[rescue] IRIX/SGI opinions of O2 for graphics?

[Aaron Finley]

No Photoshop did not use such a scheme, theres a
number on the box or CD which is what you need, no big
deal. 

Anyway, an O2 will only be good with specialized
software, and was never meant to be a screaming fast
graphics machine.

-- Aaron

--- Shawn Wallbridge <swallbridge at franticfilms.com>
wrote:
> vraptor at employees.org wrote:
> 
> >All this talk about IRIX and SGI's has gotten me
> curious.
> >
> >I have an O^2 here at home that was cobbled from
> parts
> >when the SO was contracting with SGI (talk about
> disfunctional
> >companies...but that's another story).  I've been
> toying
> >with the notion of Linux on it.  However, the
> mention of
> >Photoshop, et al availabe for IRIX kind of makes me
> wonder
> >how the O2 would do with that kind of software. 
> Compared
> >to, say, 400Mhz G3 with 8MB ATI Rage or similar.
> >
> >Since I have a derth of IRIX/SGI hardware
> knowledge, opinions
> >would be appreciated.  Pointers to "RTFM sysadmin"
> also good.
> >;-)
> >
> >TIA--
> >=Nadine=
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> >
> AFAIK, linux will only run on an Indy (and that is a
> stretch from what I 
> have heard).  
> 
> Photoshop was available for Irix, but it required a
> license from adobe 
> (I assume FlexLM) which was specific to the machine
> and they are no 
> longer issuing them, so you have to find a machine
> with photoshop and a 
> license already installed.
> 
> I would think the G3 would be faster than an O2 at
> photoshop anyways.
> 
> You would be much better off with Gimp, which SGI
> offers on the freeware 
> site.
> 
> shawn
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