[HN Gopher] OpenBSD on SGI: A Rollercoaster Story
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       OpenBSD on SGI: A Rollercoaster Story
        
       Author : brynet
       Score  : 78 points
       Date   : 2026-03-05 06:16 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | pjmlp wrote:
       | Very interesting story.
       | 
       | I used to regularly visit SGI documentation due to OpenGL/IrisGL,
       | Inventor, and the original HP STL C++ documentation that SGI
       | hosted, and naturally dive into Irix documentation in boring
       | days.
        
       | justin66 wrote:
       | That was a pretty epic story. I'll admit that I skimmed a few
       | parts. :)
       | 
       | Sad that it's discontinued, but mostly it's remarkable that so
       | much was done by so few people.
        
       | fleeno wrote:
       | I wish it was still supported, but I'm sure I was one of very few
       | that was actually using it! Even then it was just for fun.
        
         | brynet wrote:
         | There is someone on GitHub who's been trying to keep
         | OpenBSD/sgi alive out-of-tree using bits and pieces (e.g:
         | userland binaries) of OpenBSD/octeon, which remains supported.
         | 
         | https://github.com/the-machine-hall/openbsd-sgi
        
           | fleeno wrote:
           | Thanks, that looks promising!
        
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