Subject: Re: SGI ports [was Re: pwd_mkdb]
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Scott Bethke <kbethke@ezy.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/09/1999 16:01:30
I'd be willing to put up an Indigo2 for the cause..

_Scott

At 03:54 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
>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