Subject: System for sale
arthur@corlissfamily.org
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 15:22:45 AKST
Greetings:
I've got an extra SGI workstation for sale that I need to unload (running out
of room):
Indigo2 Impact System:
R4400 MIPS Processor, 64-bit, mips-3, 250MHz
2 @ 4.29GB SCSI-2/3 Hard Drives (Seagate ST15230N),
on sleds, filling both 3.5" bays (5.25" bay still empty)
256MB ECC RAM (8 out of 12 slots populated)
High Impact Video (accelerated OpenGL 3D,
stereoscopic glasses port) (filling 2 of 4 GIO-64 slots)
4 EISA slots (all slots are either GIO-64 *or* EISA, so only
two are free)
2 serial RS422 ports
Bidirectional parallel port
Analog/Digital in/out audio ports, plus headphones & mic
(sampling rates of up to 48KHz, in & out rates are independent,
64x oversampling)
2 Channel Fast SCSI-2 (external port via microdb-50)
Onboard 10bT & AUI ports
In short, this is a great 3D modeling station. If you buy extra expansion
cards, you can do broadcast-quality video editing/recording with hardware
compression, and so on for it.
I'd prefer to sell this complete (w/granite SGI-branded 20" monitor
(GDM20D11), keyboard, and mouse) for $650. I've some EISA 100bTX NICs that,
if I can get them running (they work fine on my R10k workstation), I'll throw
in one for free.
Before pick-up, I'll install the latest maintenance release of IRIX (6.5.14m)
along with the latest freeware (GNU tools, GNOME, etc.). Keeping both up to
date can be done freely from SGI's web site. Other packages (like Blender,
RealPlayer, etc.) have updated binaries on their respective web sites.
If you're interested, or want to take it for a spin, let me know. If you've
never seen a real UNIX graphical workstation before, SGIs will knock your
socks off. Extremely well built, and years ahead of everyone else when it
comes to graphics. Plus, in my opinion, the 4WDM desktop environment is one
of the finest integrated desktops available on *any* UNIX. Coupled with all
the necessary media tools out of the box (everything from movie editors to
sound bank/wave editors), it's a pleasure to use.
I'm almost ashamed to say it, but everything that Apple wants to be with OS X,
SGI is, and has been for a decade, already. ;-)
Oh, and I still have that Sun monitor (20" Sony Trinitron tube, compatible
with PCs with the *included* 13W3<->HDB15 adapter) in excellent condition.
$300.
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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