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  • 22:0822:08, 21 September 2025 Challenge L (hist | edit) [1,521 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Challenge L''', sharing codename '''Eveready''' and '''Terminator''' with the Onyx systems, is a mid-range to high end HPC server available in deskside and rackmount formats starting in 1992. Three distinct CPU families were used for this model, all 64-bit. R4400, R8000 and R10000. === Challenge R4400 Configurations === {| class="wikitable" !Model !# of CPUs !CPU !CPU MHz !L2 cache !Memory !Enclosure |- |'''DM''' (Departmental) |1, 2 or 4 |R4400 |100, 150,...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:2317:23, 21 September 2025 UNIX Tar (hist | edit) [701 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''tar''', short for '''tape archive''' is an archival format used on UNIX, Unix-like and BSD OSes for storing files. It simply groups files together in a concatenation, compression is provided separately by gzip, bzip2, xz/lzma, or zstd compression. IRIX also uses tar for its tardist format. == Implementations of tar for IRIX == Three implementations of tar for IRIX are available: * IRIX tar, the standard /sbin/tar command. It is not recommended to use this tar f...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:1917:19, 21 September 2025 VRML (hist | edit) [1,340 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''VRML''' ('''Virtual Reality Modeling Language''', pronounced ''vermal'' or by its initials, originally—before 1995—known as the Virtual Reality Markup Language) is a markup language and file format for displaying 3D models in a web browser. == WRL file format == VRML is a text file format where, e.g., vertices and edges for a 3D polygon can be specified along with the surface color, UV-mapped textures, shininess, transparency, and so on.[1][2] URLs can be associ...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:1217:12, 21 September 2025 Cray (hist | edit) [83 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cray Research was a corporation owned by Silicon Graphics for a period of time.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:4516:45, 21 September 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hist | edit) [306 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)''' is a high performance and enterprise computing company split off from the original Hewlett Packard corporation. It is the current rights holder of several pieces of SGI technology including NUMA, Cray, Itanium, IRIX, and more.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:4316:43, 21 September 2025 Rackable Systems (hist | edit) [2,170 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rackable Systems''', later known as '''Silicon Graphics International''' was the successor company of Silicon Graphics. Due to its abandonment of all "SGI" ideals and only using its name, this wiki henceforth refers to it as Rackable Systems or Rackable for short. == History == Rackable Systems Inc. went public in June 2005, with 6.25 million shares offered at $12 per share. In 2006, Rackable announced it had signed an agreement to a...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:3216:32, 21 September 2025 The Great TechPubs Fiasco (hist | edit) [1,005 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page serves as an explanation for the data loss incurred by TechPubs Wiki in August of 2025 and explains steps taken to ensure this will not occur again. == Background == TechPubs was created in early 2025 by Raion to serve as a home for SGI documentation of a higher quality than other sites. == Disaster == Due to circumstances beyond Raion's control, in August of 2025, our host Virtarix lost our VPS, and all backups before anything could...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:2116:21, 21 September 2025 ESP (hist | edit) [1,173 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''E'''mbedded '''S'''upport '''P'''artners (ESP) is a system service that calls home with data to provide assistance with support issues. With the demise of Silicon Graphics it has become a major security issue. This page documents ESP for historical reasons. == Disabling ESP == Simply run <code>chkconfig esp off</code> and <code>/etc/killall esp</code> to terminate it immediately. == Extreme slow down on log in == ESP also works in conjunction with configmond,...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:1116:11, 21 September 2025 NIS (hist | edit) [3,178 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Network Information Services''', also called '''Yellow Pages''' or '''yp''', is supported on IRIX. Similar to Active Directory or LDAP it provides indexing of hostnames and DNS configuration synchronization. == Transfer NIS Master In IRIX == Tar up the directory with the NIS flat files live in and copy it over to the new master. <pre> 8:12am dragon /etc/yp %ls aliases local.make.script.pre-6.5.x auto.direct mac auto.home...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:0216:02, 21 September 2025 Nekochan.net (hist | edit) [1,508 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nekochan.net was a website registered on January 21st, 2000 according to public WHOIS. It was founded by Nekonoko, real name Peter Plank, who started it for the purpose of discussing SGI software and hardware. In 2003, the Nekochan forums were started and Nekochan.net became an intensely popular icon in the Silicon Graphics community as the main hub for non-corporate users of SGI hardware and software. It was shut down May 21st, 2018 under alleged GDPR compliance issues....") