low-end octane2? (was: Re: [rescue] octane question)
Big Endian
bigendian at mac.com
Mon Jan 21 10:27:13 CST 2002
> > Its a sad day. But fewer and fewer of the general populace will get
>> out of M$ as the years go by. I'm glad I started w/ real
>> computers(Macs).
>
>My first was an Apple ][e. Very fine computer - especially with that
>OrangeMicro graphics/printer card in it, and the 720k <gasp> RAM upgrade.
>That thing was still going strong in 1996 when my mother bought the Quadra
>6500 (I think). We had stockpiles of parts for it, as the company my dad
>worked(s) for had a metric buttload that they retired all at the same time.
>We must've had a total of about 20 working ][es at one point.
Kick ass. My first computer was actually a IIGS but I was young and
all I did was play games and do some basic BASIC. My Mac+ was my
computer w/ permanent storage (dual 20mb bernuli drive) and a
multitasking OS.
> > Dude... the IRIX install is NOT THAT HARD. Its a fucking MENU!!! I
>> had more trouble installing solaris the first time. SGIs flat out
>> RULE. The only thing I won't use them for are public internet
>> servers. For those we have sparcs and solaris.
>
>Agreed, totally. But your average user, even a clued one, can't make heads
>or tails of it - "Text? Plain background? No mouse pointer? AUUUGH!"
>Once you've done it a few times, things become automatic...
If you've ever installed anything on an SGI its automatic. Inst(1)
is not that hard.
> > relatively slow R3k indigo is QUITE snappy under IRIX. I can't
>> imagine why people would want/need to do the linux/bsd thing for sgis
>> as IRIX is Just That Good(TM).
>>
>
>So I'm not the only one that sees 33Mhz as useful :) I love these things -
>I have three awaiting restoration, missing RAM, HD, keyboards - but
>otherwise comlplete. Two have Entry graphics, but one has something better.
>I've forgotten what it was - it's been that long since I looked at it.
I'm not using it for much right now. I was thinking I should set it
up w/ a dat tape and make it stream audio onto DAT tapes for fun.
daniel
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