[rescue] I have an SGI crimson at last!

[Gerhard Lenerz]

Hello Frank,

Sunday, June 1, 2003, 10:54:04 AM, you wrote:

> I thought their cpu's etc. where so economically (25 watt or so)?

  the CPU itself probably is, but a minimum Crimson/VGX is a beast
  consisting of 5 9U VME style boards. The graphics hardware is
  probably the most consuming part. It includes one Motorola 68K CPU,
  tons of custom ASICS and the appropriate glue logic elements.

  Some Crimson pr0n: http://sgistuff.g-lenerz.de/pictures/crimson.html
  And there is a VGX boardset: http://sgistuff.g-lenerz.de/pictures/powerseries.html#boards


Regards,
Gerhard