Old SGI's?! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Dec 2000

On Dec 21, 17:00, Sean Caron wrote:

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 From: &lt;LFessen106(a)aol.com&gt;
 To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
 Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 4:09 PM
 Subject: Re: Old SGI's?!

 > << Hmm, I dunno about reputable, I called them to try and sell them
this
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  > stupid
 > origin 200 I have an the guy was a total ass.. he asked me if the stupid
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  > thing was stolen.. what a moron
 >  >>
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 > I looked at their "reasonable" prices..  *Not*. 
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  I guess it's all relative. Granted, SGI systems
are workstations, and if
 you're
 looking to purchase stuff from a reseller, it's going to be rather expensive
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  any way you go, because they're generally geared
to the sort of clientele
 that will purchase and pay larger amounts of money for workstations and
 workstation parts. It's hard to keep this in mind sometimes when we are
 so used to getting equipment for free or extremely cheaply, but sometimes
 there's that part that we just really don't have much choice for.

 I didn't mean to point anyone in the "wrong" direction. I was just
 suggesting
 them as they certainly have the parts, and I personally have had nothing but
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  positive experiences with them in the past. 
I second Sean's point of view.  I've dealt with Reputable, as have a few of
my friends, and we've always found them helpful.  The prices are
reasonable, especially compared to others (including private sellers) in
the workstation market.  If you don't like them, you could try negotiating.

Will, any reasonable reseller will check the provenance of something like
an O200 -- not the sort of thing you usually find privately owned.

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						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York