On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:30:39 +1000, Stephen Edmonds <lists(a)popcorn.cx> wrote:
 Greetings,
 About a year ago, amongst a bunch of stuff from a university, I picked
 up three SGI Personal Iris systems.  They didn't all have hard drives
 and I think one of the keyboards is dodgy so my plan was to sell one on
 ebay (which I did) and get a working system out of the last two.
 This has not happened and I don't forsee it happening in the near
 future, plus I need the space...
 I did take a few pictures (just after i got them) for my site and they
 can be found at 
http://popcorn.cx/computers/sgi/iris/
 What there is:
   - Two SGI Personal Iris units, '4D/20 ENTRY' configuration
     (but I'm not sure if they are still that configuration)
   - Two 21" monitors (see pictures)
   - Two keyboards
   - One mouse (maybe two but definitely only one of the special
     red/blue mouse pads for the early optical mice)
   - At least one video cable per monitor
   - Various Irix administration and programming manuals (see the
     pictures for titles)
 The cost:
 Free.
 The catch:
 You have to pick it all up from Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia.
 Also since they came from a student computer lab where they booted off
 the network they will almost definitely need some degree of operating
 system reinstall.
 I'll give it a week or two but after that I'll try and find a computer
 recycling place that will take them, otherwise it is off to the tip
 (rubbish tip that is)...
 Stephen
  
Stephen,
I would be very interested in these machines, as I am in the Brunswick
area so not too far away you.
I am somewhat of a collector of Silicon Graphics machinery and the
IRIS is one machine I don't have.
Benjamin.
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two you bait the line
three you slowly spread the net
and four you catch the man
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