Wired running SGI Article

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 -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |