[rescue] Anyone know what this is?

[nick at snowman.net]

Speaking of which, does anyone know where to get plastic for an O200 at a
semi-rational price?  My o200 is fairly dinged up.
	Thanks
		Nick

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:

> Yep, just what the description says... it's the system controller
> for an Origin 200.  It handles power-on, power-off, and provides
> a unique system ID number using what SGI calls a NIC (Number in
> a can) which looks like a small button battery. The card inserts
> into the orgin 200 from the front panel (it's just under the
> small plastic panel that supports the On/Off button. If you want
> to swap system identities, this is the critter you change. Useless
> unless you happen to have an origin 200 without one.