[rescue] Indy question

[Guy Yasko]

>>>>> "George" == George Adkins <george at webbastard.org> writes:

    George> What are you talking about?  I bought a new KB and Mouse
    George> from a dealer to go with mine and they cost a whole $40.00
    >>  the dealers are frequently out of indigo keyboards and mice,
    >> and $US40.00 is more than some whole machines cost.  it's
    >> certainly more than the ps/2 mice and keyboard for the newer
    >> sgi machines.  a used generic ps/2 mouse or keyboard could cost
    >> you all of say, 1 dollar.  compared to that indigo mice and
    >> keyboard are expensive.

    George> Yes, but on the other hand, who cares?  I'd rather spend
    George> $25 for the machine + $40 for the keyboard and mouse than
    George> spend $200 for a machine and + $1 for a keyboard and
    George> mouse.

    George> Or do they do math differently over there... ?

math is the same, but indigo2 prices are the different.  you'd be very
lucky to unload even a top notch indigo2 for US$200.  i recently
scored a 250mhz i2 for 3,000 yen.  that and a couple 100 yen make for
a pretty cheap sgi set up -- assuming you have the monitor already.
indigos will cost you about 10,000 yen.

    George> Heck, if you have lots of money to spend, then why would
    George> you be looking for the cheapest sgi solution anyway?  The
    George> whole point of this question was to find a *cheap*
    George> solution.  


really cheap would be the indy.  1,500 yen.  what with all the octanes
and indigo2s flooding the used market, no one wants these anymore.

gy

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