A few iterations later: Linux kernel 7.3.0 on Tezro V12 now shows the four sgi tux bros

Fun fact: The left and right audio output channels are reversed.on the SGI Tezro 🙈

> Mom, can we have AWS S3 bucket?
> No, we already have AWS S3 bucket at home.

Today: Troubleshooting linux kernel 7.3.0 on Tezro

..and after a few fixes we now also have linux 7.3.0 on SGI Octane IP30. Thanks to kaloz! up next: testing V6 and V12 gfx

Origin300 successfully netboots recent linux kernel!

Linux (none) 7.3.0-rc3-00374-gd43034ceca13 #1 SMP Fri Oct 2 11:10:33 CEST 2026 mips64 GNU/Linux
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type: SGI IP35
machine: SGI Origin 300

no worries.. IRIX is still the main OS.

And a video of sgi-tess in action. Octane2 as UI, rendering on Origin300 rack downstairs.

Today: fractal rendering on sgi Origin300 rack using arraysvc in sgi-tess by supernova.

1976 Futaba FP-R2F 2 channel receiver

SGI Octane R12k 300 MHz #nofilter

..counting the seconds until I have to explain to some random weirdo on the interwebs, that the Espressigo was a legitimate product sold by SGI in Germany ☕

Fasttracker II on IRIX: Added big endian support for all module loaders, and CPU load reduced by using GL to render the UI.

WIP: Fasttracker II clone on IRIX 🎶

A busy day for gr_osview on Origin300

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LOL we now have a discord client (websockets! not IRC) for IRIX. Still needs some UI tuning, but at least it already works!!

The art vs. the artist #catsofmastodon

USB mass-storage driver for IP35 #IRIX
Can now read and write files (xfs).
fat32 support still needs some debugging.

Experimenting with USB mass-storage driver for SGI Tezro and Fuel (IP35).
USB stick recognized. Can already read contents using 'dd' ✅
but no filesystem access yet.