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:5915:59, 21 September 2025 LTO Drive Configuration (hist | edit) [6,231 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "→HP Ultrium 1 / LTO-1: { DATTAPE, TPDAT, 2, 7, "HP", "Ultrium", →LTO-1: , 0, 0, {0}, MTCAN_BSF|MTCAN_BSR|MTCAN_APPEND|MTCAN_COMPRESS|MTCAN_PREV| MTCAN_SYNC|MTCAN_SPEOD|MTCAN_CHKRDY|MTCAN_VAR|MTCAN_SETSZ| MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_SEEK|MTCAN_CHTYPEANY, →minimum delay on i/o is 4 minutes, because when a retry is <nowiki>*</nowiki> performed, the drive retries a number of times, and then <nowiki>*</nowiki> rewinds to BOT, repositions, and tries again.: 40, 5*60, 20*...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:5815:58, 21 September 2025 UltimateVision (hist | edit) [1,172 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''UltimateVision''' was the final high-end graphics architecture that was SGI branded, with ATi (now AMD) providing the chipsets for the Onyx4 and Prism workstations. == Information == Introduced in 2006, UltimateVision was offered as the graphics option for SGI’s Prism and Onyx4 visualization systems,. The UltimateVision subsystem was designed to scale from a single high-performance graphics pipe to multi-pipe configurations for visualization walls, immersi...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:4715:47, 21 September 2025 Sgidoom (hist | edit) [624 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''sgidoom''' was a demo of Doom on IRIX included with many IRIX demo CDs in the 1990s. == Specifications == It was designed to run on IRIX 5.3 and later. IRIX Doom was originally based on the unreleased DOS version 1.5, though later updates were based on versions 1.6 and 1.8. No effort was made to take advantage of SGI's advanced graphics hardware, and like many other ports the game was rendered entirely in software. sgidoom lacks sound, but includes sndserver fo...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:3815:38, 21 September 2025 IRIX Install Using NetBSD Host (hist | edit) [9,404 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This article describes installation of IRIX on an Indy, but it should work with slight modifications if applied to other systems. Refer to other installation guides for variance. This guide should work with a NetBSD machine of any architecture. It has been tested on a Pentium II, Raspberry Pi, and a Power Macintosh. === Setup of the Host Server === First, install NetBSD onto the host server machine. Great guides already exist for this, so please refer to the NetBSD...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:3715:37, 21 September 2025 IRIX Install Using IRIX Host (hist | edit) [5,864 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This article describes the installation of IRIX 6.5.30 on an SGI Fuel. The installation is performed over a local network (LAN), using a SGI Indy workstation as installation server. The main focus of this article is to demonstrate the feature of driving inst using a pre-written command file instead of manually performing all needed software selection steps. Although the example specifically describes an IRIX 6.5.30 installation, the demonstrated methods will work with an...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:3515:35, 21 September 2025 MAME (hist | edit) [5,826 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Thanks to the MAME developers, the following emulated hardware/software combinations have at least some functionality. {| class="wikitable" | |OS version |Indy | colspan="3" |Indigo 2 |- | |IRIX 5.3.x |MAME 0.209+ | colspan="3" |MAME 0.210+ |- | |IRIX 6.2.x |MAME 0.210+ | colspan="3" |MAME 0.210+ |- | |IRIX 6.5.22 |MAME 0.210+ | colspan="3" |MAME 0.210+ |- | |IRIX 6.5.30 |N/A | colspan="3" |N/A |} 6.5.30 is not supported on the Indy or Indigo2 hardware, that doesn't chan...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 15:2515:25, 21 September 2025 Itanium (hist | edit) [6,649 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Itanium''', also known as '''IA-64''' and '''IPF (Itanium Processor Family)''' is an ISA and family of high performance CPUs created as a joint Hewlett Packard and Intel project starting in the early 1990s. It is notable for SGI's later usage of the Itanium 2 architecture for the Altix 350 and later systems. == History of Itanium == The Itanium project began in the late 1980s at Hewlett-Packard’s Fort Collins Design Center in Colorado. At the time, HP was expl...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 04:5904:59, 21 September 2025 Flexlm-License (hist | edit) [7,941 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Note: This is a HaxForce license found on an old usenet mailing list years ago. # # FLEXlm license file # ## FLEXlm License File FLMLF 1.0 ## Filename:/var/flexlm/license.dat FEATURE TV/Base toolworks 3.800 1-jan-0 0 1C466A88CDF55FAD72F6 HOSTID=ANY \ ISSUER="Hax Force, Inc." FEATURE TV/AnyChip-AnyOS toolworks 3.800 1-jan-0 0 ACB60AF81EC176CB3072 \ HOSTID=ANY ISSUER="Hax Force, Inc." FEATURE TV/AnyChip-AnyOS/MP/Big toolworks 3.800 1-jan-0 0 3...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5804:58, 21 September 2025 ARCS (hist | edit) [2,039 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ARCS is the name for the firmware used by later SGI machines starting with the IRIS Indigo to boot an IRIX kernel and store important NVRAM variables. It's also commonly called in common parlance the '''PROM''' by users, though this generally refers to the physical chip storing ARCS. === Capabilities === ARCS is a fully graphical firmware that has basic understanding of TCP/IP (though it can't ping/trace and has no understanding of routes. It only knows TFTP and RSH...