SGI O2 Graphics Computer 1998

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I purchased the Silicon Graphics O2 in 1998 and used it for one purpose only: creating 3D computer animation with Maya. The PC was the only affordable one, powerful enough to handle 3D tasks. Today I say goodbye to this machine which served me very well for more than 4 years.

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@evil_in_your_closet 6 ай бұрын

Oh man, that's tucking on my heartstrings! Back when i was a teen and started to develop an interest in Computergraphics i was OGLING those machines in magazines! This thing, along with PowerAnimator or Softimage Extreme truly made my heart beat - oh how bad i was wishing for something like this. But needless to say, it never happened. I also remember their brief move to Windows NT based machines - but that didnt last long, as we all know. It was not until 3D Studio R4 for DOS that i could finally dabble with 3D on a little more "serious" level (whatever "serious" means for a then 17 year old anyways). Thanks for this Video - i loved every second of it. And hey: At the very least i can claim that i sat on a cray once, having my lunch - at a museum!

@mauricioluisvega3137 21 күн бұрын

I can see the love you have for that machine that is covered in dirt!

@Uhr24 20 күн бұрын

yes, true!

@RENDERDAY 6 ай бұрын

I first met Maya 1.0 in 1998 autumn. thanks about old talks about SGI and Maya.

@Uhr24 6 ай бұрын

with pleasure! FYI: Maya: Maya 1.0 [A Brief Look Back] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrR2l7Ro26zOj4k.html

@blendernoob64 5 ай бұрын

God I would love to try an SGI machine one day. I want to be in tune with my CGI forefathers. I would love to own an SGI crt as well

@cursedfox4942 25 күн бұрын

Buy one

@pulptubenetwork8862 6 ай бұрын

More SGI stuff please

@acactusnamedjosh708 21 күн бұрын

I love SGI machines, despite them being before my time (2004 kid) they just give me a sense of nostalgia for an era that I wasn't there for. I'd love to see how an SGI Machine would handle audio work like pro tools or ableton, but I don't believe anything was released for that purpose on IRIX, unfortunately.

@Uhr24 20 күн бұрын

true!

@Ctrl_Alt_Sup 3 ай бұрын

What a fantastic computer !

@Uhr24 3 ай бұрын

yeah, i was very happy with it.

@edgarantoniocastrosoto 3 ай бұрын

saludos desde los mochis sinaloa tengo una computadora SGI 02 SILICON GRAPHICS DESDE 1999 LA USO TODAVIA PARA DISEÑO ARQUITECTONICO CON AUTOCAD Y SKEPCHUP SALUDOS DESDE LOS MOCHIS SINALOA MEXICO

@Uhr24 3 ай бұрын

good to hear you still use this wonderful machine!

@richardkoerper1630 6 ай бұрын

My o2 is in my computer room. Unfortunately it needs some work and as I am retired with a limited income I cannot afford to have it fixed. I however will keep it in the hopes of reviving it. Thank you for the memories.

@Uhr24 6 ай бұрын

Good luck with that jewel of a machine!

@CartoonChris1 6 ай бұрын

in 98, we had 2 of these and what we called the purple box, which the name escapes me at the moment. So we had 3 total computers to work and render on. When in 98/99, Softimage ported over to NT, all of a sudden we could afford a 10 (and eventually 20) blade server render farm and it was amazing to go literally overnight to so much more productivity. Now I render in Unreal Engine in 4K on 1 computer, having abandoned a traditional render farm rendering Arnold a few years ago. It's crazy how tech leapfrogs itself in such a relatively short time.

@Uhr24 6 ай бұрын

yes, very well said!

@topy706 Ай бұрын

i can run 3D software on my phone nowadays. we came a long way

@Uhr24 15 күн бұрын

which 3D software?

@topy706 15 күн бұрын

@@Uhr24 Nomad sculpt

@pulptubenetwork8862 6 ай бұрын

Nice

@micThurrr 6 ай бұрын

Maya ❤

@Uhr24 6 ай бұрын

history: Maya 1.0 [A Brief Look Back] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrR2l7Ro26zOj4k.html

@cursedfox4942 25 күн бұрын

It was weird though why vm windows on your machine and port everything to windows they basically just advertised for gates

@Uhr24 17 күн бұрын

i don‘t get your point. however: moving from the O2 to a windows NT machine was crucial for my animation work.

@cursedfox4942 17 күн бұрын

@@Uhr24 my point was one of the crucial losses for sgi was porting everything to windows it’s a major factor in why it is no more that company was run by morons

@Vlamat67 5 ай бұрын

Send me this machine, I love it!

@Uhr24 5 ай бұрын

i dumped it already.

@lookoutforchris 5 ай бұрын

@@Uhr24as in you threw it out? These are worth quite a bit of money these days. Nothing like their original price but a complete system is good shape with your specs could be $750-$1000 at the moment. That’s certainly worth an eBay listing or a posting on an SGI forum. You may get even higher prices than that in Europe as these are much rarer there. What a waste if you simply destroyed it.