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SGI IRIX had the most visually appealing graphical interface among all UNIXes from the 90s. It was as easy to use as Mac and several UNIX commands had a graphical alternative so users didn’t need to be familiar with system shells. Here you can see a graphical way to mount a hard drive and set access permissions to it.
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SGI 1600SW 17,3“ LCD (1998)
This iconic flat-screen display was rare and it was not easy to see it in person. CRTs dominated back in late 90s. There were many reasons why to prefer traditional CRT technology. LCDs were very expensive (this one especially) and they had far worse color accuracy, viewing angles and response time. SGI 1600WS is better than average LCD screens from 90s but that doesn’t mean it’s good by today’s standards.
Main reason to buy it was its perfect geometry and a sharp picture thanks to high resolution (1600x1024) on relatively small viewing area. It’s a pleasure to use this screen for 3D/CAD graphics, office work and programming (or anything else where color accuracy is not a problem).
At the beginning, 1600SW was intended to be used with SGI O2 workstations which could be upgraded with a digital display card. If you have this special card you can connect the screen directly and control all 1600SW features from an operating system (IRIX 6.5).
I’ve got the LCD with the Multilink Adapter. This interesting box provides signal conversion from DVI (digital), VGA (analog) and DFP (digital; before DVI) interfaces. It is also responsible for on-screen menu (contrast, brightness, upscale,...). Thanks to the adapter it is possible to use the 1600SW with most new computers without any problem.
A friend of mine gave me this interesting piece of hardware. SGI 1600SW Flat Panel was introduced in 1998 which was quite before LCDs became common. There were not so many LCD screens for desktop computers before this and those which were available usually had smaller resolution – 1600x1024 is not bad even by today’s standards.
I will post more pictures as soon as I open the box. Stay tuned…
