> one for XFree86. This means I may have to buy IRIX, though I would much > rather use Linux. Why has SGI not provided the necessary specs/code for 3d > (open GL in this case?) acceleration? They have to a few people at least. However you should understand that the direct render/context switch stuff aside the Indy is just a glorified drawing machine for solid triangles. Its old. What was in its time awesome technology is no longer. Alan