Re: Is this SGI kit worth getting?

[Ulrich Teichert <krypton%ulrich-teichert.org@localhost>]

Hi,

>On May 30, 2008, at 08:38, Joost van de Griek wrote:
>
>> On 29/05/2008, Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>> Which model are those Indys anyway? The blue pizzabox shaped ones  
>>> or the
>>> coffee maker model? Also, if I remember correctly they came with  
>>> rather
>>> different CPUs. Might be worth picking one with a not-so-slow CPU  
>>> and max
>>> out RAM, disks etc. from the others.
>>
>> There's only one model of Indy: the blue pizza box. The coffee maker
>> you refer to is probably the Indigo (Iris Indigo, to be exact), which
>> was Indy's predecessor.
>
>Hmm, maybe I'm confusing things with those Siemens-labeled Indy-like  
>machines. They came in black, rather wide minitower cases.

Those were Iris Indigo's and they were black. However, there *were* two
types of Indys: the ones with R5000 CPUs where the others had R4600.
The R5000's have a small silver badge at the front - well at least mine
has ;-)

HTH,
Uli
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