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microcosmos.co.uk is dedicated to the fantastic MIPS processor based computers made by California based company SGI, or Silicon Graphics, as they were previously called. This site aims to support the growing hobbyist community and introduce new people the SGI and IRIX experience. SGIs workstations run IRIX, so if you've used Linux you'll be on familiar territory. Whether you own an Indigo, Indigo2, O2, Octane or something else, I hope you'll find something useful here. If you have any material on SGI hardware or IRIX you'd like to see here, please submit it and I'll add it to the site!

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Back From The Dead!
By: James on Saturday, May 20 @ 13:34:47 UTC

After disappearing from the 'net for a while, Microcosmos is back!

Unfortunately, somebody has registered the domain, so it's temporarily housed at http://microcosmos.jamesholden.net/

Last weekend when I visited Ian Mapleson, he mentioned that people had asked him about it, so I thought I’d have a look at getting it up and running again, and here we are!

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Tezro Workstation and Onyx4 Launched!
By: James on Tuesday, July 15 @ 17:52:59 UTC

Hooray! The long-awaited Tezro workstation has been released, and blow me if it doesn't have a cube logo on it! It has the VPro V12 graphics and up to four R16000 processors in it according to the tech specs. Also, the new Onyx4 UltimateVision family has debuted, using ATI graphics chips.

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microcosmos.co.uk Online Store Opens
By: James on Tuesday, June 17 @ 17:42:13 UTC

I've started a special section to advertise SGI related accessories and parts as I get them, and a message board for readers to advertise their surplus items or wanted items. You can access it via the Online Shop entry on the Sections menu.

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Indigo2 Gets Noiseproofed!
By: James on Tuesday, June 03 @ 17:03:52 UTC

I've given my Indigo2 IMPACT the pax.mate treatment! Pax.mate is sound-absorbing foam to stick on the inside of your computer case, but it was quite a challenge fitting it to an Indigo2! Read the full story in the Hardware Mods section.

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OpenOffice.org Binary Available
By: James on Wednesday, April 23 @ 14:21:19 UTC

Good news for those wanting to mangle documents and spreadsheets on their IRIX box: OpenOffice.org binaries are available for download over at nekochan.net. OpenOffice.org was previously only available on IRIX to those who were insane enough to compile it for themselves.

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New Arrival
By: James on Monday, March 24 @ 11:48:49 UTC

microcosmos.co.uk has a new addition to the collection! A SGI Power Challenge L was donated by Leeds University School Of Computing. The machine features four R8000 processors and 256MB RAM. Watch this space for more details.

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Flash Player 5, Finally!
By: James on Thursday, March 06 @ 12:49:32 UTC

SGI has finally released the Macromedia Flash Player 5 for IRIX 6.5 systems. Previously only available as part for the 6.5.19 feature release, it's now downloadable from their main site.

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New IRIX Software Section
By: James on Monday, February 24 @ 10:37:01 UTC

Check out the new IRIX Software section. I'll be adding entries to this section whenever I find cool IRIX apps out there. If you know of any worth listing, add them to the list! You'll need to register or login first.

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Equinox 3D IRIX Port Released
By: James on Wednesday, January 15 @ 11:43:29 UTC

An IRIX port of the 3D modeller and raytracer Equinox 3D has been released. The source code is available from http://www.equinox3d.com/. Although I haven't personally tried the software it looks superb from the screenshots and sample images. Anybody care to give an opinion on it?

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Creating File Typing Rules (FTRs)
By: James on Tuesday, January 14 @ 17:03:34 UTC

I've added a new File Typing Rules tutorial / HOWTO to the Desktop Interface section. Feel free to comment on it!

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