Re: TI-H: linux...
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Re: TI-H: linux...
I mean in terms of development, not display. SGI's make machines with the
sole purpose of being used in graphical or game applications. They are
engineered to be mean gfx machines. The ONYX is, what, 5 years old? And it's
still widely used! say that about a pentium or an IBM (non-mainframe).
-Gabe
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: linux...
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>>>>As far as I know, N64 and most other 3D-type games are usually developed
>>on
>>>>SGI systems, which implies IRIX. I know the prime development system for
>>>>Sega Saturn development were the SGI ONYX machines. Oohhh...I want one
of
>>>>those in my living room :))
>>>>
>>>
>>>SGIs are things of the past. Check out the new workstations IBM has that
>>>break 671 BOGO MIPS a processor... a 256 300MHz PPC750 mainframe with
>>>toons of BOGOs bouncing arround in linux... :)
>>>
>>>Imagine your monitor as a bottlekneck. YEAH!!
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>>SGI's will never be a thing of the past. They are always way ahead of
their
>>time, and IBM doesn't know jack shit about doing 3d right. It may have
>>speed, but that doesn't mean it has power.
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>IBM doesn't do 3d. An extended chipset does the 3d routines. Like the ATI
>RAGE or ix3d.
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