26 Nov
2004
26 Nov
'04
4:36 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: Wired running SGI Article
A few of the 68K Mac loving people I talk to on IRC have been getting into
older SGI machines (Origins and older Indy). So is the Dual G5 worth the
cash? While I like older 68K Nubus Macs, anything from the PPC generation
and beyond never interested me (except for a 7500 PCI powermac I needed to
run a Videovision Telecast Setup).
>One of these days I will have to check out an old
SGI to see what the
fuss
was about.
I have two o2's, one of them is a lowly R5000 180Mhz system (the more
pathetic of the two 180Mhz models) with 160MB RAM. This system can
handle *HEAVY* loads more gracefully than any other system I've use,
and X-Windows is unbelievably smooth, even under these heavy loads.
The other is an R12000 270Mhz system, and even better :^)
What I really want one of these days is a nice Dual Processor Octane
with R12000 CPU's. What I'd really like is a nice new Quad Processor
R16000A-based Tezro, but there is no way I can afford a brand new SGI
Workstation.
BTW, I really wish Mac OS X or Linux were half as "smooth" as Irix!
I've gotten a "beachball" twice on my dual 2Ghz G5 while typing this
email thanks to what I have running in the background.
Zane