OK- while SGI is usually associated with the desktop gfx visualization space they did quite a lot in the cluster and super computing space... The Power Challenge and Origin systems were all designed to be supercomputing clusters. The MIPS R8000 was a fascinating dead-end in chip development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R8000 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R8000> I look forward to visiting and seeing what you have out there. -andy
On Jun 24, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 6/24/21 11:51 AM, Andrew Diller wrote:
Ok, while on that subject, when I come and visit the LSSM, what can one expect in terms of SGI representation? While most SGI's were desktop/workstation class systems there are some large ones.
There's almost no SGI hardware on exhibit right now, though we'll be putting together an Onyx2 system as a visualization workstation for the newly-restored Cray J90.
In storage, the museum has an Origin 2400 and an Origin 3000, both single rack configs. They had been on exhibit for a few years, but were rotated out.
My personal collection includes a whole slew of other SGI machines, including a numbered Crimson Jurassic Classic. Some of those will be moved to the under-construction "workstations and small workgroup servers" exhibit floor. That's been perpetually under construction for years due to an unending lack of help, but we'll eventually get it done.
-Dave
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