From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id OAA62431 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id OAA13672 for linux-list; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:23:20 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from dataserv.detroit.sgi.com (dataserv.detroit.sgi.com [169.238.128.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id OAA30015 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:23:18 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (eak@detroit.sgi.com) Received: from cygnus.detroit.sgi.com by dataserv.detroit.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/930416.SGI) id RAA26607; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:23:14 -0400 Received: from detroit.sgi.com (cx1.detroit.sgi.com [169.238.130.4]) by cygnus.detroit.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id RAA26424; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:23:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <357EF804.B1164487@detroit.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:17:56 -0400 From: Eric Kimminau Reply-To: eak@detroit.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Murray Stokely CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Cheap used SGi boxes References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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 Go to http://www.sgi.com and search for "Systems remarketing" - there is also a link to their home page on http://www.linux.sgi.com. The ":best" part about these systems is that if purchased today with any kind of hardware support you would also be elegible for IRIX 6.54 upgrades when they become available in the next month or so. Eric. Eric. -- ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7 Eric Kimminau RTA/RSA eak@detroit.sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc Voice: (248) 848-4455 39001 West 12 Mile Rd. Fax: (248) 848-5600 Farmington, MI 48331-2903 VNet Extension - 6-327-4455 "I speak my mind and no one else's." http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/perl-rsa-sig.html When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" "I am the great supportfolio, do you have http?" Copyright 1998, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Confidential to Silicon Graphics Computer Systems ** -- not for redistribution -- **