smart@manta.mel.dit.csiro.au (Robert Smart) (05/16/91)
We have acquired an old IRIS 3130. Is there anything useful one can do with such a thing? Can we turn it into an X-windows terminal? At the moment it doesn't have any X-windows software on it. Alternatively is anyone in Australia interested in it? Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au> P.S. The same questions apply to a VERY old PERQ.
blbates@AERO36.LARC.NASA.GOV (Brent Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB) (05/16/91)
You can do lots of thing with a 3130! I mean people use PC's to do productive work, surely one can find things to do with a 3130. :-) At the very least you can run dog! On occation I have used it as a smart Tektronics terminal, it can emulate a 4014. You are only limited by you imagination. I know they are slow, but they still beet a b/w Sun. Brent L. Bates Phone:(804) 864-2854 NASA-Langley Research Center FAX:(804) 864-6792 M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.gov
archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully) (05/16/91)
In <1991May16.041205.20522@mel.dit.csiro.au> smart@manta.mel.dit.csiro.au (Robert Smart) writes:
*We have acquired an old IRIS 3130. Is there anything useful one can
*do with such a thing? Can we turn it into an X-windows terminal? At
*the moment it doesn't have any X-windows software on it.
*
*Alternatively is anyone in Australia interested in it?
*
They make terrific endtables, bench supports and/or space heaters.
--
"There's nothing I like better than vicious cold vendetta."
-- The Mekons
<archer@sgi.com> Archer Sully bstewart@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Bruce Stewart) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May16.041205.20522@mel.dit.csiro.au> smart@manta.mel.dit.csiro.au (Robert Smart) writes: >We have acquired an old IRIS 3130. Is there anything useful one can >do with such a thing? Two packages of free software which run on older Iris models: Data Visualization Tools for the Silicon Graphics Workstations from the Princeton University Interactive Computer Graphics Laboratory This software was written to enable the graphic representation of many different kinds of data. It is intended to help one better understand the data by revealing patterns and characteristics, both simple and complex, that may be contained in the data. This suite of tools is particularly useful for visualizing two dimensional arrays of data values. That is, any program or instrument which produces output in the form of a table of numbers with some number of rows and columns produces data which can be analyzed by these graphics tools. Multiple planes of tables can be studied one plane at a time or by putting several planes on the screen individually but simultaneously. Available by anonymous ftp to itnsg1.cineca.it; and interactive software for visualizing trajectories of simple dynamical sytems in phase space, comes with extensive tutorial exercises for learning concepts of nonlinear dynamics, available from bnlux0.bnl.gov (soon from bnlux1.bnl.gov) in ~ftp/pub/chaos.tar.Z.
sgf@cfm.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May16.164350.11381@odin.corp.sgi.com> archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully) writes: >In <1991May16.041205.20522@mel.dit.csiro.au> smart@manta.mel.dit.csiro.au (Robert Smart) writes: > >*We have acquired an old IRIS 3130. Is there anything useful one can > >They make terrific endtables, bench supports and/or space heaters. ...bit tall for an endtable, but I have been considering heating the back bedroom with one next winter. Since SGI is (soon?) ending support of the Motorola boxes I would hope that they would consider making generally available the 4sight port (well, maybe not port, really..., it had to be developed somewhere...) previously mentioned on the net. I'm sure lots of 3130 owners would be happy to shoot themselves in the foot with it. I know I would. -- _/**/Sam_Fulcomer sgf@cfm.brown.edu What, me panic: uba crazy Associate Director for Computing Facilities and Scientific Visualization Brown University Center for Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence and Computation
bancroft@nas.nasa.gov (Gordon V. Bancroft) (05/18/91)
Probably the best use is to tie a large rope around it and use it for a boat anchor..... -- Gordon V. Bancroft NASA/Ames Research Center (415)604-4052 M.S. 258-2
cdshaw@cs.UAlberta.CA (Chris Shaw) (05/20/91)
In article bancroft@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Gordon V. Bancroft) writes: >Probably the best use is to tie a large rope around it >and use it for a boat anchor..... No. Sorry. That's what we're going to do with our 2400. Our 3130 still works fine, thanks. By the way, is SGI willing to hand out kernel sources for 3130? (given that the hopeful recipient has a AT&T source license). >Gordon V. Bancroft NASA/Ames Research Center -- Chris Shaw University of Alberta cdshaw@cs.UAlberta.ca Now with new, minty Internet flavour! CatchPhrase: Bogus as HELL !
anton@tss.com (Jeff Anton) (05/24/91)
Similarly, what can you do with an IRIS 1400 or 1000? I've both. It's impossible to port the X window system to it because there is no way to do bitblts. The best you can do is ship the bits from the graphics system into the main cpu then put them back in the new locations. (as I understand things.) It would be better to redraw everything. If SGI is dropping the 680x0 stuff, what's the chance I can get schematics or spare parts cheap? Help. Jeff Anton
robinh@harlie.corp.sgi.com (Robin Hayes) (05/25/91)
We use them at Foothill College to keep the introductory classes off the nice machines (4d/20 and up) -- -Robin Hayes (robinh@harlie.corp.sgi.com) ===============================================================================