[geeks] So an octane just came in today...

[Kurt Huhn]

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 09:01 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> And it has ESI as the graphics option - how good is this?
>

About 30% better according to some benchmarks.

> Also, what is the RAD audio option, is that standard audio?
>

RAD is the fiberoptic audio.  It's on all Octanes.

> Is an R10K @ 250 MHz better for general userland stuff than dual R10K @
> 195 MHz? (I'd suspect the latter, but want to be sure first - I'm only
> going to keep one...)
>

They're both IP30, but one runs at a faster clockspeed.  Yeah, the 
250Mhz will be snappier.

> Finally, I find my self in need of either a 68 pin to 50 pin SCSI cable
> or a method to override the passwd file without booting off an external
> CD - thoughts? (I think for my Indigo^2 I had to boot off the
> CD-ROM...)
>

If you can log in as guest or something, you can easily find stuff out 
there on the internet that will give you root access.


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Kurt
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