2021-08-22, 07:52 AM
Ha, yes, that was a SparcStation 10, named "rainier" (my favorite mountain, the theme of our network cluster was mountains, there was a "corkscrew" too!) I helped design bits of the audio system and ISDN (remember that?) protocol stack, as it came with basic rate ISDN on board.
Good point about the 4K monitors but interestingly, all the action in the panos is along the horizon line. Gaining more vertical isn't worth much with respect to the whole experience. I guess it is partly a visual perception thing.
In fact I have all the parts to rebuild my old system. They were so glad I agreed to retire that they said I could take home anything I wanted from my office except the shelves screwed into the walls and even hired movers. But I don't have any space in my house that can take all five monitors, so I'd have to re-cut the panos to be 4 monitors wide (not too hard, but it is better to have an odd number, so there isn't a bezel right in the middle of the image. I could / should do that, but in 2019 I was too busy hiking and creating new memories, and in 2020 I was rather bummed out and no one would be coming to my house to share the images so....
I am accepting that I am slowing down a bit. I'm looking at some hikes for Washington (South Cascades) next month (if I decide I can tolerate the Covid risk of flying) and old GPS tracks had me doing 4k+ vertical a day. These days, it's hard for me to get in more than low 3k. Though I've lost much of my Covid weight gain so maybe 4k will be attainable.
Good point about the 4K monitors but interestingly, all the action in the panos is along the horizon line. Gaining more vertical isn't worth much with respect to the whole experience. I guess it is partly a visual perception thing.
In fact I have all the parts to rebuild my old system. They were so glad I agreed to retire that they said I could take home anything I wanted from my office except the shelves screwed into the walls and even hired movers. But I don't have any space in my house that can take all five monitors, so I'd have to re-cut the panos to be 4 monitors wide (not too hard, but it is better to have an odd number, so there isn't a bezel right in the middle of the image. I could / should do that, but in 2019 I was too busy hiking and creating new memories, and in 2020 I was rather bummed out and no one would be coming to my house to share the images so....
I am accepting that I am slowing down a bit. I'm looking at some hikes for Washington (South Cascades) next month (if I decide I can tolerate the Covid risk of flying) and old GPS tracks had me doing 4k+ vertical a day. These days, it's hard for me to get in more than low 3k. Though I've lost much of my Covid weight gain so maybe 4k will be attainable.