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5704:57, 21 September 2025 IPFilter (hist | edit) [7,294 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "IRIX does have an IPFilter port for people looking to use firewalls on their machines. This page details several uses of it. === Setup === IPFilter is an established open source software package written and maintained by Darren Reed under a modified BSD style license. Source code is available from the project's homepage. It claims to have been tested and run under IRIX 6.2<nowiki/>and IRIX 6.5 (loadable kernel module), however, there have reportedly been problem...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5604:56, 21 September 2025 Inst (hist | edit) [1,958 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "inst is the package and installation utility, appearing in GL2-3.x and used through IRIX 6.5 and is supplemented by swmgr, an graphical frontend (the relationship is similar to aptitude and synaptic) to the command line. inst is used for installing and uninstalling programs, applying patches and more. === General Operations === inst can be started from within IRIX by typing "inst" as root to access the full menu, but '''it can be run as a user, but it will be r...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5504:55, 21 September 2025 Gentoo Prefix-Portage for IRIX (hist | edit) [8,628 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with " On Nekochan in 2009, user Stuart posted that he had gotten Gentoo Prefix, a type of Portage port to other systems, working on IRIX. This article is an archive/documentation of that effort. Due to the 12-year gap from the time of writing this adaptation of his methods, this article is posted without warranty or guarantees. === History === Stuart posted on his initial post that he had quit working on pkgsrc (a NetBSD project) for the following reasons: * The build proce...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5404:54, 21 September 2025 Add Images to Visual Login (hist | edit) [530 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Use chkconfig to make sure that visuallogin is set to on and noiconlogin to off. The icons (SGI RGB format, at least 100x100 pixels) can be placed in the following locations: /$HOME/.icons/login.icon /usr/lib/faces/$USER /usr/local/lib/faces/$USER $USER is the login name of the user, $HOME the home directory. Remember, no file extension is needed after the name of the image. $USER is not a directory, but an actual rgb image file with the name of the account that it...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:5304:53, 21 September 2025 Network Setup (hist | edit) [3,978 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "IRIX unlike modern Linux distros, Windows and macOS necessitates some level of manual configuration. Some of the tasks here can be accomplished via the GUI, but it is valuable to understand the networking stack in IRIX. === Major Components === IRIX's network stack consists of several components: * inetd - This not only controls the major network services, like telnet and rlogind, it also controls the network and updates to the network necessitate restarts of inetd. *...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3803:38, 21 September 2025 Prism (hist | edit) [3,301 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Prism sucks") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3803:38, 21 September 2025 Visual Workstation 540 (hist | edit) [997 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "VW 540") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3803:38, 21 September 2025 Visual Workstation 320 (hist | edit) [1,140 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "alt=The front of a VW 320 system with the shutter door closed. Courtesy of Irinikus.|thumb|The front of a VW 320 system with the shutter door closed. Courtesy of Irinikus. VW 320 placeholder") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3503:35, 21 September 2025 EFS (hist | edit) [818 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "EFS is a 32-bit filesystem introduced in GL2-3.x that provided greater filesystem sizes over the old System III filesystem used in early GL2 releases. However, it's limited to a 8GB volume size and 2GB file size, which led, along with performance and system concerns to its replacement in IRIX 6.0 and 5.3 XFS") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3403:34, 21 September 2025 XFS (hist | edit) [4,015 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "XFS is a high performance filesystem introduced in IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.0 to replace EFS, a synchronous filesystem that lacked performance, stability and size capabilities afforded by XFS.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 03:3303:33, 21 September 2025 MEX (hist | edit) [537 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''MEX''' ('''m'''ultiple '''ex'''posure) is a windowing system used on 68k-based GL2-2.x and GL2-3.x. MEX was introduced in GL2-2.x as a locally run GUI system. All programs were loaded by typing the command in the terminal prompt, it lacked title bars and had limited color palettes and resolution. It's speculated some compatiblity was retained in the early 4D1 System V releases, but very little of this has survived. File:MEX GUI.png|alt=MEX GUI from GL2 (Pr...