Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:51:46 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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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
-- 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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