[SunRescue] SS10 Memory - sale/trade

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I will once again recommend the I2.  I have seen quite nice configs from
resellers as low as 350$.  Replacement media sets eh?  Would you have any
ideas as to how <grin>?
	Nick

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Friday 13 April 2001 20:49, you wrote:
> > Lately, I have been wanting
> > to get an SGI box.  Should I
> > just find an Indy on e-bay
> > and go for it? I'm worried that
> 
> I'd check prices with the resellers first ... sometimes ebay prices get 
> a little ridiculous.
> 
> > the level of community support
> > might not be as good for SGI as
> > it is for Sun. Are there any sites
> > like Sun rescue for SGI? How
> 
> There's a few places. There's an sgihelp list (run off of sgihelp.org), 
> but it's a bit on the quiet side. Like Sun, SGI also has the complete 
> manuals on the web, and has a freeware site (better than Sun 
> themselves, but not as good as sunfreeware.com).
> 
> Getting hold of the IRIX cd's can be a little tricky --- SGI still 
> sells them for a ridiculous amount although you can (apparently) 
> sometimes trick them into sending you a replacement media set. And 
> together with the overlays, it's a *lot* of cd's (makes Solaris look 
> anaemic). It's possible to find friendly SGIers with a CD burner though.
> 
> In my biased opinion, SGI's tend to make better desktop machines than 
> older Sun's --- my Indigo^2 still competes quite well with my Ultra-10 
> at work.
> 
> > much should I expect to pay
> > for a complete system w/monitor?
> 
> Sorry, no idea.
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