[geeks] SGI: Odd, uncommon, or common...

[Jochen Kunz]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 05:16:52AM -0800, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> 1) The CPU I wound up with is a R5K @ 300 MHz w/ 1 Meg Cache - how good
>    is it for "normal" desktop use? (browser, freeware games, lite
>    programming?)
Should be OK.

> 2) Pointers to Irix install notes - never done one before, but I have
>    a big box of IRIX disks from a previous system...
http://futuretech.mirror.vuurwerk.net/6.5inst.html

> 3) 256 Meg - a reasonable amount of RAM for a recent IRIX install?
More would be good, but this is enough to live.

> Also, any thoughts on the R5000 @ 300 MHz vs. R10000 @ 175 MHz for
> desktop use? I've got both, and most likely will only keep one...
Compare the benchmark results on 
http://futuretech.mirror.vuurwerk.net/sgi.html
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         Jochen

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