SGI
The Return of the UNIX Workstation (Now With AI)
I was a heavy UNIX user throughout the 1990s, back when powerful RISC UNIX workstations roamed the Earth. SGI Octanes, Sun Ultras, DEC Alphastations... all absurdly expensive and built for science, engineering, and development work. And the new NVIDIA GB10 feels like the first true successor to those systems that I’ve used in over 25 years.
Grace Blackwell Desktop Supercomputer: First Impressions
Getting my hands on a Grace Blackwell desktop system felt like stepping back into the golden age of UNIX workstations, only now with petaflop-level AI power and a workflow I can run entirely headless.
RISCy business: The long and convoluted rise of today's dominant computing platform
In the 1980s, RISC was the future. By the early 2000s, it was the past. And now it's the future again.
Impressed by a 10 year old desktop computer
Yes - you read that correctly - I’m surprisingly impressed with a 10 year old desktop computer. Mind you, it’s a 10 year old desktop computer that cost over $16,000 ;-)
2. Retro Computers
I collect vintage computers, and this page is dedicated to my favourites. The first part discusses the old personal computers of the 1970s-1990s (Apple, Commodore, Tandy, IBM, Atari, Sinclair, ColecoVision, Osborne, Kaypro and GRiD) while the second part discusses the high-end (and costly) UNIX workstations of the 1990s and early 2000s (SUN, Tadpole, SGI, DEC, NeXT and HP).