Japanese SGI magazines and books

[Ginzanix]

I recently picked up a bunch of Japanese SGI books and magazines. Some interesting stuff, I will try to scan/OCR them all, though be patient... Of course, unless you speak japanese, you need to copy and paste the OCRed text into Google Translate og DeepL Translator to gain any knowledge from this. Though, all in all interesting as SGI literature is limited...

SGI World was apparently an appendix to Japanese MacWorld which ran for 11 issues, before it was reduced to a few pages in the main magazine. Unfortunately I didn't get a full set, which was auctioned separately and went for over $200. Lots of interesting articles about different software and especially use in game development...

 

[Ginzanix]

The first PDF is the "IndigoMagic" book from 1995, which is a pretty basic user guide to the Irix desktop, with some typically japanese illustrations...

If you want to upload these to archive.org or any FTP, I don't mind at all.

https://easyupload.io/24c8ff

 

[Elf]

Very nice, and thank you!
I'm always amazed how much happened with SGI in Japan.

 

[Elf]

Noticing the time limited download, I saved it at https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/Indigo Magic (1995).pdf

 

[Ginzanix]

Here is the first edition of SGI World - some interesting stuff, interviews with several game companies etc. All text is OCRed and can be pasted into Google Translate og DeepL for those curios.

https://easyupload.io/a7gk9d

 

[flexion]

Here is the first edition of SGI World - some interesting stuff, interviews with several game companies etc. All text is OCRed and can be pasted into Google Translate og DeepL for those curios.

https://file.io/JYIT6YrZKF2c

Thank you for scanning and sharing!
Unfortunately the DL link already expired Could you please upload it again or send it to Elf for hosting? thx!!

 

[Ginzanix]

Thank you for scanning and sharing!
Unfortunately the DL link already expired Could you please upload it again or send it to Elf for hosting? thx!!

Link updated above for SGI World 1

 

[Ginzanix]

SGI World 02

More SGI updates, article on VRML (including screenshots of what seems to be a Final Fantasy 6 VRML-site)...

https://easyupload.io/pa09ne

 

[flexion]

Thanks a lot! Uploaded to the internet archive: 01 and 02

 

[Elf]

Also uploaded; thanks again

• Indigo Magic (1995) - https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/Indigo Magic (1995).pdf
• SGI World 1 - https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/SGI World 01 (1997).pdf
• SGI World 2 - https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/SGI World 02.pdf

 

[Ginzanix]

Last of the SGI Worlds I have, more interesting articles and pictures... Including this Maya ad...

And a realistic illustration of a Discreet Flint setup, compared to the usual ads... including a rotary dial phone!

compare...

https://easyupload.io/5prnmp

https://easyupload.io/2fs3mf

https://easyupload.io/5o4ixk

 

[Elf]

Thanks

• https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/SGI World 06 (1998).pdf
• https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/SGI World 10 (1998).pdf
• https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/SGI World 11.pdf

 

[Ginzanix]

Another book - or "mooks" as they are called in Japan, something inbetween a magazine and softcover book. This time "INDY! Super Power Guidebook. I want to know more" from 1995. Some interesting stuff - among others a mention of "Matador Sprite"... a version of Matador Paint for sprite artwork... Never heard of it before.

Not to forget - a CD is included, which contains a (complete?) dump of the SGI FTP server from January 1995. This was included, according to the magazine, as internet access was "not widespread" in Japan at the time. Very cool - I'm not sure if some/all of the old FTP files have been dumped before - otherwise there may be some rare stuff on the disk... edit: Seems most of it has been mirrored by Jan-jaap earlier, however a few files are unique... Will run a file comparison on it later.

INDY! Super Power Guidebook I want to know more! (1995)

https://easyupload.io/60uxkj

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INDY! Super Power Guidebook I want to know more! CD ISO dump (SGI FTP from January 1995)
https://easyupload.io/6sk5b7

Also a cool TDI Explore ad, among others (showing the Cosmic Pinball ride film from 1994... very impressive for the time)

 

[Elf]

Nice

• https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/INDY! Super Power Guidebook I want to know more! (1995).pdf
• https://sgi.sh/contrib/ginzanix/INDY! Super Power Guidebook I want to know more! (1995) CD (SGI FTP server 1995)..iso

(That SGI FTP dump is so compact, the PDF is almost as large! Amazing how times have changed, in terms of file sizes)