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IRIX 3dfx Voodoo mea hoʻokele a me glide2x IRIX awa

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IRIX a me ka Voodoo: He Moʻolelo Pōkole no kahi Hui Kūlike ʻole

Ma ka waena o ka makahiki 1990, ʻo ka honua computing kahi ʻāina o ka hoʻokūkū ikaika a me ka wikiwiki o ka hana hou. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e kū ana ʻo Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) me kāna mau keʻena hana IRIX ikaika, nā aliʻi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻia o ka ʻike 3D ʻoihana, nā hopena kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a me ka helu ʻepekema. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ke hoʻololi ʻia nei ka mākeke pāʻani PC mea kūʻai aku e kahi kāleka liʻiliʻi mai 3dfx Interactive: ka Voodoo Graphics. Ua lawe mai kēia mea hoʻolele 3D discrete i nā kiʻi kiʻi arcade-quality i ka pākaukau, i hoʻohana ʻia e kāna API Glide proprietary. No ka poʻe hoihoi a me nā mea hoʻomohala, ua puka mai kahi nīnau hoʻohiwahiwa: pehea inā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka mana o ka Voodoo e pili ana i ka pāʻani i loko o ke kaiapuni UNIX o IRIX? ʻO ka pane, he papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu no ka lawe ʻana i ka hale waihona puke Glide (glide2x) i IRIX, e hana ana i alahaka ma waena o ʻelua mau honua ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻopili kiʻi.

Ka Luʻi ʻenehana o ka hoʻolele ʻana i ka IRIX

ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka glide2x i IRIX he hana ʻenehana lako polokalamu nui. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Glide ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana lahilahi a me nā lako lako no DOS a me Windows, e kamaʻilio pololei ana i ka Voodoo's rasterizer a me nā ʻāpana palapala palapala. Aia nō na'e ka IRIX i kona kaiaola kaiaola oo a pa'akikī, i kūkulu 'ia a puni ka IRIS GL a me OpenGL API ma hope aku, a ua ho'ohui pū 'ia me kā SGI pono'ī ki'i ki'i ki'i pono'ī e like me ka InfiniteReality. Pono nā poʻe lawe puka e hana i kahi papa unuhi e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kelepona Glide API a palapala ʻia ma nā kelepona ʻōnaehana IRIX a me nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻomanaʻo. Hoʻopili kēia i ka ʻenekinia hoʻohuli, ka hoʻolālā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, a me ka hoʻomaopopo hohonu ʻana i ka hana pae hoʻopaʻa inoa o Voodoo a me ka IRIX's UNIX kernel a me X11 windowing system. ʻO ka holomua, ʻo ia ka manawa mua, hiki ke ʻike ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia kahi kāleka Voodoo ma ke ʻano he mea hana i loko o kahi keʻena hana SGI, kahi hana i manaʻo ʻia he hiki ʻole.

Kaiaulu, Hobbyists, and the Spirit of Tinkering

ʻAʻole kēia hana i hana ʻia e kekahi hui hui. Ua alakaʻi wale ʻia e kahi kaiāulu hoʻolaʻa o nā mea hoihoi SGI, reverse-engineers, a me nā polokalamu polokalamu i ʻike i kahi paʻakikī ʻenehana a me kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa. ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā pūnaewele, nā papa inoa leka uila, a me nā pūnaewele mua i lilo i hub no ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā patch, binaries, a me ka ʻike paʻakikī. Nui nā ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana: e holo i nā pāʻani Glide maʻamau e like me "Quake," "Tomb Raider," a me "Descent" ma nā lako exotic; e hoʻokolohua me nā hoʻonohonoho hybrid; a no ka hōʻoia wale ʻana hiki ke hana ʻia. ʻO kēia ʻano hana like ʻole a me ka modular i ka hoʻoponopono pilikia—ʻo ka hui pū ʻana i kahi mea hoʻokele hana mai nā hāʻawi kaiāulu—e hoʻohālikelike i ke kumu o kēia manawaMewayz, kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai nā mea lako polokalamu hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻōnaehana hana ʻoihana pili i kūpono i nā pono kikoʻī.

