Re: [TCLUG:15601] SGI Boxes (update?)

[Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>]

Put me down for one as well.

Thanks.

Phil Mendelsohn

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> Ok, thanks to everyone who Emailed me about these boxes. So far we've got
> people wanting 25 of them, with a few people saying they'd potentially
> want more, and one person volunteeing a garage for shipping (;
> 
> I haven't heard anything from the seller yet. I'm assuming that if we
> can't get 100 boxes, we might get them to hike the price up a teeny bit
> per box and still ship them. Or I could convince them that TCLUG is a
> non-profit organisation and hype them into doing it anyway (:
> 
> For people who weren't sure about the hardware: SGI Indys are not
> Intel-based, and do NOT take ISA/PCI. The monitor doesn't use a standard
> VGA connector, and might be single-sync - so you might need an expensive
> adapter to connect it to a PC. They are 17" Sony Trinitrons though. Indys
> come with a RJ45 Ethernet. They DO take standard 72pin EDO Ram though.
> 
> What I am worried about is, although MOST Indys come with 24bit graphics,
> SOME of them come with 8bit which BITES. I'm going to have to ask the guy
> that if he ever contacts me back (:
> 
> 
> -Yaron
> 
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