Monday, July 25, 2011

SGI O2 R5000-200

ManufacturerSGI
ModelO2 "Moosehead"
Available1996/10/10 - 2002/09
CPU150-400MHz R5000/R10000/R120000
Memory32MB - 1GB
OSIRIX 6.3, 6.5.x
Diskonboard SCSI (1GB-18GB)
Networkonboard Ethernet (10/100Mbit/s)
Expansion1x PCI (33MHz/64bit), proprietary AV
DescriptionThe 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.
MarketingAn 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.
StoryI bought this one at the flea market at the Vintage Computer Festival in Munich.