Manufacturer | SGI | |
Model | O2 "Moosehead" | |
Available | 1996/10/10 - 2002/09 | |
CPU | 150-400MHz R5000/R10000/R120000 | |
Memory | 32MB - 1GB | |
OS | IRIX 6.3, 6.5.x | |
Disk | onboard SCSI (1GB-18GB) | |
Network | onboard Ethernet (10/100Mbit/s) | |
Expansion | 1x PCI (33MHz/64bit), proprietary AV | |
Description | The O2 is an entry level SGI workstation in the typical modular designer case. It uses a unified memory architecture (UMA), there is no separate graphics memory. 3D calculations are done in CPU, but it has special hardware for certain operations, allowing it to perform real-time audio and video processing. | |
Marketing | An extremely high-bandwidth memory architecture, dedicated engines for image and video processing, and a suite of digital media tools give the SGI® O2 workstation unrivaled capabilities for digital media creation and manipulation, including video and audio capture, playback, editing, compression, and decompression. This paper addresses high-level O2 system features, underlying technology, software tools, and applications related to video, audio, and compression. | |
Story | I bought this one at the flea market at the Vintage Computer Festival in Munich. |
Admiring how progress comes in cycles. Technology is evolving, mostly just revolving. Old tricks with a new name; more, faster, smaller, and still the same.
Monday, July 25, 2011
SGI O2 R5000-200
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