28 Oct
2011
28 Oct
'11
10:10 a.m.
On 10/28/2011 9:59 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 27 October 2011 23:37, James Wilson<james at
machineroom.info> wrote:
Guy on the vintage computer forum contacted him and got this back:
"Greetings, I used to be the service manager for both Pixar & Vicom. If
you have read anything about the history of Pixar you will know that
Steve Jobs decided to sell the HW division to Vicom. This was a sales
demo machine that traveled up and down the east coast. This was not a
standalone machine, it required a Sun 4 front end to drive. The P2 came
standard with (2) boards, (FSP) Video Card, and (CHAP) Channel
processor, both are in machine. The monitor has a few scratches as seen
in photo and 1 tiny chip on upper corner that can easily be cleaned up.
The screw on cover for the back side is missing that covered the boards,
almost always discarded after install. This was a working machine
several years ago. I spoke to the original P2 SW manager a few months
back who ironically now works at Apple. He is still in touch with the HW
design engineer so it's might be possible to get this fired up again if
someone was willing to deal. My thought is this would be a fantastic
acquisition for a museum or private collector to modify so it appears
operational using a CD and flat screen playing old Pixar video's. This
PIXAR machine is guaranteed to get everyone's attention wherever it's
displayed"
Sheesh, he's not exactly doing his best to
sell it is he? blurred photos,
card removed and resting on the bare metal case! hate to think what else
it's been though.
talk about bandwagon jumping.
Perhaps so, but to the untutored, it's just a
dead box. The thought
that it might or could still work would take many people aback.
Anyway, even at $20K, he's got a bid! 8?)