"ʻO ka papahana hoʻokele IRIX Voodoo he mea hōʻike ia i ka hacker ethos. ʻO ia e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i ʻelua mau ʻāpana ʻenehana, ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia e hana pū, mele i ka lokahi.

Hoʻoilina a me ka Pili o kēia wā

ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i nā kāleka Voodoo ma nā ʻōnaehana IRIX he niche mau, he mea nui ka hoʻoilina o ka papahana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mana o ka hoʻomohala ākea, alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu a hoʻonui i ke ola pono o nā lako SGI pipiʻi no ka poʻe hobbyists. I kēia lā, kū ia ma ke ʻano he footnote hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala kamepiula, e hōʻike ana i kahi manawa o ka hoʻokolohua kupaianaha. No nā mea hoʻomohala o kēia manawa a me nā mea hoʻolālā ʻōnaehana, hoʻomanaʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o nā ʻōnaehana hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia. I loko o kahi pōʻaiapili pāʻoihana hou, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i loko o kahi pūʻulu polokalamu paʻa paʻa e like me ka palena ʻana e like me ka lako pono. ʻO kēia kahi e hāʻawi ai kahi paepae modular e like me Mewayzi kahi pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi, e ʻae ana i nā ʻoihana e hoʻohui i nā mea hana maikaʻi loa a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoilina i loko o kahi kaʻina hana i hui pū ʻia, e like me kēlā mau mea hoʻomohala mua i humuhumu ʻia ʻo Glide a me IRIX.

O nā mea nui i hoʻokō ʻia o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o IRIX Voodoo/Glide port:

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  • E ʻae ana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā polokalamu Glide me ka wikiwiki o ka lako ma nā ʻōnaehana SGI Indy, O2, a me Octane.
  • Ke hāʻawi nei i kahi waihona mea hoʻohana-space (glide2x.so) i hoʻopili ʻia me nā module kernel maʻamau.
  • Ke kākoʻo nei i nā hoʻonohonoho Voodoo like ʻole, me nā Voodoo Graphics kumu a me nā papa Voodoo2 ma hope aku ma SLI.
  • Ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi waihona ʻike i hōʻike ma hope aku i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea hoʻokele GPU open-source a me nā papahana hoʻohālike.

ʻO ka hope loa, ʻoi aku ka moʻolelo o ka mea hoʻokele IRIX Voodoo ma mua o ka ʻike loea. He moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā āpau, inā ma waena o ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka ʻenehana loea, a i ʻole ma waena o nā paradigms hana like ʻole. I ka ʻāina kikohoʻe o kēia mau lā, ʻaʻole no ka poʻe hobby wale nō ka hiki ke hoʻopili pono i nā ʻōnaehana like ʻole - he ʻoihana pono ia. ʻO nā paepae e hoʻopili ana i kēia manaʻo modular, hoʻohui ʻia, e like me Mewayz, e hoʻoikaika i nā hui e kūkulu i ko lākou wahi hana kūpono me ka ʻole o ke kaohi ʻia e nā palena o kekahi ʻenehana hoʻokahi.

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IRIX a me ka Voodoo: He Moʻolelo Pōkole no kahi Hui Kūlike ʻole

Ma ka waena o ka makahiki 1990, ʻo ka honua computing kahi ʻāina o ka hoʻokūkū ikaika a me ka wikiwiki o ka hana hou. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e kū ana ʻo Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) me kāna mau keʻena hana IRIX ikaika, nā aliʻi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻia o ka ʻike 3D ʻoihana, nā hopena kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a me ka helu ʻepekema. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ke hoʻololi ʻia nei ka mākeke pāʻani PC mea kūʻai aku e kahi kāleka liʻiliʻi mai 3dfx Interactive: ka Voodoo Graphics. Ua lawe mai kēia mea hoʻolele 3D discrete i nā kiʻi kiʻi arcade-quality i ka pākaukau, i hoʻohana ʻia e kāna API Glide proprietary. No ka poʻe hoihoi a me nā mea hoʻomohala, ua puka mai kahi nīnau hoʻohiwahiwa: pehea inā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka mana o ka Voodoo e pili ana i ka pāʻani i loko o ke kaiapuni UNIX o IRIX? ʻO ka pane, he papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu no ka lawe ʻana i ka hale waihona puke Glide (glide2x) i IRIX, e hana ana i alahaka ma waena o ʻelua mau honua ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻopili kiʻi.

