Re: 3.0 on an Indy
Greetings, and thanks for your reply!
Ladislav Michl <ladis@psi.cz> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:22:42PM -0500, Camm Maguire wrote:
> [snip]
> > 1) What do people use these machines for? My guess was a thin X
> > client. By default, there doesn't seem to be enough disk, cpu
> > power or memory to run many applications natively.
>
> My Indy is one of slowest ones (100 MHz R4600 PC), though I was able to
> write master thesis in TeX using it. It is even able to run Gnome :)
>
Here's what I have:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type : SGI Indy
processor : 0
cpu model : R4000SC V3.0 FPU V0.0
BogoMIPS : 49.76
byteorder : big endian
wait instruction : no
microsecond timers : yes
extra interrupt vector : no
hardware watchpoint : yes
VCED exceptions : 0
VCEI exceptions : 0
free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 43508 41024 2484 0 2344 22912
-/+ buffers/cache: 15768 27740
Swap: 40876 10100 30776
> Once you choose appropriate software (Sylpheed Claws, Dillo, AbiWord,
> XMMS...) it could me used for normal office work.
>
These suggestions are very helpful -- thanks! Can't seem to get xmms
working on a sample ogg vorbis file I just found. I know very little
about sound, and haven't tried any special configuration. If you know
of a quick HOWTO that covers the SGI sound system, I'd be
appreciative.
What about the video ports? ISDN?
Also, a number of gnome applets seem to be dying randomly. Xplanet
won't work, but that might be due to lack of memory. Certain apps
white out the X background.
> > 2) I'm unfamiliar with the SGI hardware. The disk looks like a SCSI I
> > -- is it possible to upgrade with a generic commodity SCSI I drive?
> > What about other possible upgrades -- can any standard PC hardware
> > be used? Any ideas for a 10/100-Base T converter connector for
> > the built in ethernet port? Does the webcam work? What is the
> > most accelerated X setup for this graphics card?
>
> Go to http://www.reputable.com/indytech.html for hardware informations.
>
> IndyCam doesn't work. Xserver supports Newport XL graphics only (no
> acceleration) http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/xfree86/
> [snip]
Thanks for this!
Take care,
>
> ladis
>
>
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