Irix, the version of Unix supplied by technical computing specialist SGI, has been certified to run the Defense Department's Common Operating Environment (COE), the Mountain View, Calif.-based company ...

This is way out in left field.<BR><BR>When I used an SGI Irix on an O2 back in the late '90s, clicking on an icon made a satisfying metallic noise. It was like a "ka-chunk" noise, if I remember ...

Hey all--I have a program called MCNP (specifically, MCNP4C2) that I am attempting to install. If anyone has installed this program on an IRIX machine, please post! (It stands for Monte-Carlo ...

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For the Emmy award-winning movie Titanic the production studio Digital Domain used Linux on a network of more than a hundred DEC Alpha machines to render the special effects. However, they used 350 ...

Customers say The SCO Group’s threat against SGI to terminate its license to Unix System V will have little if any effect on their businesses. Customers say The SCO Group’s threat against SGI to ...

Hollywood-based digital film laboratory EFILM upgraded its facilities with the purchase of three SGI Onyx 3400 visualization systems, 30 TB of SGI Total Performance 9400 storage and the high-speed ...

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