[rescue] SGI box... what exactly is it?

[Brian Hechinger]

> I don't suppose I could hook a terminal up to the serial port and do
> things that-a-way? :)

like most non-PC machines, hook a serial cable (cross-over) to the first serial
port and it should Just Work(tm).

> Also, are those things that look like SBUS slots really SBUS slots, or are
> they an SGI look-alike?

GIO.  SGI's expansion bus.  rather nice from what i understand, but i don't
have a lot of experience with it.  my two SGI boxes both have VME. :)

-brian