Re: Is this SGI kit worth getting?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 29, 2008, at 12:08, Stephen Borrill wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 2008, Greg Matthews wrote:
> > Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > > I've been offered an O2, an Octane and 3 Indys. The O2 is a no- 
> > > brainer especially with the recent framebuffer changes. It'll be  
> > > a worthwhile replacement for my Indigo2. However, I see the  
> > > Octane is not supported and the Indys (while cute) aren't exactly  
> > > the fastest machines.
> >
> > might be worth checking if the indys have the (somewhat rare) 24  
> > bit graphics card. If nothing else you could probably ebay any 24  
> > bit card and possibly any SGI memory (hens teeth).
>
> I know they don't have 24-bit graphics. I was a student in the Uni  
> Dept I'm getting them from when they were first bought (back when I  
> was vey young!).

Which model are those Indys anyway? The blue pizzabox shaped ones or  
the coffee maker model? Also, if I remember correctly they came with  
rather different CPUs. Might be worth picking one with a not-so-slow  
CPU and max out RAM, disks etc. from the others.

have fun
Michael

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