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SGI Demos Preserved and Running in Modern Web Browsers

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yankcrime

8mo ago· 2 min readenCode
Bagel score 80 of 100
80/100
Golden Brown
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Summary

A project that compiles and runs original Silicon Graphics (SGI) demos from decades ago in modern web browsers using Emscripten and SDL2. The demos use an IRIS GL software rasterizer from the Alice 4 project with minimal modifications to the original C/C++ source code, allowing these historical computer graphics demonstrations to be preserved and accessible online.

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SGI demos from long ago, running in your browser today
This is the original SGI demo source code, compiled for the web using Emscripten and SDL2
Rendering is done using an IRIS GL software rasterizer from the Alice 4 project
Collect every Silicon Graphics (SGI) demo ever made and resurrect them in the browser to live on forever
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Collect every Silicon Graphics (SGI) demo ever made and resurrect them in the browser to live on forever. - sgi-demos

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