> > Give me a while and I'll let you know. I'm trying to get my hands on a
166
> > Alpha UDB system. Want to see if it does any better then my Cyrix
PR166+
> > system.
>
> You might want to take a look at the new dec alpha chipset, they are in
> the 500+ MHZ range, however they developed it in a way that is quite
> cheap.
>
> You might just be able to find a decent 500mhz one for less than $3k in
> the near future, if not already.
Aahh yes, the Alpha 21164PC chips. Nice suckers and are priced to compete
with Intel PII chips. DEC screwed up royally selling their plants to
Intel.
> > Netscape has done development on Linux. M$ even has FreeBSD and Linux
> > running a few of the servers, and I'm pretty sure (if you can beleive a
> > friend of mine that works for M$ tech support) that Linux is being used
to
> > develop the Unix IE port. Also, there are at least 100 other top named
> > companies using Linux for Unix application development or servers (not
just
> > web or mail servers, but intranet).
>
> I don't know if they plan on changing, but so far, the unix ie port is
> only available for solaris... I have no idea if they will bother porting
> it to other unices.
Last time I heard, Linux was on the very short list on Unix platforms for
IE. Solaris, Linux, Digital Unix, and I think FreeBSD was on the list but
I can't be sure.
> I recently acquired a new Permedia 2 based Fire Gl Pro 1000. It supports
> GL acceleration. It is amazingly fast compared to the Millenium I had
> before. I even tried putting back in the Millenium afterwards, it was
> unbareable. It's amazing how fast you adjust to a new speed. ;)
Lucky jerk ;) Been trying to get my hands on a Number Nine 128 card.
> > Hell, what gets me most is that WinNT has LESS hardware support then
Linux!
> > Isn't that a kick in the pants?
>
> Unfortunately the stuff that is used for graphics work, tends to be only
> supported under nt/95 :(
I know. I know. But I honestly think if we stop talking about it and start
doing something about it, we can get very good and very impressive graphics
programs on Linux. I'd love to contact Amiga graphic program makers and
see if I can get a few of them to port their programs to Linux. I know
with GW2K and AI starting to gain power, it'll be a lot harder, but I think
it can be done.
jason
