Where can I find information about Silicon Graphics (SGI) systems and software?
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A wide variety of topics are covered in a series of FAQ lists for SGI computers. FAQ lists are available for the following categories:
| SGI admin | IRIX system administration |
| SGI apps | Applications and miscellaneous programming |
| SGI audio | Audio applications and programming |
| SGI graphics | Graphics and user environment customization |
| SGI hardware | Hardware |
| SGI impressario | IRIS Impressario |
| SGI inventor | IRIS Inventor |
| SGI misc | Introduction and miscellaneous information |
| SGI movie | Movies |
| SGI performer | IRIS Performer |
| SGI pointer | Pointer to the other FAQs |
| SGI security | System security information |
Read the SGI misc FAQ for information about the FAQs themselves. Each
FAQ is posted to the comp.sys.sgi.misc, the
news.answers, and comp.answers
newsgroups (whose purpose is to store FAQs) twice per
month.
You can also read these documents online with your web browser at:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sgi/faq/Also, several Usenet newsgroups discuss SGI systems:
comp.sys.sgi.misc comp.sys.sgi.hardware comp.sys.sgi.admin comp.sys.sgi.announce comp.sys.sgi.apps comp.sys.sgi.audio comp.sys.sgi.bugs comp.sys.sgi.graphics comp.sys.sgi.marketplace