Subject: 
           Re: O2 news...
       Date: 
           Wed, 02 May 2001 12:04:39 GMT
      From: 
           ruud@marketgraph.nl (Ruud van Gaal)
 Organization: 
           MarketGraph Software & Images
  Newsgroups: 
           comp.sys.sgi.misc
   References: 
           1 , 2 , 3




On Wed, 02 May 2001 11:13:09 +0100, Ian Mapleson
<i.mapleson@salford.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>Ruud van Gaal wrote:
>> Very cool stuff. Actually saw it on Eurosport the other day (which
>> broadcasts the Fox stuff here in Europe). Very hitech. :)
>
>I especially like the overhead 'arrows' pointing to the cars. It'd
>be nice to have that when watching F1 here.

It'd be extremely nice to get them to broadcast the GPS data, so we
can actively participate in a live race. On of my pet future ideas to
put into Racer. Not that it will be there for the (long) time being!

>Btw, anyone tried that Racer program for IRIX? Downloaded it yesterday,
>but the SGI download just seemed to be DOS files.

That's correct; copy the files over to your IRIX machine. I'll do a
tar.gz for the next release, if that feels more comfy. ;-)
You'll need the separate SGI exe (which is still MIPS4 on the site, so
you'll need R5000/R10000/R12000). I have a MIPS3 version lying around
somewhere, so if you need it, mail me.
The exe is on the download page as well, a small separate download.
Plug that into the directory and run it. It seems to work on
Indigo2/O2/Octane/Onyx. You'll need texture support to enjoy it. :)

Hope it works,