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5702:57, 21 September 2025 O2 (hist | edit) [9,442 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Silicon Graphics O2, codename Moosehead, is an entry-level Unix workstation introduced in 1996 by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) to replace their earlier Indy. Like the Indy, the O2 uses a single MIPS microprocessor and was intended to be used mainly for multimedia. Its larger counterpart was the SGI Octane. The O2 was SGI's last attempt at a low-end workstation. == Features == O2 features a proprietary high-bandwidth Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) that connects th...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5602:56, 21 September 2025 Octane (hist | edit) [9,317 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Octane and its later version, the '''Octane2''', code named Speed Racer, is a high end workstation marketed by Silicon Graphics between 1996 and 2004. Replacing the Indigo2, it is an SMP-capable (dual CPU) machine running the MIPS R10000 to R14000 series of processors. The main differences between the Octane2 and the Octane are configuration-related. The Octane 2 has upgraded motherboard, power supply, front plane and graphics options, but it's entirely possible to r...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5602:56, 21 September 2025 Origin 2000 (hist | edit) [3,362 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "For the graphics deskside variant, see the Onyx2 article The SGI Origin 2000, code name ''Lego'', is the successor of the SGI Challenge line. Sold in deskside, rack and multi-rack configurations, the Origin 2000 is a highly modular and scalable system. == Features == Each Origin 2000 module is based on nodes that are plugged into a midplane. Each module can contain up to four node boards, two router boards and twelve XIO options. The modules are then mounted inside a d...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5502:55, 21 September 2025 Onyx2 (hist | edit) [6,642 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "For the rack variant, see the Origin 2000 article The SGI Onyx2, code name ''Kego'', is the successor of the SGI Onyx. The Onyx2's basic system architecture is based on the Origin 2000, but the midplane and some parts such as the IO6 are different between models. The Onyx2 is notable for the InfiniteReality2, 2E and 3 boards it usually is equipped with, as well as its imposing size, weight and aesthetics. == Features == The Onyx2 deskside form factor can handle up to 4...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5502:55, 21 September 2025 Origin 200 (hist | edit) [2,857 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Origin 200''' is a midrange server replacing the SGI Challenge M. It is the server counterpart to the Octane but shares its architecture with the Origin 2000.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5402:54, 21 September 2025 Onyx (hist | edit) [45,549 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with " The Silicon Graphics Onyx (frequently known as the Onyx1 or Original Onyx, or by its form-factor specific codenames Eveready and Terminator) is a graphics supercomputer introduced by Silicon Graphics in 1993 to replace their short-lived Crimson. Also based on the POWERpath-2 Everest architecture, the Onyx is closely related to the Challenge L/XL systems offered by SGI during the same time period, and shares many parts. In general, the difference between an Onyx and a Ch...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5302:53, 21 September 2025 Indigo 2 (hist | edit) [5,029 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Indigo 2, codenamed "Fullhouse" is a high end workstation marketed by Silicon Graphics from 1993 to 1997, with production of IMPACT models ending in 1998. The Indigo 2 succeeded the earlier IRIS Indigoline and is the higher end version of the Indy. == Features == The Indigo 2 is a large teal or purple desktop that is deceptively heavy, around 40lbs. It came with two plastic feet which can be used to set it upright vertically. ==== CPU ==== The Indigo 2 has three di...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5302:53, 21 September 2025 Origin 3000 (hist | edit) [6,186 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The SGI Origin 3000, is the successor of the SGI Origin 2000 line. Unlike previous versions, it did not offer a deskside version, opting for full and half rack configurations instead. It also introduced the "brick" architecture used by many Chimera architecture SGIs. === Features === Physically, the Origin 3000 is based on "bricks" - rackmounted modules that provide a specific function, that are connected together using NUMAlink 3 cables for modules providing compute fu...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5202:52, 21 September 2025 Fuel (hist | edit) [6,121 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Silicon Graphics Fuel, introduced in 2002, was intended to be a single-CPU midrange solution for those customers who did not need multiple-CPU capability, thus offering a much cheaper system compared to a baseline Tezro or top-spec single-CPU Octane. Contrary to popular belief, Fuel was not a successor to O2. SGI never made a follow-on to O2; a new system was designed (internally known as the Banana2000 or b2k) but was never developed beyond a prototype.The Fuel has...