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64bit:
information on 64bit machine architectures and programming issues: MIPSpro(TM) 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide (IRIX 6.2 version), Preparing for the 64 bit Future of IRIX, Native 64-bit Subprogram Interface for MIPS Architectures, and a C & Fortran variable sizes file.

ANSI-C:
contains files comprising a technical review of the book, The Annotated ANSI C Standard, and the text originally published as the ANSI C rationale with useful information about the origin, creation and meaning of the ISO C standard.

audio:
contains audio documentation including "Audio and Music Applications for Silicon Graphics Systems", SGI Desktop Audio Hardware Performance Specifications (Typical), Indigo, Indigo2, Indy, "Unofficial SGI MIDI page", and "Audio Interchange File Format AIFF-C, A revision to include compressed audio data".

cc_c++_make_csh:
a collection of documents relating to compilers, [p]make, and [c]shell: C++ EXCEPTION HANDLING, The Silicon Graphics Delta C++ Compiler, Programming in C++, Rules and Recommendations, Silicon Graphics Inc, Common Makefile include files, Notes, C pre-processor "cheat sheet" quick ref., C-shell, make, and pmake quick references, and Silicon Graphics Makefile Conventions.

DevDriver:
IRIX 6.2 and IRIX 5.3 versions of the Device Driver Programming Guide, as well as inst-able images of the two pre-IRIX5.3 SGI manuals for the IRIX Device Driver Programming Guide and the IRIX Device Driver Reference Pages.

DevNews:
At last we begin to include selected articles from the Developer News publication

Dwarf:
IRIX 6.2 revisions of documentation on DWARF, a binary debugging-information format. The IRIX 6 compilers produce debugging information in this format rather than the format used in IRIX 5.2 and earlier releases. DWARF defines, in detail, a way for compilers to tell debuggers about source programs.

ELF:
information pertaining to ELF, the Executable and Linking Format employed in IRIX 5 and beyond including, Controlling a Program's Layout with ELSPEC,, and all the IRIX 6.2 man pages found using the command, apropos elf.

GIOdriver:
contains information needed to write a device driver for a GIO board.

HiEndGfx:
the beginnings of documentation relevant to current "High-End" Graphics Machines, so far includes "IMPACT Graphics Subsystem," from the Impact Technical Report, "Fast VisSim On Impact Graphics", Onyx tables covering, "General", "Graphics", and "Platform" Specifications, and relevant links to the "OpenGL: From The EXTensions To The SOLutions" Training Course materials.

I18N:
contains documentation on SGI's implementation of software Internationalization. These are only draft versions.

irix:
contains general information about IRIX not "release-specific", and Operating Systems issues including Automating and Scheduling Jobs with Cron, Local and Remote File Locking¤, Restarting Sendmail, Getting Started With Socket Programming¤, Supported Releases¤, Getting and Setting User Context Within a Process, a paper on Caching and Locality and its ancillary "The Paging Game," as well as 4 periodic tables of IRISes: Workstation/Client, Challenge Server, Onyx Family, Power Challenge.
¤ includes source code included as broken out C code in toolbox/src/exampleCode/irix

irix5.2:
information relevant to IRIX 5.2 and a few of its associated Products including: colormap usage differences between 5.1* and 5.2, HIPPI documentation, IndigoMagic Q&A, inPerson docs, major changes between IRIX 4.X and 5.2 Installation Guide, IRIS Media Libraries product info, 4/94 periodic table, REACT in IRIX V.5, 7/94 patches info, 4.0.1 to 5.2 Software Compatibility Matrix, Indigo2 XZ/Extreme stipple bug, and guidelines for the use of the /usr/share filesystem.

irix5.3:
info relevant to IRIX 5.3 including: IRIX 5.3 Data Sheet and Technical Specifications, REACT(TM) in IRIX 5.3 Technical Report, Using Asynchronous I/O and Direct I/O in IRIX 5.X, Documentation Catalog for IRIX 5.3 as of 3/96, and IRIX product information.

irix6.2:
contains a LARGE collection of IRIX 6.2-based documentation -- this is one of the cornerstones of the v6.0 DT -- including 64-Bit Architecture and Standards Technical Report, all 6 manuals comprising the IRIX Admin Manual Set (System Configuration and Operation, Disks and Filesystems, Peripheral Devices, Networking and Mail, Backup, Security, and Accounting, Software Installation and Licensing), IRIX 6.2 New Features List, MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook plus an overview, MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide, 6.2 Device Driver Programming Guide, Programming on Silicon Graphics Systems: An Overview, Topics in IRIX Programming, SGITCL Programmer's Guide, Documentation Catalog for IRIX 6.2 (current as of 3/96), Preparing to Upgrade to IRIX 6.2, The Coff Story -- End of Coff Support, and a 6.2 Execution/Compilation Table.

Inventor:
contains Inventor documentation including: Optimizing Open Inventor Applications, Release 2.0, OPEN INVENTOR CORNER, Fun With Draggers: Building an Interactive Track Light, Open Inventor Nodes Quick Reference Release 2.0, Open Inventor 3d Toolkit, How to Write an Open Inventor File Translator, Quick Reference Guide, and the man page for the DxfToIv utility.

kernel:
contains 3 Pipeline articles focusing on kernel issues and processes: "Kernel Processes in IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.1," "IRIX Dynamically Loadable Kernel Modules," and "Kernel Tuning in IRIX 5.x and IRIX 6.0.x."

libconv :
a relatively recent addition to the mathlib subtree, libconv is an optimized library available on Silicon Graphics computers. It features Convolution for Finite Impulse Response (FIR) and Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters, together with Correlations.

