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A Look at IRIX 6.5.17

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the xclock dept.

XFS writes "OSNews got their hands on the latest version of IRIX, 6.5.17 (released in August), and they have published an interesting article about it and they explain why IRIX was and still is, one of the best workstation Unices out there. Especially when it comes to multimedia/GL performance. I hope SGI will do something with IRIX though, as they seem to have let it fall behind and be one of these great technologies that get lost through various corporate focus shifts..."

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  1. Dual 195MHz machine? by qurob · · Score: 5, Funny

    SGI was very kind to send us in this dual Octane 2x195 Mhz MIPS machine accompanied with a 24" SGI-branded Trinitron monitor.

    Otherwise, they would have had to shell out a whole $799.00 on eBay for one.

    What did SGI do, pull one from the junk bin?

    They should have sent some relatively modern hardware....