4 Jan
2008
4 Jan
'08
2:20 p.m.
On Jan 4, 2008 1:03 PM, Austin Pass <austin at ozpass.co.uk> wrote:
Still, at least you've got one of the finest and
most interesting computers
ever sold by SGI to cheer you up! I love mine - it's the pride of my
collection and adds real presence to my office, sat beneath my MacPro. It
also doubles as a magnificent space heater in the winter months!!
Indeed, it is mighty pretty too! Mine is the "server" model, going by
the label on top, yet it has a 13W3 graphics card. I believe the
Server had no gfx at all? Now inside the door I also found an "Elan"
tag with the glue worn off, so I'm guessing it may have gotten a field
upgrade, video card and label.
I've got a dead Iris 410/VGXT downstairs. Wonder if I can transplant
the gfx board from that into the Crimson?
Anyone tried to use external SCSI on a Crimson (or Iris?) Mine has
all the drive bays full (3 HDD and a 150mb tape) and I'm trying to get
a CDROM hooked up temporarily so I can reset the root pw on the drive.
There are two external SCSI connectors. If I attach to the left
one, I lose my hard drives (and still no cdrom seen in 'hinv.') If I
attach to the right one, nothing.