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- In <3bp8hu$2cu@sundog.tiac.net> krishna@max.tiac.net (Glenn M. Saunders)
- writes:
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- >
- >pmyers@mhv.net wrote:
- >: Does anyone know what machines use the MIPS chips besides SGIs?
- Looking to run
- >: Windows NT on it with Lightwave 4.0(when released) as a better
- alternative to
- >: Intels Pentium CPUs. I only here about SGIs and no other platforms
- that use
- >: them....Thanks...
- >:
- >
- >--
- >
- >There is a model of Raptor that is a self contained NT workstation. I
- >don't think it has a brand name per se, except that NewTek I guess is
- >selling it.
- >
- >
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- Page 58 of the Video Toaster Magazine has a review of the "Nitro-VLB"
- board that is compatable with any 386/486 VESA Local Bus motherboard.
- Apparently the CPU is disconnected and the CPU on the Nitro board is
- enabled. The "new" CPU speed is either a 100MHz or 133MHz R4600
- depending on the type of board you buy.
-
- All this means is that if you already have a 386/486 VLB compatable
- computer you can use the Nitro and not spend money on a new computer.
- MAke sure you have a CD-ROM drive on it though. The board comes with
- WindowsNT on CD-ROM. The board also has 32MB of TrueCache 15ns RAM!!!
- Overall performance of the Nitro compared to a A4000 '040@40MHz ranged
- from 2.87x to 3.73x faster. 3.73x includes high motion blur, trace
- reflection and trace shadow...
-
- Thanks Erik Flom for a well done article.
-
- Scott P. Nigel:
- "Lightwave, for some, is a luxury
- Lightwave, for me, is survival."
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