[Gllug] SGI Hardware (This is an I WANT not an I'VE GOT, sorry)

[Matthew King]

Christian Smith <csmith at thewrongchristian.org.uk> writes:

> Matthew King uttered:
>
>> I have found a supplier who is able to get me the bits I need to get my
>> SGI Indigo up and running for a mere £90. I'll pay this if necessary but
>> for something which will just be for fun this seems a little excessive.
>
> A mere £90? What do you need to get it working? Give me £90 and I'd
> happily let you take my working Indigo off my hands, keyboard and mouse
> included:)

Keyboard, R3K battery and monitor cable (I could use a standard monitor
but I don't have one spare).

>> Also he doesn't have any mice.

Oh and a mouse of course.

>> So: Does anybody have any Indigo mice, keyboards or other bits (A 13W3
>> cable shorter than 3 metres would be nice, for example) I can beg borrow
>> (permanently) or steal to drive the cost of getting this toy to work
>> down.
>
> 13W3? Ooh, this is better than entry level graphics, then?

Not the board, but I have an SGI monitor I should probably actually
start using.

>> Especially mice. I can probably get somewhere without it for a while but
>> using X mouseless will no doubt be a pain.
>
> You don't need no steenkin mice. Just get a Mac modem cable, add a
> cross-over null modem extension, and use the serial console.

Well yes, but that makes taking advantage of the SGI's graphics (I may
upgrade the graphics board one day) a little more difficult.

> Indigos are just so slow now that working in X is quite painful IMO. I'm
> trying to find the time to blitz Irix 5.3 (which can't even handle
> arbitrary subnets) and install NetBSD on it.

So it won't like 10.7.8.0/24?

That's going to be irritating.

Still, against the recommendations of the dealer I doubt I will be
sticking with Irix but it will provide a useful starting point.

Matthew

-- 
I must take issue with the term "a mere child," for it has been my
invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely
preferable to that of a mere adult.
                                           --  Fran Lebowitz
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