[rescue] RE: SGI vs. Sun

[Ethan O'Toole]

> The I^2 is essentially non-expandable if you have Max Impact graphics.
> It's
> only got 4 slots to start with and the video card "stack" takes up three
> of
> 'em.  Add a 100baseT NIC and you're done.
> It does have a separate external SCSI chain, but it's 50-pin.  If there's
> any other way to expand one, I've never heard about it.

If you were running for the server world, you wouldn't put but the basic
graphics in it. There is a Challenge M branded Indigo2 form machine. I've
never seen one IRL.

SGI has always used pretty intense logic to glue multi-CPU boxes together.

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