Comments on: Number 1 on my Christmas Wishlist: SGI’s Octane III personal super-computer! http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick Cain http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-2/#comment-1582752 Rick Cain Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:28:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1582752 I guess everybody needs their own protein folding simulator at home. I guess everybody needs their own protein folding simulator at home.

]]> By: OvenMaster http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-2/#comment-1582113 OvenMaster Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:09:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1582113 Just imagine this thing crunching work units for Folding@Home! http://folding.stanford.edu Just imagine this thing crunching work units for Folding@Home!

http://folding.stanford.edu

]]> By: ridin the short bus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581855 ridin the short bus Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:14:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581855 Looks like its time to upgrade from my PDP-11/45... :-) Looks like its time to upgrade from my PDP-11/45…

:-)

]]> By: Hugh Ripper http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581679 Hugh Ripper Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:31:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581679 #4 Uncle Don I've always wanted a network enabled shredder! #4 Uncle Don

I’ve always wanted a network enabled shredder!

]]> By: J http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581678 J Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:23:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581678 Wrong picture. That is the old Octane. #1 Marc At least one of the configuration accepts Tesla cards. Wrong picture. That is the old Octane.

#1 Marc

At least one of the configuration accepts Tesla cards.

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581634 Jägermeister Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:55:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581634 #16 - Improbus And with this much power in the box, it might even run smoothly. #16 – Improbus

And with this much power in the box, it might even run smoothly.

]]> By: Improbus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581633 Improbus Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:53:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581633 @Floyd Running Microsoft Office is fine as long as you do it in an emulator where it is safe. @Floyd

Running Microsoft Office is fine as long as you do it in an emulator where it is safe.

]]> By: Floyd http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581584 Floyd Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:47:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581584 We had a bank of four SGI O2s running Irix back in the late 90s, for scientific animations. I maintained them. Modern SGI machines are designed for high speed graphics calculations running under Linux, but apparently they run Windows also. Well, sometimes you just gotta run Microsoft Office... We had a bank of four SGI O2s running Irix back in the late 90s, for scientific animations. I maintained them.

Modern SGI machines are designed for high speed graphics calculations running under Linux, but apparently they run Windows also. Well, sometimes you just gotta run Microsoft Office…

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581583 Jägermeister Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581583 #13 - memesisai They got bought and the parent company renamed itself to SGI. #13 – memesisai

They got bought and the parent company renamed itself to SGI.

]]> By: memesisai http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581551 memesisai Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:09:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581551 I didn't even know SGI was still around? I didn’t even know SGI was still around?

]]> By: deowll http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581549 deowll Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:04:04 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581549 I would truly love to have one but the cold hard fact is a single core running at 1.6 and sporting a gig of ram can do nearly everything I do so fast the difference just doesn't matter and that bleeps! I suppose it would make sim city scream. I would truly love to have one but the cold hard fact is a single core running at 1.6 and sporting a gig of ram can do nearly everything I do so fast the difference just doesn’t matter and that bleeps!

I suppose it would make sim city scream.

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581548 ECA Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:03:17 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581548 WINDOWS on this machine is a WASTE.. WINDOWS on this machine is a WASTE..

]]> By: handburger http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581500 handburger Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:07:03 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581500 #7 - Yeah, because SL is such a hog... #7 – Yeah, because SL is such a hog…

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581491 Jägermeister Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581491 #6 - chuck - <i>Can it run Crysis?</i> Yeah... but it's called Windows. #6 – chuck – Can it run Crysis?

Yeah… but it’s called Windows.

]]> By: Angel H. Wong http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/23/number-1-on-my-christmas-wishlist-sgis-octane-iii-personal-super-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-1581488 Angel H. Wong Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:55:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=58840#comment-1581488 And yet an iMac with a dual core processor can outperform it because it runs OSX. And yet an iMac with a dual core processor can outperform it because it runs OSX.

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