Re: Is this SGI kit worth getting?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 27, 2008, at 06:36, Stephen Borrill wrote:

> I've been offered an O2, an Octane and 3 Indys. The O2 is a no- 
> brainer especially with the recent framebuffer changes. It'll be a  
> worthwhile replacement for my Indigo2. However, I see the Octane is  
> not supported and the Indys (while cute) aren't exactly the fastest  
> machines.
>
> Is the Octane ever likely to be supported?

In theory it's a pretty close relative of the O2 although we're not  
all that likely to ever be able to support whatever graphics board  
you stick into it. There's a Linux driver for IMPACT boards in I2s,  
no idea how useful that would be for the Octane ( or if you even have  
an IMPACT or something completely different )

Reminds me, I need to commit more XFree86-on-O2 stuff. It still has  
issues but it works well enough to use KDE or gnome without major  
issues and it uses the rendering engine for almost all XRender  
operations.

have fun
Michael

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