tima@polari.UUCP (tim anderson) (04/10/90)
I just begged and pleaded with my company, and they are sending me the Personal IRIS that has been collecting dust at the home office. I have a few questions, though... First, I really really want to network my PC to this thing. What do I have to do to get this working? I know step one is to get a WD8003 ethernet card, but beyond that I am a bit lost... Second, I am a 'software developer' or at least my company is, and this system will be used to port our existing application. I am interested in getting the infamous $100 tape of SGI demos - and I will DIE if I can't get a copy of 'flight simulator'... Third, I want a NON BRAIN DEAD EDITOR, I use BRIEF religiously on my PC and will SORELY miss using it. I really do not want to get very good at 'vi'... Finally, is there an SGI office in Seattle that I could contact for some hand holding while I get my feet off of the ground? Of course the networking stuff has to be AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE because I work for a CHEAP company, and most of the cost of this stuff will come out of MY pocket. It took me 10 months to finally get this computer, so I can't push my luck too far. ADthanksVANCE tima@polari uw-beaver!sumax!polari!tima place really awesome .sig here
buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) (04/11/90)
In article <1520@polari.UUCP> tima@polari (tim anderson) writes: >First, I really really want to network my PC to this thing. What do >I have to do to get this working? I know step one is to get a WD8003 >ethernet card, but beyond that I am a bit lost... We use Sun's PC-NFS. From the PCs (IBM clones and an Amiga 1000) we can telnet and ftp from the IRIS. we also use the IRIS as a file server to the PCs. >Third, I want a NON BRAIN DEAD EDITOR, I use BRIEF religiously on my PC >and will SORELY miss using it. I really do not want to get very good at >'vi'... I would suggest that you seriously look at vi. I use it on my PC at home for most of my editing. It does not get in my way, and has features that do not exist in the other editors I use. The big advantage to vi is that is available on every UNIX system, and will be the first (and possibly only) editor to be standardized by POSIX. Good Luck & B Cing U Buck Loren "Buck" Buchanan | internet: buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov | standard disclaimer CSC, 1100 West St. | uucp: ...!ames!dftsrv!drax!buck | "By the horns of a Laurel, MD 20707 | phonenet: (301) 497-2531 or 9898 | sky demon..."
goss@SNOW-WHITE.MERIT-TECH.COM (Mike Goss) (04/12/90)
> Date: 10 Apr 90 15:37:31 GMT > From: tim anderson <sumax!polari!tima@beaver.cs.washington.edu> > Organization: PolarServ, Seattle WA > Subject: Personal IRIS Neophyte asks dumb questions... > Message-Id: <1520@polari.UUCP> > Sender: info-iris-request@BRL.MIL > To: info-iris@BRL.MIL > Status: RO ... > First, I really really want to network my PC to this thing. What do > I have to do to get this working? I know step one is to get a WD8003 > ethernet card, but beyond that I am a bit lost... For cheap ethernet support, you can get NCSA Telnet for your PC. This software supplies Telnet and FTP commands, and comes with source if you want to roll your own application. It supports several different PC Ethernet adapters. I've used it some, and it seems to work quite well. The only thing really lacking is file sharing, ala NFS (but for free software, it's still pretty impressive). You can get this software via anonymous FTP from "zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu", or via US Mail on diskette if you don't have FTP (send me e-mail if you need US Mail address; I don't have it handy at the moment). ... > Third, I want a NON BRAIN DEAD EDITOR, I use BRIEF religiously on my PC > and will SORELY miss using it. I really do not want to get very good at > 'vi'... > Editors are somewhat of a religion; personally I'm an Emacs believer. Since I switch around alot between machines, I've adopted Micro-Emacs as my standard editor. It's not as powerful as GNU, but it runs on just about every machine in existence (PC, Mac, BSD Unix, System V, Amiga, Atari, etc.). You can get source for the cost of a phone call from the author's BBS (or for a nominal fee from some of the public domain software places). The author and BBS are: Daniel M. Lawrence The Programmer's Room FIDO 201/2 (317) 742-5533 24 hours 300/1200 baud If you want the full-up GNU Emacs (for the Iris; it won't fit on a PC), I think it's available via anonymous FTP at "prep.ai.mit.edu", along with other GNU stuff. It's pretty huge, so you might be better off finding someone who's already got it on tape. ------------------------------ Mike Goss Merit Technology Inc. (214)733-7018 goss@snow-white.merit-tech.com