[cctalk] Re: SGI vs. Mac

Hi There! Hmm, never used MACs of that generation. Graphics performance of the SGIs was awesome for its day. Still using an Octane (2*R12k) from time to time with old software I compiled for it and very impressive still is the responsiveness of the OS: Most other OSes still today let you feet that there is load on the CPU. With the SGIs you do not feel that so much if working in a terminal for example. I also have got dual monitors, video compressor and crystal eyes on the Octane ;-) Octane greatly improved in memory performance (well above GB/s) over the earlier SGIs and I lot of other competitors... Unfortunately my maxed out Indigo2 suffered a maniboard failure recently and does not boot any more... Best wishes and merry Xmas, Erik. ''~`` ( o o ) +------------------------.oooO--(_)--Oooo.---------------------------+ | Dr. Erik Baigar Inertial Navigation & | | Salzstrasse 1 .oooO Vintage Computer | | D87616 Marktoberdorf ( ) Oooo. Hobbyist / Physicist | | erik(a)baigar.de +----\ (----( )-----------------------------+ | www.baigar.de | \_) ) / +----------------------+ (_/