The collected works of Trekiej - Page 1

Hello. Newbie here.
I was wondering if getting a Prizm would be good for HD video work.
Do you prefer Mips or Intel?
If I buy a machine, is there any software and hardware I could get to test a machine out?
Thanks.

Thanks, I see that there are some Onyx machines for sale online. I think I might pick up a machine for the fun of it if the price is right.

Is Irix hard to get?
I guess Linux Itanium should be relatively easy to get.

Cool, thanks, the Octane was looking better.
Being one who meddles like I do, I would like to network some machines to work on the same problem.
How is blender?

cool.
What would a Fuel cost?
How does one deal with the Sync On Green connection when you have a svga moitor?

Thanks to all for replies, I have a lot to learn.
I used to be some what a follower.
I still have questions I want to ask but I am about ready to go to work.
A question I could ask is, how is gen-locking with sgi machines?
I would like to use ntsc composite/s-video and do some chroma keying.
Also, I saw a SGI Iris Indigo for sale, how well do you like this machine?
Cheers.

Alright then, I will keep this in mind.
Are gen-locks common in sgi machines?
Also, are they hard to acquire?
Cheers.

Cool, thanks for the excellent help.

Awesome collection Classic'.

How are the scuzzy ssd's these days?

Maybe I should have asked about scsi to sata or sas.

Thanks again.
I hope I am not bugging too much.

Okay, are dual processors for the Octane and O2 hard to get?

Does Elan graphics have texture memory?
*I heard it was good with 3D but textures slowed it down.

I am not a graphics expert so here goes.
I under stand that there is Ray-tracing and Scan-line Rendering.
Is there any software that would use OpenGL for animation?

Thanks.

How about Machinima or the program Iclone?
Would an SGI machine accelerate any of that?
If I were to use software GL, is there any reason I could not make a high resolution image ( a single frame with say a million polygons ) with textures and save that as a jpeg?
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If I were building a single frame with a lot of triangles and textures in it, I wonder if it would take minutes to build.
I am not talking about 30 fps or anything like that.
If it took one minute to 5 minutes per frame to render, I guess it should in theory be possible to make a high detailed render using OpenGL.
Then it would probably depend on the the capabilities of the hardware, ram,cpu,etc.
I believe the new Blender can animate and record the view port, If I have heard correctly.
I guess there could be CAD software that could animate an OpenGL object.
Thanks.

Thanks, I guess you all know that in pc land that there are some applications that use "game technology" to make animations. I guess I am not for sure why the idea did not get picked for other platforms. (Quake and I believe Unreal are some apps that used this idea)
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Maybe I should have asked about CAD. If a CAD app. used opengl, I guess the limitation is some where between the app and the hardware on exactly how detailed an image can be.

Maybe I will get a chance to see how Quake III and others will do on SGI Workstations.

If I write an application that uses OpenGL, do I not have the choice, depending on what machine it is, to use a software render or hardware accelerated render? I wished I had followed the DirectX and OpenGL on pc video cards back in the 90's to see what actually made them directx or opengl compatible.

Thanks.

What is it like to use the Infinite Reality graphics?

I am wondering if the Graphics is liquid in flow when rendering to screen.

So how much data are we talking about?
1. Resolution
2. Texture mapped Polygons/sec.
I think of it as a pick-up truck. Load it down and slower it goes. Empty and it goes fast.

Oh wow
I still would like to have a rack system that is about 6 ft tall full of 1u cases and processor.
If I could afford it.

Sure, I can understand that I need more than 1U's in a rack. This is more of a wish list than an actual lay out.

With the Octane2, how detailed of a model can I make before it chuggs? The peecee recommendations for Blender seems to be higher than what some of the machines have maxed out.

I can get 220v/60hz, but could not pay the bill though.

It is cold in here.

I do not want to sound like I am down playing these machines, It would have been more revealing if I had one when it was released and compared it other machines at the time.
I admit that an AMD OpenGL card with 2 Gb ram sounds tempting at the moment.

Cheers.

@ guardian452
Thanks for the post. I want to check out a machine to see how it runs certain task or application. I do not want to buy one just for that. It would be like buying a 4K Gaming rig just to experience it and never playing with it again. I wish had a job that could use these machines it would justify the cost at least.

It is funny to see people selling Blender on ebay, and a little bit sad.

I do like the desk side, but an empty rack to put stuff in over time would be cool.
If SGI works well with Win/Lin/BSD for a render farm I could be happy with that.
With video cards taking the load off for Raytracing it would be hard to get a rack unless it had 12 to 24 core Xeon.
singing; I want my... I want my S.. G.. I.. bring in the drums and a guitar solo

That takes me to wanting to find out about LuxRender.

Awsome, I stil need to do some more research.
Is there any machines out there that can do 4k level gaming that is not a high end pc/mac?
I guess I will have to stick with finding out what will make a high quality model/scene and then send to render.
I wish I could use Blender game engine and record that. I believe Blender can animate viewport for a whlle now.
It uses opengl and maybe that is a better example I was looking for earlier.

I am sorry, did SGI ever reach a 4k level?

I still think that SGI machines are cool, great, awesome, excellent, even if they are new or used.

Thanks, I love to collect computers, games macines, etc.
I wish the fun was back in computing.

Sorry, you will have to PM me over the 4k question.
I guess I am really really running out of stuff to ask.

The wheels screech like the tortured cries of a hundred suffering children, though. Yikes.

Are these picts still available?

thanks
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cool pix

Is there a bounty system here?

I wish for a new Blender release even though I do not own an SGI computer. Now that makes sense doesn't it?
NSA...