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5202:52, 21 September 2025 Origin 300 (hist | edit) [5,123 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The SGI Origin 300 is a rack-mounted, mid range server sold by Silicon Graphics from 2001 to 2004. The 300 was offered in two to 32 processor configurations, at speeds ranging from 400 to 600MHz over the lifetime of the model. The Origin 300 is not a member of the later Chimera family, though it shares superficial and functional similarities with it. Its closest relative is the Fuel. == Features == Each CPU brick has two PCI slots across a PCI bus. All compute bricks ar...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5102:51, 21 September 2025 Origin 350 (hist | edit) [6,792 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The SGI Origin 350, and its graphics-equipped sibling the '''Onyx350''', is a rack-mounted, mid range server sold by Silicon Graphics from 2003 to 2007. This system uses MIPS-based processors and offers a number of advances over the Origin 300 model that preceded it. The 350 was offered in two to 32 processor configurations, at speeds ranging from 600 to 1,000MHz over the lifetime of the model. The Origin 350 is a member of the Chimera family (IP53), which includes Origi...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5002:50, 21 September 2025 Tezro (hist | edit) [3,538 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "For the rackmount variant of the SGI Onyx 350 branded as a Tezro, see Origin 350. The Silicon Graphics Tezro (styled as silicon graphics tezro) is a high-end workstation introduced by Silicon Graphics in July 2003 to replace the Octane. Built on the Chimera architecture, the Tezro is closely related to the Origin 350 and Onyx 350 systems offered by SGI during the same time period and shares the graphics module, node boards, drive sleds and some cooling parts. The Tezro...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:5002:50, 21 September 2025 Challenge S (hist | edit) [2,915 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Challenge S is the server variant of the Indy workstation, utilizing the same basic hardware. It has some minor differences that make it different from the Indy in terms of hardware support, but is structurally similar. === Features === The Challenge S is a small desktop (dimensions 41 x 36 x 8 centimetres) server with a slightly darker case compared to the Indy. Inside the hardware is nearly identical: power supplies; processor modules; hard disks; memory; and GIO3...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:4902:49, 21 September 2025 Indy (hist | edit) [7,587 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Indy, code-named "Guinness", is one of the low-end workstations by Silicon Graphics. Selling for around $5000 USD at base price it was one of the cheaper models. It is notable for its common-ness, comparable to the Amiga 500 for Amigas, and its use in development for the Nintendo 64. It was introduced on July 12, 1993 to replace the low end models of the IRIS Indigo and discontinued on June 30, 1997. == Features == The Indy is a small desktop (dimensions 41 x 36 x 8...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:4902:49, 21 September 2025 Crimson (hist | edit) [5,303 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The IRIS Crimson or simply Crimson is the partial successor to the Power Series, first released in 1992. It was the first SGI workstation released with a 64-bit processor. The Crimson was a member of Silicon Graphics' IRIS 4D series of deskside systems; it was also known as the 4D/510 workstation. It was similar to other SGI IRIS 4D deskside workstations, and could utilize a wide range of graphics options (up to RealityEngine). It was also available as a file server wit...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:4802:48, 21 September 2025 Power Series (hist | edit) [2,808 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Power Series systems are the first multiprocessor computers made by Silicon Graphics and were typically shipped in a single or twin tower case. Power Series systems were first produced in twin tower shaped chassis similar to the Professional IRIS, and later on single tower chassis was introduced. The high-end systems (more than 4 CPUs) were shipped in a full size rack due to space limitations in the desk-side cases. == Hardware == {| class="wikitable" |Model |CP...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:4702:47, 21 September 2025 IRIS Indigo (hist | edit) [5,793 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The SGI Indigo (Also known widely as the IRIS Indigo) is a line of high end workstations using the MIPS processor family released as a successor to the Personal IRIS series. The Indigo R4000 was also the first SGI workstation that that featured the 64bit R4000 RISC CPU on the desktop, the first SGI in general using the new CPU was the Crimson. The Indigo offers builtin audio capabilities and comes in a very well designed and space efficient chassis. With one of the...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 02:4502:45, 21 September 2025 Personal IRIS (hist | edit) [4,998 bytes] Raion (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Personal Iris was introduced in 1988 as low end workstation to the IRIS 4D series based on MIPS RISC microprocessors. A model name consists of "4D/" and a code designating the CPU and graphics type. The models replaced the "Twin Tower" style Professional IRIS series on the low end market, with the Power Series taking the higher end market. All Personal IRIS systems use a 32-bit MIPS I core and share some parts commonality with the R3000 Indigo in the 30 a...") Tag: Visual edit

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