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 VAA01709 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:02:45 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id VAA75359 for linux-list; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:01:59 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from 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 VAA52701 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:01:56 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from netscape.com (h-205-217-237-46.netscape.com [205.217.237.46]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/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 VAA05019 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:01:55 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from tintin.mcom.com (tintin.mcom.com [205.217.233.42]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA17672 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:01:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from netscape.com ([205.217.243.67]) by tintin.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.01) with ESMTP id F5SJB600.86J for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:01:54 -0800 Message-ID: <36A4120E.2FF847E0@netscape.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:03:10 -0500 From: Mike Shaver Organization: Just Another Snake Cult X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.0-pre7-ac1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com" Subject: indigo2 extreme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk So I've got a decent deal on an indigo2[*] with the extreme kit lined up, and I'm wondering how much I'll regret it if I go ahead and purchase it. Will I live to see it run Linux? Will I be able to use the x86 EISA code to get started? [*] R4400 @ 200 MHz, 80 MB RAM, 1GB drive, SCSI floppy, internal zip drive, 20" monitor, $1250 US + shipping. Good deal? Mike -- 121025.89 101644.27