OT: RE: [rescue] XBOX vs PS2

[Dave McGuire]

On January 23, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > Fine.  People may try to use it for scientific work, but it wasn't designed
> > > for scientific work, and for it's designed purposes, I believe that 32bit
> > > floats are fine.  I wouldn't quibble if my desktop machine has a 128bit
> > > (4 32bit floats) vector unit.
> > 
> > The R3000 wasnt designed for scientific work?  What the hell did SGI sell
> > them for, then?  To be remade into espressogo machines? 8-)
> 
> I was talking about the R5k.  

  It ain't no whole separate architecture, y'know.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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