PC for performer

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Scott Herod (herod++at++aspen.evt.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:26:41 -0600

My wife has given me permission to get a new PC to learn
all about Performer and Linux. I am hoping to get some
information from people on the list about their experiences.

  I assume that the machine should have the faster processor
and as much memory as I can afford. How about drives; is
the faster access time of a SCSI drive important? ( For that
matter, does Linux have problems with drives with more than
4Gig of space? That apparently was a problem when trying to
install NT4 and RedHat 5 on a single drive. )

  I expect that the SGI machines would be the best, but is
the price difference worth it? Do you need a special version
of Linux to access the two processors?

  How about graphics cards? Is it correct that there are
no Linux accelerators for the 320 hardware? A quick check
at www.linux.net/hardware/components.html lists no graphics
components.

  Any information or pointers to information would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott Herod
scott.herod++at++colorado.edu

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