do you have a SGI system too? are u from Germany ?
I could find this 400MHz R12K with 1Gb of ram and MXE graphics
at 1400$. I hope I payed it not too much.

what SGI system do u have ?

btw I Am from Italy.

Rick


> RJ45 wrote:
> > 
> > hello,
> > sorry for the off-topic question.
> > I just bought a Octane R12K 400MHz on ebay and I Still have to receive it
> > so that In my life I never touched a SGI machine neither I used IRIX, I Am
> > complitely new to it. I am used to alphas, sun, Vaxens but not to SGI.
> > 
> > The guy who sold me the machine told me the machine has a pre installed
> > version of IRIX.
> 
> Are you getting installation media with it? ie. are you getting install
> CD-ROMs?
> If not, you can get various Irix versions on Ebay for a few tens of
> dollars.
> I would definitely try and get the original install media off this guy,
> since
> IIRC the Irix license comes with the machine. If the machine is sold,
> both the
> install media plus the license should go with it. (Correct me if I'm
> wrong
> here, guys, but I'm reasonably sure that that's right).
> 
> > so I Ask to you gurus who surely know IRIX much more than me.
> > IRIX is usable without a license or the OS is locked if u have no license?
> 
> No, the OS isn't locked. You can use it without any problems. However,
> what I
> *definitely* recommend doing once you have the machine is to try and get
> into the
> PROM monitor to see whether the password has been enabled. When the
> machine boots,
> it shows a screen with options for you to do various things such as do
> diagnostics,
> probe for hardware, install another OS or boot the system.
> Try getting into the diagnostics. If it asks you for a password,
> IMMEDIATELY phone
> your seller and MAKE SURE YOU GET THE PASSWORD!
> This happened to me with my Octane and I was lucky: the guy was still
> around and 
> could still remember the password.
> 
> > how much costs mroe or less a license for IRIX  for a personal development
> > or educational use ? IS it forbiddenly expensive ?
> 
> Well, if your name is William F. Gates III I suppose that won't be too
> much of
> an issue, but I think you're looking at mucho dollars here. I wouldn't
> bother.
> 
> > I asked a quotation to SGI but they did not reply me in 1 week...
> 
> That's probably because you didn't order 100 fully-equipped Origin
> servers :-)
> Here again, I wouldn't hold your breath. Just start hacking :-)
> 
> > 
> > thanks really
> > 
> > Rick
> 
>