Monthly Archives: August 2013

SGI Indy R5000 180SC 24 Bit vs XZ Graphics

Using the HolliDance benchmark: http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/hollibench.html The 24 bit system ran at about 1.55 FPS vs the XZ at 1.1FPS. Pretty miserable all around, but the R5000’s faster with the Newport 24 bit graphics vs the trick XZ system.

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Amazing floppy disk label art.

A friend of mine gave me a couple boxes of vintage Commodore 64 floppy disks. None worked, I was probably the 10th owner, but the hand drawn label art on some of them was great. Whoever pirated this software went … Continue reading

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