Mac:
beginnings of a directory composed of documents useful/relevant to Mac Developers including, UNIX TOOLS FOR FORMER MAC DEVELOPERS and C++ EXCEPTION HANDLING.

mipsABI:
documents and patches pertaining to the MIPS ABI Group, Inc., including a FAQ on porting, Conformance and Support Guides. This is a 3/96 copy of most of what exists at www.mipsabi.org.

Motif:
contains a copy of an SGI internal paper on Motif Performance Notes.

networking:
network documentation including: Scalability in the XFS File System, XFS - File System Data Sheet and Technical Specifications, a group of Pipeline articles: "Using Automount," "Configuration and Use of PPP," "Configuring Multiple Network Interfaces on SGI Systems," "IRIX 5.3 NFS Version 3," and Asynchronous Transfer Mode: Implementations for 1994, Establishing a PPP connection using IRIX PPP, and SLIP INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE.

OpenGL:
A MASSIVE subtree contains MUCHO OpenGL papers, articles, tutorials, specifications. A GREAT DEAL of technical information is included here. MOST RECENT additions include documentation on GLR, an OpenGL render server facility, and the VERY ESSENTIAL OpenGL on Silicon Graphics Systems covering advanced topics including extensions, as well as updated revisions -- Version 1.1 -- of The OpenGL Graphics System: A Specification, and the GLX Specification, OpenGL Graphics with the X Window System.

optimization:
greatly revitalized documentation on optimizing programs now includes Optimization for Real-Time Graphics Applications, MIPSpro Compiling and Performance Tuning Guide, IRIX 6.2 version of the MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide, and the REACT(TM) Real-Time Programmer's Guide, as well as overview descriptions of Build-time alternatives relating to ld, and Quickstart, Requickstart and tasks performed by RLD, the dynamic linker.

perl:
the beginnings of documentation relating to perl, the Practical Extraction and Report Language, with PERL PATTERNS, and the perl5 documentation set available on the Silicon Graphics freeware 1.0 release.

Performer:
contains "Introducing Performer 2.0" from the Pipeline, the "IRIS Performer 2.0 Technical Report", "IRIS Performer 2.0 API", "IRIS Performer 2.0 Technical Information", and "IRIS Performer 2.0 Release Notes".

PROM:
information relevant to all operations and issues at the PROM level of the world.

R10000:
documentation on the R10000 PROCESSOR including a thumbnail on MIPS R10000 (T5) Next Generation Technology, Mips Open RISC Technology R10000 Microprocessor Technical Brief, R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual-Version V1.1 and V1.0, as well as the Errata for Mips R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual, V1.0

R4000:
contains the Pipeline January 1996 article, "Processor Types for Indigo, Indigo2 and Indy Systems" with a table listing the first and current version of IRIX for a specific R4x00 CPU type, speed, and cache size. The R4x00 CPU is used in Indigo, Indy, CHALLENGE S, Indigo2 and CHALLENGE M systems.

R8000:
documentation on the R8000 PROCCESSOR, otherwise known as the IP21 board. Key to the performance of these systems beyond the R8000 processor itself are changes to the OS and compiler. The kernel now supports 64 bit kernel and user code. Existing Irix 5.2 user mode binary objects will continue to run unchanged. User applications that need to realize the performance potential of this hardware will need to be ported to the 64 bit environment.

RFC:
NEW INTERFACE -- VERY boss! Now up to rfc1918
Internet "Request For Comments" provide the current set of open standards used on the Internet, today. To both ensure interoperability with other products and prevent re-invention of wheels, developers of network apps will find it useful to be familiar with, and to the extent possible conform to, applicable standards. Examples of available standards are the Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP), Internet Protocol (IP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP), all of which are supported by SGI.

SiliconStudio:
information about Silicon Studio, a professional film and video production system based on Silicon Graphics workstations, specialized video options and third-party software solutions. Includes the slide sets from the Entertainment Authoring Conference held in L.A., November, 1994.

textureMapping:
addresses issues pertaining to texture mapping: Fast Shadows and Lighting Effects Using Texture Mapping, Texture Mapping as a Fundamental Drawing Primitive, Interactive Geometric Image Transformation Using Texture Mapping, Accelerated Volume Rendering and Tomographic Reconstruction Using Texture Mapping Hardware, and Texture Mapping in Technical, Scientific and Engineering Visualization.

ViewKit:
information on the ViewKit software application framework, used by many Silicon Graphics software products as well as a growing number of third-party applications.

VMEinterface:
VME interface description for the Personal Iris, 4D100 to 4D400 series machines, and Crimsons. This paper does NOT include the IO4 VME in Challenge and Onyx systems.

video:
contains the SGI Digital Video specification including the data format, electrical and mechanical interfaces used to get digital video data into and out of the Silicon Graphics platforms via this 60-pin connector.

volumeRendering:
addresses issues pertaining to volume Rendering: Building an OpenGL Volume Renderer, Interactive Volume Rendering Using Advanced Graphics Architectures, and Accelerated Volume Rendering and Tomographic Reconstruction Using Texture Mapping Hardware.

X:
contains X-based documentation including such topics as Is your X code ready for 64-bit?, "Multi-pipe Graphics Configurations", X11R6, SGI's enhanced X server, Performance, SGI Window Systems, the X11 Input Extension, and more.