The thing about SGI back in the day was that it was more fun to work in TV, movies, geology, weather forecasting, serious computing at a respectable university and so on. I never aspired to work for SGI but knowing how to turn the behemoths on and type a few commands kind of got me working in disciplines that normally required extraordinary levels of study and professional dedication, e.g. meteorology.
I am glad that Open Inventor lives on!
However, IRIS Explorer, remember that one? That was awesome and I wish it existed today. My peak time for playing with IRIS Explorer was when I had my first SGI box, an early purple box Indigo. I think I had the super-deluxe 'Elan' model, but that was still under-powered for Iris Explorer. In latter times when I had a small fleet of Onyxii and O2s at my disposal I didn't have access to IRIS Explorer.
NAG in the UK bought IRIS Explorer and didn't port it to more modern computers. At least this was a better fate than what happened to CosmoWorlds, this was sold to Computer Associates who killed it.
In an odd way I think that the world was better when it cost $100000 to have a decent computer on your desk. You valued your time more.
I am glad that Open Inventor lives on!
However, IRIS Explorer, remember that one? That was awesome and I wish it existed today. My peak time for playing with IRIS Explorer was when I had my first SGI box, an early purple box Indigo. I think I had the super-deluxe 'Elan' model, but that was still under-powered for Iris Explorer. In latter times when I had a small fleet of Onyxii and O2s at my disposal I didn't have access to IRIS Explorer.
NAG in the UK bought IRIS Explorer and didn't port it to more modern computers. At least this was a better fate than what happened to CosmoWorlds, this was sold to Computer Associates who killed it.
In an odd way I think that the world was better when it cost $100000 to have a decent computer on your desk. You valued your time more.