29 Nov
2008
29 Nov
'08
5:30 p.m.
I don't know if this is a good price as I'm not interested in the
things, but:
http://eugene.craigslist.org/sys/937642362.html
Cheers,
Chuck
29 Nov
29 Nov
9:42 p.m.
At 5:30 PM -0800 11/29/08, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I don't know if this is a good price as I'm not
interested in the
things, but:
http://eugene.craigslist.org/sys/937642362.html
How good the price is depends on factors that aren't mentioned,
namely what the CPU is, how much RAM, and are there CD's for the
software. If it includes OS CD's it is worth the price just for them.
Of course I don't know that anyone on the list is down around Eugene.
Zane
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30 Nov
30 Nov
10:21 a.m.
At 10:08 PM -0800 11/29/08, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 29 Nov 2008 at 21:42, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I'm not interested as I have two O2's and OS CD's. The O2 is a nice
small example of SGI hardware, it's no real power house, but I've
been planning on turning one of mine into a MP3 Jukebox. Basically
I'd like to try hooking one up to the home stereo, and put a web
interface on it.
Of course the downside to an O2, or several SGI machines for that
matter, is that they don't stack well.
I'm not sure what current values are, but since you're local and can
bypass the shipping, the price would be worth it for you, but I don't
know about anyone else, as shipping would tack on quite a bit. I
paid $200 for a low end one nearly 6 years ago, and $250 for a high
end one (it was miss-listed and should have sold for about $1k at
that time). I just checked eBay and it looks like low-end ones are
going for about $50, but you also need to tack on S&H which
practically doubles the price.
Zane
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Of course I don't know that anyone on the
list is down around Eugene.
Except for me (I live there). But I don't know a thing about SGI
hardware or its valuation.
I can ask, if anyone's really serious.
2:08 p.m.
On 30 Nov 2008 at 10:21, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I'm not sure what current values are, but since
you're local and can
bypass the shipping, the price would be worth it for you, but I don't
know about anyone else, as shipping would tack on quite a bit. I
paid $200 for a low end one nearly 6 years ago, and $250 for a high
end one (it was miss-listed and should have sold for about $1k at
that time). I just checked eBay and it looks like low-end ones are
going for about $50, but you also need to tack on S&H which
practically doubles the price.
I dropped the guy a note to see exactly what he has and will get back
when he replies and if he has anything interesting to offer. He
claims in the ad to have lots of software which might engender a
little interest.
Cheers,
Chuck
1 Dec
1 Dec
3:41 a.m.
On 30 Nov 2008 at 10:21, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I'm not interested as I have two O2's and OS
CD's. The O2 is a nice
small example of SGI hardware, it's no real power house, but I've
been planning on turning one of mine into a MP3 Jukebox. Basically
I'd like to try hooking one up to the home stereo, and put a web
interface on it.
Here's what the seller had to say:
200mhz r6000 cpu 36gb hd video capture card 512mg memory I will have
to check on the media.
Cheers,
Chuck
5:23 a.m.
Quoting Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>:
On 30 Nov 2008 at 10:21, Zane H. Healy wrote:
200mhz r6000 cpu 36gb hd video capture card 512mg memory I will have
to check on the media.
I think that should be 200MHz R5000, don't think there is an R6000.
Cheers,
Phill.
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7:06 a.m.
At 3:41 AM -0800 12/1/08, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Here's what the seller had to say:
200mhz r6000 cpu 36gb hd video capture card 512mg memory I will have
to check on the media.
If it really does have the full A/V card vs. just the audio card,
then it's easily worth $75. The 36GB HD isn't bad either, but it
only has half the max RAM. As has been pointed out that is no doubt
a 200Mhz R5000 CPU (which is good as it means it isn't the really bad
version of the two 180Mhz models, but not so good in that it isn't an
R10000, or R12000).
Still it's not really tempting to me, even though I don't heave a
full A/V card, considering I already own a R5000 180Mhz (the really
slow version), a R12000 270Mhz, and have other things I need more.
Zane
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11:29 a.m.
On 1 Dec 2008 at 7:06, Zane H. Healy wrote:
If it really does have the full A/V card vs. just the
audio card,
then it's easily worth $75. The 36GB HD isn't bad either, but it
only has half the max RAM. As has been pointed out that is no doubt
a 200Mhz R5000 CPU (which is good as it means it isn't the really bad
version of the two 180Mhz models, but not so good in that it isn't an
R10000, or R12000).
Okay, if there's no particular interest in this box, I'll let the
matter drop.
Cheers,
Chuck
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