cctalk Digest, Vol 122, Issue 5

Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 21:31:23 -0400 From: Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: OLD SGI hardware... Message-ID: <CAEOZr+06MyaAAxCY8z1K7gHCQX+-aHJEv7dorp2QwVeKuVDvKA at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sorry to keep pestering the list. I have an idea... Is there any really old original SGI hardware out there? I'm talking the pre-MIPS stuff, that was used as a graphical front-end to VAXen and other items (IRIS 1000) or even IRIS 2000 equipment. I had an Iris 2020 some years ago. It had a bad geometry engine and was thrown out at work. I got a guy in Germany to send me all the cards he'd saved out of one, and got it running. It lasted about a year and the geometry engine quit again. I sold the boards to a guy who supported some old gear at an air force base in Alaska. They are apparently still using this stuff. Jon