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Does anyone know if the new 2008 software will be Linux only? If not is this the last release for unix?
Is it such a bad thing? You have to admit the time has come to move on, Linux is faster and cheaper and the SGI boxes have had one helluva a long run.
Paul
It is still available for IRIX on Tezro.
It remains to be seen if this is the last release.
BKM
Well, if you have an Inferno on Onyx350, bought 1,5 year ago at about 800k$, it really is a bad thing…
@marcelo_cunha 23965 wrote:
Well, if you have an Inferno on Onyx350, bought 1,5 year ago at about 800k$, it really is a bad thing…
Hi Marcelo,
2008 will be supported on Tezro and Onyx 350 too.ventrap
That’s Great!
What about an Octane2?
octane 2 is history. no 2008. octane platform came out in ’96… maybe as late as ’98. that’s a long time for a computer. alas it’s time to put those out to pasture though….
I was curious about Octane dates… if you can trust wikipedia:
SGI withdrew the Octane2 from the price book on May 26 2004, and ceased Octane2 production on June 25th, 2004. Support for the Octane2 will be withdrawn in June 2009.They are referring to SGI support.
Jeff
End of Support Date and Document [ the last date of each line ]
Octane August 31, 2001
Refer to next column for EOS August 31, 2007 (if system has the D-OCT-COMP board)
June 25, 2009 (without the D-OCT-COMP) board)Octane2 June 25, 2004
June 25, 2009 June 25, 2009Onyx2 June 30, 2002
June 30, 2007 December 31, 2008Onyx 2 Reality May 30, 1999
May 30, 2004 December 31, 2008Onyx 2 Infinite Reality May 30, 1999
May 30, 2004 December 31, 2008Onyx 2 IR2 April 10, 2001 May 30, 2004 December 31, 2008
Onyx 2 IR3 June 27, 2003
June 27, 2008 December 31, 2008Onyx 350 Infinite Performance September 30, 2005
September 30, 2010 September 30, 2010Onyx 350 IR3 June 27, 2003
June 27, 2008 June 27, 2008Onyx 350 IR4 March 25, 2005
March 25, 2010. March 25, 2010.so..u still have a few years before sgi stops support…u should think about moving to linux maybe after a year or so…by then the linux boxes and nvidia would have evolved further
@marcelo_cunha 23965 wrote:
Well, if you have an Inferno on Onyx350, bought 1,5 year ago at about 800k$, it really is a bad thing…
Come on, nobody could have paid that much for an inferno in the last few years… And it is the software license, not the hardware. Now think that, you upgrade your onyx350 hardware for around $60k, to a much faster model.
And I heard that, 2008 is going to be the last version that will work on sgi!ahem…the price IS different in different regions around the world…a new flame Linux in the gulf costs 290kUSD, in Singapore 160kUSD and im sure its WAY cheaper in north America.
i only know that it is still available for IRIX on Tezro
@Mon1018 24127 wrote:
i only know that it is still available for IRIX on Tezro
Perhaps 2008 will be the last version that will run on tezro, and we should be happy about this. I hope then, AME will move to new opengl techniques like pixel shaders. Dropping the old sgi platform will open new room for improvement in software.
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