alt.hn

3/5/2026 at 6:16:36 AM

OpenBSD on SGI: A Rollercoaster Story

http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgiall.html

by brynet

3/5/2026 at 1:55:34 PM

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.

by justin66

3/5/2026 at 5:10:16 PM

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.

by fleeno

3/5/2026 at 7:23:39 PM

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

by brynet

3/5/2026 at 8:28:49 PM

Thanks, that looks promising!

by fleeno

3/5/2026 at 12:07:26 PM

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.

by pjmlp