R5000 Indys are about as useful as an O2. Just a little slower.
You can however directly pull VGA of the graphics card if you are crafty.
The octane has no internal speaker so you won't hear a chime. They are nice so long as you have a video card with texture memory and if you are lucky, the PCI shoebox. Both systems however will give a console off serial port 1 if no keyboard or mouse are plugged in.
Edit: Also, DO NOT TOUCH THE COMPRESSION CONNECTORS. Theya re the #1 most picky parts of the system next to the Xbow revision on the backplane.
You can however directly pull VGA of the graphics card if you are crafty.
The octane has no internal speaker so you won't hear a chime. They are nice so long as you have a video card with texture memory and if you are lucky, the PCI shoebox. Both systems however will give a console off serial port 1 if no keyboard or mouse are plugged in.
Edit: Also, DO NOT TOUCH THE COMPRESSION CONNECTORS. Theya re the #1 most picky parts of the system next to the Xbow revision on the backplane.