From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f8HH59c08518 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:05:09 -0700 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (u-68-19.karlsruhe.ipdial.viaginterkom.de [62.180.19.68]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f8HH50e08515 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:05:01 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f8HE1qX27118; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:01:52 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:01:52 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Eugenio Diaz Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Origin 200 Message-ID: <20010917160152.C26631@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <20010917075345.52314.qmail@web14007.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010917075345.52314.qmail@web14007.mail.yahoo.com>; from getnito@yahoo.com on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:53:45AM -0700 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:53:45AM -0700, Eugenio Diaz wrote: > > Its the rackmount version..............I will search for some > > benchmarks to see how this system ranks compared to some > > PIII and other systems. > > > > Are there any graphics options available for these, or just console? > > > > I realize the origin is more of a "server", used for serving files > > and web pages, than a workstation. > > I used to work for an SGI VAR, and we sold expensive (he, he) but SGI approved > third party PCI video cards; I don't remember what manufacturer tough. I > remember one particular customer (an NT shop) who was not comfortable with > head-less servers, and required us to put a head on it :-) Head-less users ;-) With the firmware not supporting video that is just a halfbreed headless system anyway ... > However, I think that if Linux is currently handling the PCI Bus (I think it's > a 64-bit) on that architecture, you can use any PCI video card supported by > Linux ... am I right? Yes. In theory. The usual problem with video card initialization through the BIOS applies. Aside of this PCI video cards should work fine. Ralf