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- From: jsw@microunity.com (Jeff Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: New Indigo Graphics - XZ
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.183132.3189@microunity.com>
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- Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan28.152947.27227@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:31:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.152947.27227@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Frank.Taylor@launchpad.unc.edu (Frank Taylor) writes:
- > According to what I've seen, the new XZ graphics option is twice the
- > performance of the old XS24 and will run in a standard Indigo. Does
- > the Z refer to a standard Z-buffer? What is the cost? Did the XS24
- > and Elan board costs drop?
-
- > I have been waiting for SGI to release a decent low-cost machine with
- > a decent low-cost 24-bit Zbuffer option. I want a machine I can
- > buy for home use that costs less than $10K list. Has this happened?
-
- The short answer is no. The XZ board appears to be exactly the same
- as the XS24Z and Elan, but with two geometry engines(XS24 has 1, Elan has 4).
- Its cost is between XS24Z and Elan, and it comes with the bit-planes and
- z-buffer standard. System cost with a 400meg disk, 16meg RAM, and 19 inch
- monitor is quoted in the press release as $23k.
-
- It doesn't appear that XS and Elan have had any drastic price reductions.
-
- --Jeff
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