[rescue] Urgent - 12-way SGI Power Challenge XL server, please help

[Dave McGuire]

On March 18, ghub005 at xtra.co.nz wrote:
> Oh, one other thing. 
> 
> Before I commit myself to this system, does anybody here have opinions about these machines, or knowledge of design flaws or short-comings?

  They're wonderful machines.  It's a simple as that. ;)

> Of course I realise that these machines are absurdly impratical for a home network (high power consumption, very loud fans, upgrade options severly limited by lack of parts availability etc) but I can't bear to see one of these systems trashed for lack of a good home. 

  Huh?  They're not THAT bad for home use.  Many of the folks here run
much larger systems in home environments.

    -Dave

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