[rescue] $219 Octanes

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Well, I just fired it up and it has 6.5 on it, so I really want to get 
into it to see if it has any usefull software. Hopefully their are some 
easy exploits that I can download.

If not, it shouldn't take long to load.

shawn


Larry Snyder wrote:

>Cool.  The one that my friend Rick got for about $that showed up for
>a load last night.  512M, SI, 4.3G...wiped.  Appearance was fine.
>6.5.15 load (8 disks incl freeware) from a 4x Plex took a little over
>2 hours (as opposed to loading up his 100MHz I2 from a Toshiba at
>
>6!!!)  rqsall was funny: a few minutes vs 1.5 hours :)
>  
>
>
>I don't think you'll be disappointed.
>
>Task at hand now is to convince him to use it for a daily driver --
>mail, browsing, etc -- instead of his mega-massive windows boxen.
>
>Let us know how yours comes out!
>-ls-
>
>
>Shawn Wallbridge <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>So I got my Octane today. One of the ones that had the $219 BIN.
>>
>>It is pretty scratched up, but hopefully I can clean it up a bit. The 
>>absolutely fantastic part is.....it has a hard drive. I could care less 
>>about the HD itself, but the sled is the big thing. It was advertised as 
>>having no hard drive, which may be why they sold for so little. The HD 
>>has a sticker on it saying IRIX 6.4, which is no big deal because I have 
>>6.5 (but I am curious what is on the drive).
>>
>>Anyways, I havent' fired it up yet (I just got back with it), but I will 
>>post a hinv once I do.
>>
>>shawn
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>>
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