On 05/09/2017 06:42 AM, Christian Liendo wrote:
SGI's compilers were always better, and for a server with serious I/O requirements the big hairy balls of an Origin 2000 just couldn't be beat in those days. (decidedly nontrivial to beat nowadays too, actually) NeXT never had a server offering, and while I used workstations (like everyone else), I was managing a datacenter full of servers, not workstations.
I actually worked on those. Before the computer history museum was housed in that building, it belonged to SGI and I did Origion 2000 and Onyx2 repair training. It was a great class and we went to a VR fighter arcade for graduation. I really miss those times.
Very cool! I bet working on those machines in that capacity was awesome. I ordered and adminned a very early Origin 2000, we were led to believe it was one of the first few sold, while at Digex. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA