Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
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You know what ever computer needs? DOOM. Do you know what I couldn't find? DOOM for the IBM RS/6000, but that's not surprising. These machines were never meant for gaming, but that's doesn't mean you can't do it. If you like pain anyway
IBM's RS/6000 series of machines were the backbone of businesses for years. Intended as a replacement to IBM's PS/2 line of computers, these machines were intended to help break the Intel/Windows monopoly with the new PowerPC architecture, in corporation with Apple and Motorola.
However, those lofty dreams were never to be with the failure of Workspace OS, Copland and more, and the general demise of workstation class machines as a whole. What was left was a very expensive machine that only officially supported IBM's own variant of UNIX, known as AIX. AIX has a reputation for being an exceptionally quirky system, and well, that's a *well earned* reputation.
In this extra long NCommander special, we're going to explore AIX, discuss the RS/6000 Model 150 43p I'm running it on. Throughout this process, I'd explore the trouble in getting bash to build, getting neofetch to work, then the battle for high colors, SDL, and more.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:10 - IBM's RISC Station/6000
00:07:29 - AIX
00:16:20 - AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications
00:32:53 - Road to DOOM
00:46:24 - Making Noise
01:04:17 - Conclusions
This video uses these sounds from freesound:
"record scratch.wav" by luffy ( freesound.org/s/soundID ) licensed under CCBY 3.0
"Dramatic Organ, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) licensed under CCBY 4.0 Attribution
"Ding Ding Small Bell" by JohnsonBrandEditing licensed under Creative Commons 0 License
Document icons created by smalllikeart - Flaticon (flaticon.com/free-icons/document)
Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
Tracks used from the YouTube Music Library Listed In Presentation Order:
* Future Glider - Brian Bolger
* Fat Man - Yung Logos
* Time to Spare - An Jone
* Island Dream - Chris Haugen
* June - Bobby Richards
* Kurt - Cheel
* My Peeps - Aaron Lieberman
* Would it Kill You - Mini Vandals
* Straight Fuse - French Fuse
* A Fool's Theme - Brian Bolger
* Stellar Wind - Unicorn Heads
* Blacksmith - Godmode
* Swoop141 - Kwon
* World War Outerspace - Audio Hertz
* Average - Patrick Patrikios
* Digital Ghosts - Unicorn Heads
* Press Fuse - French Fuse
* Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
* First Dream - Brian Bolger
* Missive - Andrew Langdon
* Digifunk - DivKid
* Subway Dreams - Dan Henig
* Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
* Wolf Moon - Unicorn Heads
* Outcast - Myuu
* Atlantis - Audionautix
* Light-Gazing - Andrew Langdon
#rs6000 #doom #retrocomputing
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Twitter: twitter.com/FOSSfirefighter
Discord: discord.gg/V8esNah
Blog: https://casadevall.pro
GitHub with Chocolate DOOM for AIX and more:
github.com/NCommander/aix_doom_things
You know what ever computer needs? DOOM. Do you know what I couldn't find? DOOM for the IBM RS/6000, but that's not surprising. These machines were never meant for gaming, but that's doesn't mean you can't do it. If you like pain anyway
IBM's RS/6000 series of machines were the backbone of businesses for years. Intended as a replacement to IBM's PS/2 line of computers, these machines were intended to help break the Intel/Windows monopoly with the new PowerPC architecture, in corporation with Apple and Motorola.
However, those lofty dreams were never to be with the failure of Workspace OS, Copland and more, and the general demise of workstation class machines as a whole. What was left was a very expensive machine that only officially supported IBM's own variant of UNIX, known as AIX. AIX has a reputation for being an exceptionally quirky system, and well, that's a *well earned* reputation.
In this extra long NCommander special, we're going to explore AIX, discuss the RS/6000 Model 150 43p I'm running it on. Throughout this process, I'd explore the trouble in getting bash to build, getting neofetch to work, then the battle for high colors, SDL, and more.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:10 - IBM's RISC Station/6000
00:07:29 - AIX
00:16:20 - AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications
00:32:53 - Road to DOOM
00:46:24 - Making Noise
01:04:17 - Conclusions
This video uses these sounds from freesound:
"record scratch.wav" by luffy ( freesound.org/s/soundID ) licensed under CCBY 3.0
"Dramatic Organ, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) licensed under CCBY 4.0 Attribution
"Ding Ding Small Bell" by JohnsonBrandEditing licensed under Creative Commons 0 License
Document icons created by smalllikeart - Flaticon (flaticon.com/free-icons/document)
Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
Tracks used from the YouTube Music Library Listed In Presentation Order:
* Future Glider - Brian Bolger
* Fat Man - Yung Logos
* Time to Spare - An Jone
* Island Dream - Chris Haugen
* June - Bobby Richards
* Kurt - Cheel
* My Peeps - Aaron Lieberman
* Would it Kill You - Mini Vandals
* Straight Fuse - French Fuse
* A Fool's Theme - Brian Bolger
* Stellar Wind - Unicorn Heads
* Blacksmith - Godmode
* Swoop141 - Kwon
* World War Outerspace - Audio Hertz
* Average - Patrick Patrikios
* Digital Ghosts - Unicorn Heads
* Press Fuse - French Fuse
* Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
* First Dream - Brian Bolger
* Missive - Andrew Langdon
* Digifunk - DivKid
* Subway Dreams - Dan Henig
* Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
* Wolf Moon - Unicorn Heads
* Outcast - Myuu
* Atlantis - Audionautix
* Light-Gazing - Andrew Langdon
#rs6000 #doom #retrocomputing
