According to phaq, if you have a Sun 13W3 to VGA adapter but an SGI machine, you break off pins 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Or you could just break off 10. Of course, you can’t use this on a Sun after you’ve modded it, but I heard that if you just break [...]

Specifications
CPU: MIPS R5000 180MHz w/512KB L2 cache (MIPS4)
Memory: proprieatary FPM 256MB (maximum for the Indy)
Video: Newport XL 24bit
Haven’t booted it up yet, but it does have IRIX on it. I need a monitor with the 13W3 plug and a keyboard and mouse. I’m going there again next week to get the real objective - an [...]

Since www.linux-mips.org is down. (EDIT: they were moving to new hardware, up now)
R4000 (1991) First 64bit MIPS CPU. SGI bought the design to ensure it would come to market.
R4400 (1992) Doubled I+D cache to 16KB
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R10000 (1995) Main feature: OOO Execution, 32KB I+D L1 cache (R8000 had half that), apparently cheaper than [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I love Sun’s cool front cover for their servers which, uh, can be more expensive than a Dodge Viper. The Sun Fire E25K looks like it kicks ass every day. But for the workstations, is there any reason to charge USD 1900 more for the same configuration when someone simply chooses [...]

In what can only be explained by a sharp decrease in quality of life, I have over the long weekend finished Spice and Wolf (practically), He is My Master, Battle Programmer Shirase and Kodomo no Jikan. I really need to get a life, plus my eyes don’t seem to be appreciating this turn of events.
Of [...]