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]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
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[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[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]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[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]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.

 

[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]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.