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SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 - Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine²

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History of computingDemoscene & retrocomputingComputer architecture & CPUs

What it is

Dodoid gives an in-depth look at an SGI Onyx RealityEngine2, a $250,000 graphics supercomputer from 1993, covering its history, a physical overview, a teardown and some demos and games.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared as a nostalgic tour of SGI hardware for people who remember that era.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Fun vid that might bring back some memories :)”

    Fun nostalgic tour of SGI Onyx hardware.

    amatecha, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X”

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Topics: silicon graphics, onyx, realityengine, retrocomputing, irix, teardown

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