Ka Luʻi ʻenehana o ka lawe ʻana i ka holo ʻana i IRIX

ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka glide2x i IRIX he hana ʻenehana lako polokalamu nui. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Glide ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana lahilahi a me nā lako lako no DOS a me Windows, e kamaʻilio pololei ana i ka Voodoo's rasterizer a me nā ʻāpana palapala palapala. Aia nō na'e ka IRIX i kona kaiaola kaiaola oo a pa'akikī, i kūkulu 'ia a puni ka IRIS GL a me OpenGL API ma hope aku, a ua ho'ohui pū 'ia me kā SGI pono'ī ki'i ki'i ki'i pono'ī e like me ka InfiniteReality. Pono nā poʻe lawe puka e hana i kahi papa unuhi e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kelepona Glide API a palapala ʻia ma nā kelepona ʻōnaehana IRIX a me nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻomanaʻo. Hoʻopili kēia i ka ʻenekinia hoʻohuli, ka hoʻolālā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, a me ka hoʻomaopopo hohonu ʻana i ka hana pae hoʻopaʻa inoa o Voodoo a me ka IRIX's UNIX kernel a me X11 windowing system. ʻO ka holomua, ʻo ia ka manawa mua, hiki ke ʻike ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia kahi kāleka Voodoo ma ke ʻano he mea hana i loko o kahi keʻena hana SGI, kahi hana i manaʻo ʻia he hiki ʻole.

Kaiaulu, Hobbyists, and the Spirit of Tinkering

ʻAʻole kēia hana i hana ʻia e kekahi hui hui. Ua alakaʻi wale ʻia e kahi kaiāulu hoʻolaʻa o nā mea hoihoi SGI, reverse-engineers, a me nā polokalamu polokalamu i ʻike i kahi paʻakikī ʻenehana a me kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa. ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā pūnaewele, nā papa inoa leka uila, a me nā pūnaewele mua i lilo i hub no ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā patch, binaries, a me ka ʻike paʻakikī. Nui nā ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana: e holo i nā pāʻani Glide maʻamau e like me "Quake," "Tomb Raider," a me "Descent" ma nā lako exotic; e hoʻokolohua me nā hoʻonohonoho hybrid; a no ka hōʻoia wale ʻana hiki ke hana ʻia. ʻO kēia ʻano hana like ʻole i ka hoʻoponopono pilikia—ʻo ka hui ʻana i kahi mea hoʻokele hana mai nā hāʻawi kaiāulu—e hoʻohālike ana i ka manaʻo o Mewayz hou, kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai nā mea lako polokalamu hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia e hana i kahi ʻōnaehana hana ʻoihana pili i kūpono i nā pono kikoʻī.

Hoʻoilina a me ka Pono o kēia wā

ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i nā kāleka Voodoo ma nā ʻōnaehana IRIX he niche mau, he mea nui ka hoʻoilina o ka papahana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mana o ka hoʻomohala ākea, alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu a hoʻonui i ke ola pono o nā lako SGI pipiʻi no ka poʻe hobbyists. I kēia lā, kū ia ma ke ʻano he footnote hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala kamepiula, e hōʻike ana i kahi manawa o ka hoʻokolohua kupaianaha. No nā mea hoʻomohala o kēia manawa a me nā mea hoʻolālā ʻōnaehana, hoʻomanaʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o nā ʻōnaehana hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia. I loko o kahi pōʻaiapili pāʻoihana hou, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i loko o kahi pūʻulu polokalamu paʻa paʻa e like me ka palena ʻana e like me ka lako pono. ʻO kēia kahi e hāʻawi ai kahi paepae modular e like me Mewayz i kahi pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi, e ʻae ana i nā ʻoihana e hoʻohui i nā mea hana maikaʻi loa a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoilina i loko o kahi kaʻina hana i hui pū ʻia, e like me kēlā mau mea hoʻomohala mua i humuhumu ʻia ʻo Glide a me IRIX.

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