[rescue] What do you guys think about this 4D/35

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Big Endian wrote:

> 6.4 is buggy as hell I hear and it was primarily a spot release to 
> support the Octane/Origin machines.  You want either 6.2 or 6.5. 
> I've seen Indigo2 R10ks with 256mb of ram go for <$500 if you want a 
> real deal but for cheap go for any indigo2 with 64mb or more of ram. 
> I use that my self with irix 6.2.  It works ok but I could REALLY use 
> some OS cds (and a MIPSPro license/cd set while I'm dreaming).  I'm 
> moving up to an octane because I need more horsepower on the both cpu 
> and graphics but the indigo2 is a FABULOUS machine for an SGI newbie.

Hmm.  The O2 at school used to have 6.4 on it.  Never used it much though
until after it had been upgraded to 6.5 w/ Enlightenment (ick).

Anyway, the Indigo2, especially the impacts are just fabulous machines.
Period.   


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Joshua Boyd