I remember years later I worked at and attended a small liberal arts school, and being able to use an SGI O2 was really fun in light of the movie. Before I left that school, the new president wanted us to "get rid of" our SGI lab, because he thought they were "old" and he only wanted "new" machines. We confirmed that he truly meant for us to toss them (not resell, not move to another lab, &c), and once we had that we basically just loaded up our cars with SGI equipment. I still have one, but they were and are such fun little machines.
That’s so cool. I managed to something similar at a client in the late 90s with a DEC Alphastation. Ran OpenBSD like a champ, but had fans like a jet engine.
I collected DEC and Sun equipment too! From DEC I had an AlphaStation 2100, two PWS (one 533 one 600), a Miata, a PMAX, and a MicroVAX (the last two I don't believe I ever booted). OpenBSD was also really good on Sun gear at the time, because it didn't require a serial console like NetBSD and FreeBSD did.
I do miss the old hardware's aesthetic, even if I wouldn't want to run any of it locally anymore (as you said, fans like jet engines abounded haha)
david_chisnall | 6 hours ago
Obligatory link to the Lex knows systems Fediverse account.
lojikil | 6 hours ago
I remember years later I worked at and attended a small liberal arts school, and being able to use an SGI O2 was really fun in light of the movie. Before I left that school, the new president wanted us to "get rid of" our SGI lab, because he thought they were "old" and he only wanted "new" machines. We confirmed that he truly meant for us to toss them (not resell, not move to another lab, &c), and once we had that we basically just loaded up our cars with SGI equipment. I still have one, but they were and are such fun little machines.
gerikson | 6 hours ago
That’s so cool. I managed to something similar at a client in the late 90s with a DEC Alphastation. Ran OpenBSD like a champ, but had fans like a jet engine.
lojikil | 5 hours ago
I collected DEC and Sun equipment too! From DEC I had an AlphaStation 2100, two PWS (one 533 one 600), a Miata, a PMAX, and a MicroVAX (the last two I don't believe I ever booted). OpenBSD was also really good on Sun gear at the time, because it didn't require a serial console like NetBSD and FreeBSD did.
I do miss the old hardware's aesthetic, even if I wouldn't want to run any of it locally anymore (as you said, fans like jet engines abounded haha)
franta | 4 hours ago
How to become a popular boss without having any clue.
skip | 3 hours ago
Perhaps tangentially related: Cathode Ray Dude (CRD) has an absolutely fascinating feature-length (2:17:15) video on how CRTs, especially those that work as computer screens, are filmed. I don't think Jurassic Park is mentioned, though.