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Andrew’s IRIX 6.5 Install Guide

Required:

• Full set of SGI IRIX Install CD Media
• SGI O2 Computer

I am writing this tutorial based upon my experience of installing IRIX 6.5 on my SGI O2 Computer. I would be interested in hearing from you if you have any tips, suggestions, or comments from your own experiences in installing IRIX.

Step 1. Start up your SGI computer.

Click the “Stop for Maintenance” button to bring up the system maintenance screen.

SGI O2 Boot Screen

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Ubiquiti Ministation AP Board

I have been interested in the Ubiquiti Ministation Wifi AP for a while now and recently purchased one. It is marketed as “The World’s Smallest 802.11 AP Development Platform with a full Linux SDK available”. I have had a chance to play with it for a few weeks now and must say that the hardware and the bundled router operating system called “Air OS” is excellent. The web based user interface is easy to use and works well. All of the settings a normal user would want are available and quick to setup. There is even a dialog and special mode that helps with antenna pointing that has onscreen colored signal strength bars and configurable LEDs on the AP board that give you an idea on the signal strength of the link at a glance.

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I recently purchased a used SGI O2 computer off eBay and have started experimenting with it. Here is a short YouTube video of some of the demo applications that come with IRIX.

Hi. This is a simple tutorial on how to compile GrADS 2 from source using Mac OS X and a few tools you can download from the internet.

GrADS Grid Analysis and Display System is a powerful program for visualizing weather data. GrADS is a great program for plotting meteorological data using GRIB2 files.

The homepage for GrADS is:
http://iges.org/grads/

Step 1.

To compile grads-2 for MAC OS X you will need Mac Ports. Mac Ports is a system that allows you to explore the world of open source software from the comfort of your Mac.

Download Mac Ports from:
http://www.macports.org/install.php

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