Re: Is this SGI kit worth getting?

[Greg Matthews <gmatt%nerc.ac.uk@localhost>]

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.

might be worth checking if the indys have the (somewhat rare) 24 bit 
graphics card. If nothing else you could probably ebay any 24 bit card 
and possibly any SGI memory (hens teeth).

> Is the Octane ever likely to be supported?


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