9 Jun
2007
9 Jun
'07
8:01 p.m.
See item # 120128637318
I won an SGI Personal Iris 4D/20 (1988!) workstation. I was the only
bidder and I picked it up for $40. The cosmetic condition is
excellent.
Honestly, I expected someone to come in and snipe me at the last
possible minute, so I increased my bid twice.
The hard drive will be wipe, so I nee to get an OS package for this,
which is probably as hard as finding the hardware. In several years
of watching ebay for SGI gear, this is the first time I've seen a
Personal Iris offered up, although I admit that I haven't had a
specific search for it, so one or two may have slipped through the
cracks.
Are the SGI collectors just out enjoying the nice weather?
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10 Jun
10 Jun
2:15 a.m.
On Jun 9, 2007, at 8:01 PM, Richard wrote:
See item # 120128637318
I won an SGI Personal Iris 4D/20 (1988!) workstation. I was the only
bidder and I picked it up for $40. The cosmetic condition is
excellent.
Honestly, I expected someone to come in and snipe me at the last
possible minute, so I increased my bid twice.
The hard drive will be wipe, so I nee to get an OS package for this,
which is probably as hard as finding the hardware. In several years
of watching ebay for SGI gear, this is the first time I've seen a
Personal Iris offered up, although I admit that I haven't had a
specific search for it, so one or two may have slipped through the
cracks.
Are the SGI collectors just out enjoying the nice weather?
Wow, that's a nice score! I spent a very long time developing
software on a 4D/25G, a later but very similar model, when it was
current.
-Dave
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2:45 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <legalize at xmission.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: You *can* get a good deal on ebay
See item # 120128637318
I won an SGI Personal Iris 4D/20 (1988!) workstation. I was the only
bidder and I picked it up for $40. The cosmetic condition is
excellent.
Local find? Those would be a bit heavy on shipping. Is SGI more collectable
now then a few years ago?
3:49 a.m.
In article <00d701c7ab2a$e779e510$0b01a8c0 at game>,
"Teo Zenios" <teoz at neo.rr.com> writes:
Local find? Those would be a bit heavy on shipping.
I've had a deskside Onyx sent to me from Reading, PA and San Diego,
CA. I drove out to St. Louis, MO (Hi Jay!) and rented a truck to
drive back: Crimson deskside, Onyx XL, Challenge XL, Onyx 2 4-rack
Reality Monster.
Having this puppy shipped to me, even if by freight, will be nothing
compared to those.
Is SGI more collectable
now then a few years ago?
Personal Iris, Onyx, Crimson are hard to find, particularly in good
cosmetic condition. The skins are fragile on the Onyx/Crimson/Challenge.
The PI is much harder to find, IMO. I've been looking for several
years and this was the first one on ebay. There was one offered by a
collector in Canada, but the customs and border crossing aspect of the
shipping (plus he wanted to sell everything in one big lot at a time
when I was short on cash) were prohibitive for me. Eventually someone
picked it up in person.
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11 Jun
11 Jun
3:15 p.m.
HA! I JUST WON A VICKI FOR 10 BUCKS! LET'S SEE YOU
BEAT THAT! OH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS?? HMM MAYBE
THAT'S A CLUE AS TO HOW OFTEN THEY TURN UP! FREAKING HOSERS
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10 Jun
10 Jun
1:40 p.m.
At 6:01 PM -0600 6/9/07, Richard wrote:
I won an SGI Personal Iris 4D/20 (1988!) workstation.
I was the only
bidder and I picked it up for $40. The cosmetic condition is
excellent.
The best deal I've *EVER* gotten from eBay was on my SGI O2 w/270Mhz
R12k, I got it for $250 BIN when they were still going for close to
$1k on eBay.
Are the SGI collectors just out enjoying the nice
weather?
With IRIX a dead end, I don't know how much people are going after
them any more. My pair of O2's (I also have one with the slowest O2
CPU) are the most impressive workstations I've ever seen, and I'd
love to have an Octane 2, Fuel, or Tezro, but unless I get them
locally for basically nothing I don't see me spending the money to
get one. I'm much more likely to spend money on better Sun hardware
(right now I have a dual 750Mhz Sunblade 1000), as I don't collect
Unix machines, I want usable machines. A Unix machine with an OS
that is no longer actively supported isn't that usable to me.
BTW, I actually prefer my dual 450Mhz Ultra 60 to the Sunblade 1000,
as it generates a whole lot less heat! So speed isn't the only
concern.
Zane
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