From: Brendan Black <ratfink@xtra.co.nz>
To: Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com>
Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Cheap used SGi boxes
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:10:31 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <357F1267.8BF43ACC@xtra.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.BSF.3.96.980610132956.13948I-100000@pike.cdrom.com
Murray Stokely wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a good source for old, used SGi systems?
> http://www.xsnet.com seems to be the best source I can find on the net
> for old Indigo II's and such but I can't find much older, cheaper, or
> more capable of running Linux. I'd really prefer to have something
> better than 8bit graphics and I guess that limits my choices for
> low-end systems as well. I didn't have much luck dealing with SGi
> people directly because they just kept trying to get me to buy a newer
> system.
>
> One system that caught my eye was this one :
>
> R4400 200MHz/1MB SC, XL, 64MB, 2GB, 17" $ 1,600 Ea.
>
> But last I checked I wouldn't be able to run Linux for quite a while.
>
> - Murray
try also http://www.reputable.com, I remembered seeing this one on the old SGI
systems
documentation page at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/2258/4dfaq.html
--
Brendan Black - Network Engineer, Telecom Internet Services
email: ratfink@xtra.co.nz
"Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, white
light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. In
a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM
FOR THE 386." -- Matt Welsh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-06-10 23:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-06-10 20:47 Cheap used SGi boxes Murray Stokely
1998-06-10 21:17 ` Eric Kimminau
1998-06-10 22:18 ` William Fisher
1998-06-10 22:18 ` William Fisher
1998-06-10 22:59 ` David
1998-06-10 23:10 ` Brendan Black [this message]
1998-06-11 17:15 ` Finding used SGI boxes Michael W. Folsom
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