Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:51:46 +0100 (MET)

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> I expect most Linux users will stay with Intel CPUs. There is a price
> imperative for a lot of people...

Complete 533 MHz Alpha systems (excl. monitor) can be bought for 1500 USD these
days.

> Also, have you noticed that workstation vendors are coming out with
> PCI buses? Alphas already use it. SGI have it as a peripheral bus for
> cheap 3rd party hardware. Sun look like they're finally ditching SBus
> (yay!) and have gone to PCI for the Ultra 5 and newer machines.

Right. But even PCI video boards on the Ultra 5 must be supported through Open
Firmware. And guess what, Open Firmware uses a graphical console, not text
mode.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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