SGI....

[Lyle Bickley]

On Wednesday 09 November 2005 07:46, John Allain wrote:
> > Of course if they're going to implode I hope someone can save archives
> > of software + docs from the days when they *did* make decent machines!
>
> There's a joke in there somewhere.
> The leading history archive center building was donated by SGI to
> Computerhistory.org, now all the boxes they moved out of Moffett
> field they may have to move right back in.

The Computer History Museum purchased the building directly from SGI.
See:  http://www.computerhistory.org/bldg/

Some of us here in Silicon Valley have been collecting and preserving SGI 
boxes and software for a very long time. I have at least one of every system 
that SGI produced from the "lowly" PI to the "mainframe" Onyx Infinite 
Reality with Sirius Video - and much additional optional hardware and its 
associated software. AFAIK, I have a copy of just about all of the software 
that they SGI produced from IRIX to specialized graphics software for 
specialized hardware and networking.

The largest repository of SGI documentation outside of SGI itself is:
http://futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/sgi.html

This site is owned by Ian Mapleson. Ian and I have known each other for years 
- and I have offered - and Ian has agreed that I will be hosting the U.S. 
mirror of his site (which is in the process of being setup as I write).

So, yes, many of us who know SGI well have been proactive for years in 
preserving everything SGI we can get our hands on.

Cheers,
Lyle

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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com

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