16 Feb
2006
16 Feb
'06
8:33 a.m.
Out of interest, has anyone archived the Indyzone CDs on the web? We've got
one or two at the museum, but it'd be nice to find some others.
I also picked up a 4D/35 (IP12, 80MB memory, Elan graphics) and an Indigo
(only an R3k, but also with the Elan option). As both of these have the top of
the range graphics options, if anyone has a pointer to any SGI demos / stuff
that'd run under IRIX 5.3 and really show off the hardware it'd be much
appreciated!
(Actually I think one of our pair of existing Indigos is an R4k, so I can see
a bit of mixing and matching coming on there)
cheers
Jules
16 Feb
16 Feb
10:59 a.m.
Jules,
On Thursday 16 February 2006 05:33, Jules Richardson wrote:
Out of interest, has anyone archived the Indyzone CDs
on the web? We've got
one or two at the museum, but it'd be nice to find some others.
I also picked up a 4D/35 (IP12, 80MB memory, Elan graphics) and an Indigo
(only an R3k, but also with the Elan option). As both of these have the top
of the range graphics options, if anyone has a pointer to any SGI demos /
stuff that'd run under IRIX 5.3 and really show off the hardware it'd be
much appreciated!
I haven't seen IRIX 5.3 or Indy Zone CDs on the net. Perhaps I'll take that up
as my next "release" project (SGI is headquartered here in Mountain View).
You might want to check with Ian Mapleson <mapesdhs at yahoo.com>. He's located
in England and may have everything you need. I mirror his website, which has
lots of SGI info, drivers, etc. http://vintagecomputers.info/
(Actually I think one of our pair of existing Indigos is an R4k, so I can
see a bit of mixing and matching coming on there)
Go for it. I've got several R4K Elan Indys - I think they are the
"prettiest"
machine that SGI ever produced. Of course, my SGI Infinite Reality will whip
the little Indy all over in performance - but the Indy ELAN is a very cool
machine!
Cheers,
Lyle
cheers
Jules
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
3:24 p.m.
At 07:33 AM 2/16/2006, Jules Richardson wrote:
Out of interest, has anyone archived the Indyzone CDs
on the web? We've got one or two at the museum, but it'd be nice to find some
others.
I once had SGI developer status, and a few years back I sold on eBay an Indy
and all sorts of other manuals and CDs. They sold at nice prices, as
I recall... especially a hardware tech ref manual I had that I think
was rare. They are in demand by all those folk who've rescued
hardware without software.
- John
6:54 p.m.
New subject: TRS-80 in Boulder, CO
I've been dumpster diving again, and found a TRS-80 model 4 (128K? ram, 2
5.25 drives). Unknown condition, if someone is interested I probably could
be convinced to do some simple checking.
Anybody want it? 10$ (packing material) + shipping. Preference given to
local pickup within 1 week (or so).
Regards,
Clint
11:20 p.m.
I wonder how many ancient copies of BZFlag you'll come up with. ;-)
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