From: "William J. Earl" <wje@fir.engr.sgi.com>
To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc: ariel@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (Ariel Faigon),
mike@contract.kent.edu (Mike Acar),
linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: M$ 's strategy against Linux: nightmare scenario
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:54:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199712052354.PAA02883@fir.engr.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199712052246.PAA12296@harmony.village.org>
Warner Losh writes:
...
> BTW, there are some folks around here getting rid of Indigo's with a
> fair amount of disk/memory on them (2G disk, 64M memory) with
> monitors. They are currently up for bid. How different are these
> beasts than the Indy? Would Linux run on them? What would be a fair
> price to bid on them?
The Indigo R4000 is pretty close to the Indy in many respects,
although the I/O and graphics are earlier generation in the same family.
The Indigo (R3000) has similar graphics and I/O, but is of course an
R3000, and the memory controller is a different design. Linux could
run on either, but more porting would be required. Many of the drivers
could be shared, with some adjustments, but the graphics would definitely
require significant work.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "William J. Earl" <wje@fir.engr.sgi.com>
To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc: Ariel Faigon <ariel@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com>,
Mike Acar <mike@contract.kent.edu>,
linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: M$ 's strategy against Linux: nightmare scenario
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:54:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199712052354.PAA02883@fir.engr.sgi.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19971205235459.4qzSycE1UpmW6RlkoT27N_wIFsJk2_CcAa-1SRrDQHY@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199712052246.PAA12296@harmony.village.org>
Warner Losh writes:
...
> BTW, there are some folks around here getting rid of Indigo's with a
> fair amount of disk/memory on them (2G disk, 64M memory) with
> monitors. They are currently up for bid. How different are these
> beasts than the Indy? Would Linux run on them? What would be a fair
> price to bid on them?
The Indigo R4000 is pretty close to the Indy in many respects,
although the I/O and graphics are earlier generation in the same family.
The Indigo (R3000) has similar graphics and I/O, but is of course an
R3000, and the memory controller is a different design. Linux could
run on either, but more porting would be required. Many of the drivers
could be shared, with some adjustments, but the graphics would definitely
require significant work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-12-05 23:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-12-05 18:27 M$ 's strategy against Linux: nightmare scenario Ariel Faigon
1997-12-05 18:27 ` Ariel Faigon
1997-12-05 21:31 ` Mike Acar
1997-12-05 22:20 ` Ariel Faigon
1997-12-05 22:20 ` Ariel Faigon
1997-12-05 22:46 ` Warner Losh
1997-12-05 22:46 ` Warner Losh
1997-12-05 23:08 ` Eric Kimminau
1997-12-06 0:15 ` Chad Campbell
1997-12-07 18:26 ` Eric Kimminau
1997-12-05 23:54 ` William J. Earl [this message]
1997-12-05 23:54 ` William J. Earl
1997-12-06 23:16 ` cypher
1997-12-06 23:26 ` cypher
1997-12-06 23:35 ` ralf
1997-12-05 22:43 ` Alan Cox
1997-12-05 22:43 ` Alan Cox
1997-12-06 9:35 ` Michael Neuffer
1997-12-06 23:37 ` cypher
1997-12-06 23:32 ` cypher
1997-12-05 23:44 ` Chad Campbell
1997-12-06 12:42 ` Lige Hensley
1997-12-06 19:06 ` Greg Chesson
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