[rescue] Wit's end -- Indigo2

[Joshua Newton]

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> 
> If your unit is Teal (green)... I think I have an extra top in pretty
> good condition (I actually have a whole case.. gutted).  If your interested
> in it to get yours better looking, let me know.

Nope, it's purple. I wanted this one largely because of that. Guess it 
doesn't make much difference any more. :P

> I also have loads of Indigo 2 parts if there is anything you need (
> CPUs, mainboards, power supplies, midplanes, memory, keyboards, a couple
> of mice, XZ (GR3-Elan) graphics board sets, etc).

Memory might be nice, if you're willing to sell it cheap. Once my memory 
kit arrives, it'll be up to 256MB, so I wasn't planning to add any more...

How does the GR3-Elan compare to MG10-Impact? I've already got an MG10 
board in it. (I'm still learning a lot about these systems, so for all I 
know, the GR3 can calculate the position and trajectory of every 
particle in the universe twice a second, whereas the MG10 can just about 
handle a game of tic-tac-toe.:)

> 
> -- Curt
> 
> 
>>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:40:46 -0400
>>From: Joshua Newton <limelight at speakeasy.net>
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>>Subject: [rescue] Wit's end -- Indigo2
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>>So I bought an Indigo2 off eBay. It was marked as being for parts or 
>>rebuild, but I was willing to take my chances. It arrived today. Banged 
>>up as all hell, and the idiot who sent it to me thought it was a good 
>>idea to slap a huge, nonpeelable sticker on the top. Some canned air, 
>>Goo-Gone, and paper towels later, the top looks like it's been host to 
>>wargames between two Soviet motor rifle divisions, but at least all the 
>>sticky is gone and the dust elephants are gone.
>>
>>(For the record, that is one HUGE power supply. And a pain in the butt 
>>to get in and out.)
>>
>>Problem: The top cover does not fit back on. I'm nearly 100% sure I'm 
>>doing it right. I'm looking at the PDF of the user manual, and it sure 
>>'nuff looks like I'm supposed to slide these prongs into the underside 
>>of the bottom cover and let the whole thing drop back into place. But 
>>the top cover still does not fit on. The protrusions inside the front of 
>>the cover are occluded by the partitions just inside. It swings down 
>>just far enough that you can't see the interior any more, but the entire 
>>bare front is still exposed. And it does not latch into place. I've also 
>>tried dropping it straight down and sliding the prongs into place on the 
>>back, but nooooooo, that's too easy to work.
>>
>>Can someone PLEASE tell me what the special trick or magic password is 
>>to get the top cover back in place? I'm just about to pitch the entire 
>>thing off the balcony and dance on the fragments of the corpse.
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