Subject: Re: SGI ports [was Re: pwd_mkdb]
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/09/1999 15:54:40
On Fri, 09 Apr 1999, Jonathan Stone wrote:
>I've heard rumours of _interest_ from the direction of NASA Ames, but
>nothing more concrete.
>
>(Historically, SGI also tended to be very tightlipped about their
>graphics hardware, which'd be a big obstacle to getting graphics
>working; you may well want to emulate IRIX so as to run the SGI
>product X/GL servers, but that's just a guess).

  If someone does start working on this for real, please have that person
contact me...I have some SGI hardware (several 4D-series machines and
accessories) that I'd be willing to loan or perhaps donate to the cause.

                      -Dave McGuire