[rescue] octane question

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:56:12PM -0500, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> nick at snowman.net wrote:
> 
> >SI heads.  SSI is an MXI without tex, and two XIO wide.  SI is only one
> >XIO.
> >
> ok, so where do i get SI cards?  i just picked up an Octane on eBay, and 
> i would like to add two more SI cards to make it tripple headed, but i 
> don't know where to find them.  also, about how much would they cost?
> 
> the other question (sparked by the fabulous FDDI thread) is how much 
> would a XIO FDDI card cost me (if i could even find one) and if that's 
> not a resonable option, what PCI FDDI cards could i use?  do i need to 
> use the SGI badged card?  or is there a nice cheap third-party card out 
> there.  or please tell me the fabulous DEFPA is supported. :)

I see XIO SI cards on ebay fairly frequently.  If you want a triple headed
display, isn't that going to take all the XIO ports?  Maybe I'm wrong, or
maybe you are planning on using one of the V?? cards for two of the heads.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd