29 Feb
2008
29 Feb
'08
3:04 a.m.
Hello all,
as I'm trying out some "new" old computers I got during the last few weeks,
I'm of course encountering new problems. I have spent some time with search engines
without major success, so I figured it would be okay to ask here.
Case one concerns the SGI O2 workstation. I pulled three of those out of a dumpster; they
only had a piece of the blue case plastic left on top and the base trays were broken as
well - even the CD bezels are missing. The chassis look pretty battered but the machines
power up, play their happy notes and enter the resident menu. Each has one disk tray but
the disks were probably ruined by being flung into the container. They also all have an
A/V module with the O2cam connector in the back panel. The connector is broken in one of
them and I'll probably remove it altogether since I don't have a cam anyway but...
the S-Video and Composite I/O jacks in the side panel are covered with a square sheet of
textured self-adhesive plastic. The PCB silkscreening states they are Moosehead A/V
modules and it looks like no major components are missing from the boards so I hope the
video I/O will work once I pull the stickers off?
TIA,
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29 Feb
29 Feb
11:07 a.m.
broken in one of them and I'll probably remove it
altogether since I don't
have a cam anyway but... the S-Video and Composite I/O jacks in the side
panel are covered with a square sheet of textured self-adhesive plastic.
The PCB silkscreening states they are Moosehead A/V modules and it looks
like no major components are missing from the boards so I hope the video
I/O will work once I pull the stickers off?
It sounds like you have the audio only A/V modules. This is what I have in
both of my SGI O2's. :^(
The SGI O2 is hands down one of the most impressive machines I own. Even
the one with the crappy R5kPC 180Mhz CPU and something like 160MB RAM
totally rocks. I have a second O2 with a R12k 270Mhz CPU that is really
awesome. It is a shame SGI killed the MIPS systems and IRIX. I'd love to
own something like the SGI Tezro workstation, but can't see spending any
more on the platform. I don't even remember the last time I powered one of
the systems up. :^(
Actually just thinking about this makes me want to find something to use my
R12k based O2 for.
Zane
11:32 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
awesome. It is a shame SGI killed the MIPS systems
and IRIX. I'd love to
own something like the SGI Tezro workstation, but can't see spending any
more on the platform. I don't even remember the last time I powered one of
the systems up. :^(
I have a Tezro, which I bought because people in industry are thinking
exactly the same as you, so they're going cheap. I can vouch for the
fact that they are startlingly fast.
Peace... Sridhar
12:39 p.m.
In article <47C85DC6.6020404 at gmail.com>,
Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> writes:
I have a Tezro, which I bought because people in
industry are thinking
exactly the same as you, so they're going cheap. I can vouch for the
fact that they are startlingly fast.
Really? Tezros always fetch a nice price on ebay. I guess it all
depends on what you call "cheap"?
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1 p.m.
Richard wrote:
A few hundred and change. Cheap enough that I can splurge without
concerning myself about where my next meal will come from. I think I
paid something like $550. Doesn't have a full load of RAM or anything,
but it moves along pretty nicely.
My main desktop workstation cost me more like $6500, and I had to save
for a good long while for that. Actually, I'm going to need to start
saving again. The POWER6 is looking mighty good, and I want to be ready
when they come down a bit in price.
Peace... Sridhar
I have a
Tezro, which I bought because people in industry are thinking
exactly the same as you, so they're going cheap. I can vouch for the
fact that they are startlingly fast.
Really? Tezros always fetch a nice price on ebay. I guess it all
depends on what you call "cheap"?
12:51 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
These days if I don't have a good use for it, I don't buy it. Basically the
only non-PC/Mac hardware I've purchased in the last 4-5 years has been 2
Compaq XP1000's (for running OpenVMS), and a 3rd party Commodore 64
repairable powersupply. There are a couple Commodore 64 and Apple ][ items
that given the chance I'd get, same with select OpenVMS and PDP-11 stuff.
Other than that, I'm pretty much out of the collecting game. I don't have
the time to play with the stuff I have, so why get more.
Zane
awesome. It is a shame SGI killed the MIPS
systems and IRIX. I'd love to
own something like the SGI Tezro workstation, but can't see spending any
more on the platform. I don't even remember the last time I powered one of
the systems up. :^(
I have a Tezro, which I bought because people in industry are thinking
exactly the same as you, so they're going cheap. I can vouch for the
fact that they are startlingly fast.
Peace... Sridhar
5:23 p.m.
They are also really starting to show up at the
salvage yards in bigger numbers. SGI stuff is so much
fun to collect. Its like visiting another country. All
of the different options and figuring out what works
with what makes your head spin. Just in the last two
weeks I picked up and Indy, Indigo, Onyx, and an
Origin 2200 with 8 processors. Depending on the speed
a Tezro is only a few hundred bucks now....
Brian.
--- Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Zane H. Healy wrote:
awesome. It is a shame SGI killed the MIPS
systems and IRIX. I'd love to
own something like the SGI Tezro workstation, but
can't see spending any
more on the platform. I don't even remember
the
last time I powered one of
the systems up. :^(
I have a Tezro, which I bought because people in
industry are thinking
exactly the same as you, so they're going cheap. I
can vouch for the
fact that they are startlingly fast.
Peace... Sridhar
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