[rescue] Rescued O2

[Curious George]

Well, I got tired of waiting for Irix CD's so this machine is
headed out the door.   :<   Are there any things I should
consider pulling from it before it goes to The Great Recycling
Bin in the Sky?


--- On Thu, 8/14/08, Curious George <jorge234q at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Curious George <jorge234q at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Rescued O2
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:18 AM
> Hi,
> 
> An O2 fell into my lap, yesterday.  I am clueless about
> these.
> But, hoping the hardware would be good for multimedia work.
> (?)
> 
> What do I need to know to determine if it is worth the
> trouble
> to keep?  Appears to have 6.5 installed along with some
> sort of
> specialized application software (i.e., I believe it was
> part
> of a medical instrument).  Of course, no root password so
> I'll
> have to start over (probably worth doing anyways since it
> only has a 9G drive in it).
> 
> Also, now that SGI "is no more" (?), where can I
> find a copy
> of 6.5 (My 6.2 CD set apparently does not support this
> model?)