Re: Visual Workstation

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Psherman (psherman++at++merl.com)
Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:26:37 -0500

Tom Flynn wrote:
> Hmmm, sounds like if we had vis-sim development tools like Performer or
> FSG on Linux it would fill a definate hole. And if Linux was ported to
> the SGI PC (if people can port Linux to run on a Palm-Pilot and iMacs
> and so forth, SGI's PC would probably only be a matter of time), then
> SGI could sell PCs with killer graphics that run a stable Unix OS with
> real-time capability without having to port IRIX to a 32-bit Intel
> chip. Perhaps even take some features of IRIX and incorporate them into
> Linux (as open-source) to enhance IRIX-like graphics performace in
> Linux. And if such workstations existed, that would fill a definate need
> in the vis-sim industry.

If we could ever get SGI to "oh-so-kindly" help out with specs for the
GFX subsystem (and some of the other nifty features), I am sure that
there would be *plenty* of people willing to do the linux port for
free. I'll sign up right now. But I think that it will be a long time
before SGI and/or Microsoft ever agree to port applications like FSG
and Performer. I have heard them make the "Well, we are looking into
it" response WRT Fahrenheit, which I am pretty sure translates to "In
your dreams buddy!"

Still, I am going to the rollout here in Boston on Monday. I want one
of these things even if it does mean having to use NT.

        Paul Sherman
        psherman++at++pobox.alaska.net

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