Posts by davefischer@hachyderm.io
(DIR) Post #AbFLg3nqaZ9Z0d4G92 by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2023-10-28T20:03:54Z
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If you used the internet in the US in the early 90s, your traffic was handled by Trans Witches! (A TRANSWITCH chip was part of every interface board on the NSFnet's experimental T3 routers.)https://www.rcsri.org/collection/nsfnet-t3/#Halloween #Witches #Internet
(DIR) Post #AbXtUqOpPZNgkypS8u by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2023-11-06T22:49:50Z
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@flexion I have a box full of brand new numalink cables, if you need to cable one of those up...
(DIR) Post #AbmJQ4j0knAMxlwy7U by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2023-11-13T22:17:05Z
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@flexion We're going to be working on our Octanes at the museum this weekend (boot everything, see what we actually have, see what works, etc.) so I'm trying to get a root disk ready. (Either clone the boot disk from my O200, or borrow a disk from one of the octanes and use the O200 to wipe the root password.)My IRIX reflexes are terrible, I've forgotten everything. Ha ha.
(DIR) Post #AboDdF9F6LQle52FeK by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2023-11-14T20:42:50Z
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Playing around with IRIX in preparation for an SGI work day at the museum this weekend.Netscape (4.78) runs, but won't display our web site because of HTTPS. Luckily it displays a local copy running plain HTTP fine.#RetroComputing #SGI #Netscape
(DIR) Post #AboFFnr4bscoFHUHSq by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2023-11-14T21:16:55Z
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@penguin42 Something at home.netscape.com, but I don't know exactly what.
(DIR) Post #AdfsxOefxMjP7u9iwi by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-01-09T16:13:16Z
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@mikemathia I had an I Will Follow 7" which I enjoyed. Not enough to pay any attention to them after that though.
(DIR) Post #AdfuwOXx4eaYPPf2Dg by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-01-09T16:35:52Z
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@mikemathia Looks like something Crank Sturgeon would make.https://cranksturgeon.bigcartel.com/products
(DIR) Post #AhYZczh2t444FbLcuG by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-05-04T15:52:14Z
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Salome, helping me photograph some workstations last night. #Caturday #SGI #RetroComputing
(DIR) Post #Ahoeq4hJCWZrprt1Ki by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-05-12T13:16:14Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I love When The Sleeper Awakes.
(DIR) Post #Ahu04wq7lftAdWk7Tk by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-05-15T03:07:06Z
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@twylo The 3B2 was a fantastic computer! Ok, very slow IO. Otherwise excellent.I briefly adminned a room full of them at AT&T around 1989, and then got one for myself a year or two later. I had a friend give mine a leopard skin paint job:
(DIR) Post #AiHmYpQv8N4WmxLWhE by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-05-26T14:29:14Z
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@futurebird @pablor Hrair would obviously be too many. Leave it as it is.
(DIR) Post #AiKjzVDGhfnXVVrrfM by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-05-28T00:23:13Z
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Salome asleep above the pulp fiction shelf. #Cats
(DIR) Post #AjESUlSKrMhqeitjW4 by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-06-22T20:34:18Z
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"HJKL sure is random and arbitrary!" #RetroComputing #vi
(DIR) Post #AjIwNmOcjxtGnlaSQK by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-06-26T00:58:37Z
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When my computer suddenly starts being weird and ignoring mouse buttons and keystrokes, I pull this Oz looking key out of my pocket and turn the keyswitch. It reruns my xmodmap & xkbset commands from my .xsession startup file.All fixed.(This only happens once or twice a year, but it can be such a hassle to fix by hand...)#Geek
(DIR) Post #AjaUVsWVHhtkiL0iAK by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-07-04T12:58:17Z
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@futurebird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_2P2mFT_ac
(DIR) Post #Ak4cHkFuqzy21W4J60 by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-07-19T01:43:09Z
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Some day we're going to have to give all the loanwords back, and english is going to collapse like a house of cards.
(DIR) Post #Ak7uUVA0fbtjcVPz7o by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-07-20T15:55:12Z
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@futurebird I once got a three-day ban from the reddit history memes group for posting this. (Morons.)
(DIR) Post #Akd6Fov691qvuRy0Wm by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-08-04T17:03:05Z
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@grickle Carpe Diem!
(DIR) Post #Al1eG7LZh2qtIMhciu by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-08-16T13:17:13Z
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@futurebird Was on a small boat (visiting a lighthouse) and the captain was complaining about the UI for the radar, which was a touchscreen, and... didn't work if your hands were wet. Oops.
(DIR) Post #AllirmltyfWPZeOHGy by davefischer@hachyderm.io
2024-09-07T17:11:36Z
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90s desktop disk arrays, originally hanging off SGI Octanes. The skinny two are SCSI, the others are FC. #RetroComputing #Caturday