs from numerous marques.. and it's only a) respect and b) increasing rarity that has stopped me chopping one up and stuffing modern PC innards into it!
TheOriginalSamBell@reddit
ah sweet nostalgia. the NeXT Cube would also be a good candidate for a modern sleeper machine. timeless design.
brianwski@reddit
If you look closely at the back, there are levers on the pluggable drive bay thingies. I honestly really liked them. The help pop out and seat whatever it is (usually a hard drive) from the motherboard ports. Every time I am fiddling with seating a drive even now, 30 years later, I think about these little levers you see on the O2.
I worked at SGI when the O2 was released (but I didn't work on the hardware itself, only some digital media software on it). I always wondered who added that nice little touch of levers. It isn't like a single customer would buy (or not buy) an O2 if it had regular screws like the back of any generic PC case has. But it was a nice touch anyway.
blakespot@reddit
I've got some shots of those levers on the back in my O2 photo gallery.
brianwski@reddit
Nice! Your O2 is so "clean" in those photos! No dust, no rust.
I like the "Quake" running. The first time I ever played Quake, I came into SGI on my day off, on a Saturday, all alone (nobody else in the building), and played Doom (or Quake?) for 12 hours, and went back home. LOL.
I was never very good, played mostly on "Easy" mode, but I really enjoyed that day.
Blightious@reddit
Is there any cool stuff left on it’s HDD? I stupidly passed on a couple SGI workstations from early 90’s that were owned by a prototype body design artist for ford motors. I still kick myself every time I see these. They wanted $250 for the pair and it was right after covid lockdown in march 2020 so I was scared to buy anything on Craigslist because I had to enter their home to test it and I was also not sure if I was gonna have rent and food money and was pretty sure there was going to be food riots lol.
blakespot@reddit
Let's get rid of this staggeringly awesome chrome 3D hypercube logo and go for "sgi" written in a weird font.
fadsoftoday@reddit
Look up how much it used to cost back in the day!
doctormoneypuppy@reddit
Zexy box
XFX1270@reddit
Every once in a while, I'll go down the SGI rabbit hole and every time I have to convince myself I don't need one.
chulofiasco@reddit (OP)
you might need one though!
XFX1270@reddit
Maybe someday. I'm trying to finish my dual PIII Slot 1 workstation build at the moment haha
Zakmackraken@reddit
As an SGI enthusiast I am embarrassed to not realise there was a an O2+. I want one.
Boring_Disaster3031@reddit
Awesome! I sure loved all the SGI machines I had over the years. Sadly I don't currently own one.
SeveralHighlight749@reddit
Ahh, the creator of Personalized Copies of Games