-I ran across this CD-ROM while cleaning out some old boxes of SGI software. It
-contains promotional songs that accompanied the [SGI
-Octane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Octane) launch circa 1997(ish).
-
-Since the only other links I see online appear to be dead, I will preserve the
-songs here as a lesson to future generations. Take heed: when your workstations cost five
-figures, weird marketing isn't a substitute for performance.
-
-With that out of the way, enjoy some UNIX workstation marketing music from a
-more light-hearted time in computing history. And don't worry, the album cover
-clearly notes, "WARNING: Explicit lyrics do not play backwards."
-
- - Ignite Your Mind [5.6MB MP3](./SGI_Ignite-Your-Mind.mp3)
- - I Have A Dream [6.7MB MP3](./SGI_I-Have-A-Dream.mp3)
- - OCTANE Swing [5.1MB MP3](./SGI_OCTANE-Swing.mp3)
- - Retro OCTANE [5.8MB MP3](./SGI_Retro-OCTANE.mp3)
- - Knee Deep In 3D [6.6MB MP3](./SGI_Knee-Deep-In-3D.mp3)
-
-For anyone doubting the pure artistry on display in this musical marketing
-masterpiece, peruse some sample lyrics.
-
-**Knee Deep In 3D:**
-
- I can texture and convolute.
- I'm gonna rotate and spin.
- These graphics so damn realistic,
- Oh I think it's a sin.
-
- Now I'm seeing virtual reality,
- Is it liquor or is it truth?
- Am I seeing advanced 3D graphics,
- Or just too much vermouth?
-
-**I Have A Dream:**
-
- I have a dream and it's two CPUs.
- What this will mean, is no more desktop blues.
- Modeling and rendering, designing, analyzing, just pick any two.
- I have one dream and it's two CPUs.
-
- I have a dream and it's called a crossbar switch.
- What this will mean is no big data glitch.
- Peer-to-peer, have no fear, get data in and out of here,
- just with the flip of a switch.
- I have a dream and it's called a crossbar switch.
-
-**OCTANE Swing:**
-
- Octane, we're gonna rocktane.
- But this thing called Octane, it swings with performance.
- Octane, competition is inshocktane.
- But this thing called Octane, it swings with performance.
-
- You don't need a hero,
- You don't need any myth.
- What you need is some action,
- So get a load of this.
-
- You don't wanna be mediocore,
- Not just run of the mill,
- Some computer hacking joker,
- Baby grab that thrill.
-