19 May
2016
19 May
'16
4:25 p.m.
You parted a Crimson into wall hangings just because the PSU blew? They're
super easy to work on.
Sometimes this list makes me {m,s}ad.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Sean Caron <scaron at diablonet.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
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On 19 May 2016, at 22:09, Todd Killingsworth
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I almost had a Crimson but the power supply blew up. It was a pretty basic
model (just fitted with LG1 graphics, intended as a file server) but I was
sure to keep all the boards. The IP19 is a looker. I use it to decorate in
my databook room :O All those big ceramic PGAs!
Best,
Sean
killingsworth.todd at gmail.com> wrote:
Ah! I've always wanted to play with a Crimson... ever since I saw them
being used for visualization at the Army Corp of Engineers back in the
early 90's. I was working in a different group and never got to use
them.
Not even sure where to look for one nowadays.
Todd Killingsworth.
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They're a pretty spectacular machine, in physical presence as well as
function (esp. with RealityEngine GFX).
We had some building work done recently, and the Crimson was protected
under a custom felt lined dust sheet made by a removals friend of mine
(made from a cut-down piano cover for anyone interested!) When steels etc.
were being installed in a particular area, the workmen were instructed to
move it *with extreme care* to the furthest, cleanest point before
proceeding. They carried this out for 3 weeks with extreme diligence. One
of them - the youngest - when leaving admitted to taking a peek under the
dust cover and googled what he found. Asking me about it, he wasn't at all
surprised that I was so attached to a 24 year old gigantic workstation and
forced his colleagues to watch Jurassic Park to show them "that giant
b*stard under the dust sheet we've been hefting around!"
-Austin.