HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
mastodon.tmm.cx
HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
mastodon.tmm.cx
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
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Feb 19, 2026
Now we're getting to the good part of #irix
After the just unacceptably and inexplicably bad install process.
#unix #sgi #retrocomputing
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HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
mastodon.tmm.cx
HP van Braam
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
@godotengine developer, http://prehensile-tales.com. They/Them. Lover of old technology. Sometimes also new.
mastodon.tmm.cx
@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
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Feb 19, 2026
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occult
@occult@vox.ominous.net
Serving the darker bits. #engineering #hamradio #meshcore #science #pinball #film #retrocomputing #history #poetry #urbanism #astronomy #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Plan9 #Linux #Unix #Unix_Surrealism #Boston #CambridgeMA
vox.ominous.net
@occult@vox.ominous.net
·
Mar 09, 2026
I found this ad for a six-degree-of-freedom 3D input device in the Summer 1989 issue of the SGI magazine "IRIS Universe".
I remember seeing stuff like this around in the 90s, but it all seemed so inaccessible at the time. Flipping through these old professional magazines, you spot some interesting engineering and industrial design.
@flexion@oldbytes.space, you should get one of these, restore it, and get it working on one of your systems.
#SGI #UNIX
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