ARCHIVED: 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