[dexter1]

Hey sum][one, i remember you!

Welcome to our forum. These days i'm not very active due to parenting/work/renovation amid all that Human Malware thingy, but you can always drop me and others a line to have a chat.

[blaiserulez]

I was Nekochan user too, my nickname was BLAiSE.

[jan-jaap]

I used to be on Nekochan

[jwhat]

Hi to all the ex-Nekochaers,

back in the day my focus (as jwhat), was Octanes.

I have had my Octane since at least, 2003 as this is the oldest file in my home directory (I have had the same "disk" since I first got the machine):

>> -rw-r--r-- 1 XXX user 640 May 11 2003 .profile

The oldest hinv file on that machine is this, which I likely posted on nekochan way back then:

>> -rw-r--r-- 1 XXX user 1505 Aug 21 2003 hinv.txt

>> % cat hinv.txt
>> Location: /hw/node
>> PM10400MHZ Board: barcode KWA650 part 030-1605-002 rev A
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
>> IP30 Board: barcode KKP030 part 030-1467-001 rev D
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
>> FP1 Board: barcode KBP913 part 030-0891-003 rev G
>> PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE0100441 part 060-0035-002 rev A
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/12
>> MOT20 Board: barcode KGG160 part 030-1240-003 rev G
>> 1 400 MHZ IP30 Processor
>> Heart ASIC: Revision F
>> CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5
>> FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
>> Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
>> Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4
>> Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
>> Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
>> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
>> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
>> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
>> Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 3)
>> Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
>> CDROM: unit 2 on SCSI controller 1
>> Tape drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 1: DAT
>> IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
>> IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
>> IOC3 parallel port: plp1
>> Graphics board: EMXI
>> Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
>> Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 2
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 0
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 1
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 5) pci slot 3

This machine has XBOW 1.4 and I know I started with XBOX 1.3 , so it is likely that my early postings on Nekochan where about swapping from XBOW 1.3 -> 1.4.
I still have some parts of this original machine (the HD & LED lightbar ;-) ).
It mutated over the years into a very nice dual 600 / V12 Octane2.

Final trip down memory lane... I found this posting text (from the hinv forum, April 2004):

>> #hinv -mv
>> Location: /hw/node
>> PM10400MHZ Board: barcode KWA650 part 030-1605-002 rev A
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
>> IP30 Board: barcode MDC554 part 030-1467-001 rev D
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
>> PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE1390344 part 060-0035-003 rev A
>> FP1 Board: barcode MKH271 part 030-0891-003 rev J
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/13
>> XTALKPCI Board: barcode LKY494 part 030-0952-005 rev E
>> Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11
>> ODY128VERSIONB Board: barcode LDZ105 part 030-1611-001 rev C
>> 1 400 MHZ IP30 Processor
>> Heart ASIC: Revision F
>> CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5
>> FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
>> Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
>> Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4
>> Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
>> Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
>> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
>> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
>> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
>> Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
>> Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 3)
>> Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
>> Tape drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 1: DAT
>> CDROM: unit 2 on SCSI controller 1
>> Integral SCSI controller 2: Version Fibre Channel QL2200A, 33 MHz PCI
>> IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
>> IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
>> IOC3 parallel port: plp1
>> Graphics board: V12
>> Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
>> Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3
>> PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2200) PCI slot 1
>>
>> #gfxinfo -v
>> Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
>> Managed (":0.0") 1600x1200
>> BUZZ version B.1
>> PB&J version 1
>> 128MB memory
>> Banks: 4, CAS latency: 3
>> Monitor 0 type: Unknown
>> Input Sync: Voltage - Video Level; Source - Internal; Genlocked - False
>> Channel 0:
>> Origin = (0,0)
>> Video Output: 1600 pixels, 1200 lines, 59.83Hz (1600x1200_60)
>> Video Format Flags: (none)
>> Sync Disabled
>> Using Gamma Map 0
>>
>> Note: I am running this V12 with IBM p202 LCD (1600x1200) and V12 allows selection of 60HZ refresh (faster refresh is not needed with LCD). Do V12 does not have to have a monitor that requires superfast refresh (just lettting others know who might be interested in running LCD with VPro)
>>
>> I have run perfly using the camera.iv files (as per Ian Mapelson site) and get 60FPS. This is significantly lower than what he is reporting. I also run the Town demo and you can easily notice how much smoother the graphics are with no aliasing artifacts visible.

Also credit to Irinikus who I meet it later days of Nekochan and convinced me, with his usual SGI / IRIX enthusiasm, that I should join Irix Network as part of trying to keep SGI collector community alive and thriving.

Cheers from Oz,

jwhat/John.

[jpstewart]

I was a Nekochan user from 2010 onwards.  After it shutdown I (eventually) joined this forum because I recognized a number of former Nekochan user names here.  More former Nekochanners have joined since then, too, under recognizable user names.  Plus there are a few people here that  I've come to realize are ones I used to know with different names there.  There's a good-sized crowd that made the transition to here.

[Raion]

About 70% of the 2015-2016 regulars made it over. Of those that didn't, the most notable were Foetz, who doesn't like me and thus doesn't wanna be here, and ClassicHasClass, whom I'm guessing is burnt out over SGI stuff and Nekochan going down gave him an excuse. He also in general seems burnt out on retrocomp.

[GeekLucanis]

i've talked to Kaiser in person about his SGIs, and he considers them just toys, and probably doesn't want to use them much anymore. He offloaded a bunch of retrotech recently , and I got a iMac G3 Snow out of it.

[Raion]

I suppose that's a clear situation as well. ClassicHasClass/Kaiser was a great dude, and I wish he would have made the transition but I understand.

[Trippynet]

Hallo, I'm ex-Nekochan as well. Got into SGI machines in the early 2000s, had an "off-period" for quite some time, then re-discovered the itch after a house move (and after finding my old O2 and my Indys in the loft). That would have been 2013 and I found Nekochan around this time. Not overly active these days if I'm honest. Of course, the flaky PSU in my Indigo2 is part of the reason behind this and it's been a while since it was last powered on as a result.

These days I tend to lurk more than I post if I'm honest!

[VisualCortexLab]

Ahh damn even more nostalgic feelings surfacing by reading all the above.
This afternoon I have a bunch of friends popping over literally just to enjoy a few beers and these machines. Having had them stored in a garage about a thousand miles far away has been quite crap, but equally amazing was the feeling to open that same garage last weekend, go through it and then, many driving hours later, taking them upstairs in my new home.

Turned on my Octane2, which was my main workstation back then, and came up without a glitch (well, except the moaning about the several missing mount points, of course).

My plan is to try and bring them all back to life, fix what/if needs to be fixed, and possibly sell/donate many of them, so if anyone here is from the UK maybe keep in touch, as I'm not planning on shipping overseas (thanks, f*king Brexit).

Until then, was nice to read from some familiar people and speak soon!

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