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 PAA67727 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA94365 for linux-list; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:56:28 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA39857 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:56:27 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (dmerchan@HiWAAY.net) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by sgi.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id PAA22326 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:56:25 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (dmerchan@HiWAAY.net) Received: from HiWAAY.net (tnt1-167.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.167]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id RAA06310 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:56:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <357F0FB4.4EA714E5@HiWAAY.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:59:00 -0500 From: David X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 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 Does anyone know if an Indigo II like this one can be upgraded to a max impact and if it can, how much that would cost? Or maybe just buy one with max impact already in it and how much IT would cost? Thanks, David