i dont play quake, or other games for that matter (does minesweeper count as a game?).
but if you need a donation O2 machine, i will swing the matter by my boss and see if he still wants it for some strange and obscure reason. if he doesnt need it, then i'll see what i can do :) Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Is my IRIX box i386 ? Can I put Linux on it ? > > On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 09:16 AM, Tom wrote: > > > i have an O2 here at work too > > it sits in a corner gathering dust cause no one can be arsed doing > > anything > > with it. > > i'd take it home, but its pointless. > > as far as running quake on it, you really must be a masochist :) > > > Well just so that people know that O2 are used for useful things..... > The one on my desk here in front of me is used for molecular structure > calculation using a program called texsan. > That prog takes x-ray diffraction data and works back from the > scattering pattern toi determine the actual molecular structure of the > crystal. You can display it on screen then and rotate it around. The > report format for the data is TeX -> dvi -> PostScript. So I have good > fun with students that want to incorporate it via cut-n-paste into Word > :-) > [so if you ever want to get rid of it as its too slow for quake.....] > > Oh it's the same O2 that sometimes kindly supplies its video cable to > bail out SLUG meetings. > > Best wishes, > Mike > > Michael Lake > Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. > > > > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F > > DISCLAIMER > ======================================================================== > This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, > and with authority, states them to be the views the University of > Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for > viruses and defects. > ======================================================================== > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
