Re: [SIP-users] Scilab

[Jim R. Jr <Jim@ReswickGallery.com>]

Hi:

I have been learning Scilab to generate separations from images for 
an imaging process that I am working on.  I have been using SIVP in 
Scilab on WIN XP.  Even with stacksize('max'), confining myself to 
8-bit images, and clearing matrices as soon as possible, I am still 
getting stack overflows.  My normal workflow is 16-bit TIFF and 
32-bit floating EXR, so I'm a bit discouraged.

I'm thinking about buying a used Intel 64-bit motherboard on ebay and 
loading it with RAM, running Linux, and then trying SIP.  Anyone got 
any suggestions for a good motherboard/CPU combo for this 
purpose?  (I've got an ATX server case with a PC Cooling 1kw 
PS.)  What flavor of Linux would be most compatible for 
Scilab/SIP?  (I'm new to Linux, but have some Unix experience, and a 
lot of experience in building up boxes.)

Or, is doing relatively simple matrix math in Scilab hopeless with 
medium files (16bit, 100MB, RGB TIFFs)?  (I could never afford Matlab.)

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Jim