On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 12:43:54PM -0600, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > Yeah, it's a bit of a kludge, but it seems to me that it was a sort of
> > 'after the fact' setup.  I personally don't think it works all that well.
> > I'd rather have a desk-side Onyx3000 than an Origin with a G-brick (Note:
> > The G-brick is just an Onyx3000 without any 'cpu modules').  Of course, if
> > you need more than 8-16 cpus, then an Origin is the only option, but it's
> > still a PITA to manage, in my experience.
> 
> oh... so that's why it's so huge, and still only supports 2 graphics pipes.
> the other slots are for CPU boards?

Right.  The 'G-brick' is really just a deskside Onyx3000 that's been
stripped of everything but it's L1 controller and graphics boards.

Gabe
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Gabe Turner                                             gabe at msi.umn.edu
SGI Origin Systems Administrator,
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