IRIS Workspace

The IRIS WorkSpace was a graphically organized iconic desktop environment that allowed access to the IRIX file system along with simplified system administration via the system manager. The IRIS WorkSpace was used by Silicon Graphics from 4D1-3.0 - IRIX 5.0. It was succeeded in 1993 by the Indigo Magic Desktop introduced with IRIX 5.1 and the Indy workstation.

References

Jim Barton: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems USENET comp.sys.sgi, 4D1-3.2 1989 Release Notes (Part 1 of 3)

Silicon Graphics

Company	Silicon Graphics (1981–2009) Silicon Graphics International (since 2009)

People	James H. Clark Kurt Akeley David J. Brown Herb Kuta Abbey Silverstone Bob Lutz Rick Belluzzo Paul Haeberli

Motorola 68000 computers	SGI IRIS

MIPS computers	IRIS 4D Indigo Indigo² Indy Crimson O2 Octane Challenge Origin 200 Origin 2000 Onyx2 Origin and Onyx 3000

Intel-based computers	Visual Workstation Altix Prism

Graphics hardware	Geometry Engine Elan Impact VPro RealityEngine InfiniteReality

Other technology	IRIX Image format MEX Workspace 4Sight Interactive Desktop Xsgi 4Dwm XFS IRIS GL OpenGL GIO XIO NUMAlink IndyCam

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