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Article #290Re: Workstations as game machines
From: thu... Brian Oliver
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 20:31
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 20:31
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Ren Hoek (devi...@nic.cerf.net) wrote: : Chris Barrett (17263) (bar...@clpd.Kodak.Com) wrote: : : wo...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Der Walvater) writes: : : >Just as a reminder, SGI, Sun, HP, RS/6000, would all make crappy game : : >machines--they weren't designed for that purpose! : Oh Contrare Mon Frare... : Until you have sat in front of a Silicon Graphics ONYX : with a Reality Engine installed, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of DISK : online, stared into the 20" Color Monitor (with resolution that : is specified with scientific notation :-) ) and flown (not played) : the SGI flight simulator you have not maxed the computer based : gaming experience. : And thats ONLY 2-D! Try strapping on a set of gloves : and image goggles and fly the damn thing in 3-D.... : (You'd wet yourself...) : Never knock a REAL machine... : Ren Hoek : Purebred Asthmahound Chiuaua : devi...@cerf.net : "Stimpy, you Eediot!!" The sad part about this whole thread is.... so far I haven't been able to find DOOM for my sgi. Why? Because it doesn't exist! Or does it? If anyone knows anything about that possibility please e-mail. By the way, devildog is right- SGIs rule dominion when it comes to graphics. Unfortunately, I haven't found too many good games for them. (Not that I have much time to play between building animations anyway...) thu...@netcom.com
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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!thumbs From: thu...@netcom.com (Brian Oliver) Subject: Re: Workstations as game machines Message-ID: <thumbsCJqozr.F8I@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <2gemfp$7mn@perot.mtsu.edu> <2gff1h$ac9@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> <bskendigCJ7x6r.8L2@netcom.com> <2gj3f4$b1b@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> <2gk3ua$5ul@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <2gub38$pn1@serum.clpd.kodak.com> <2h2lpv$f1d@nic.cerf.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 20:31:02 GMT Lines: 36 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit