[rescue] Sources of IRIX

[Nick B]

It's got a battery built in, which has long since reached it's EoL.  TBH,
it's had an amazing run given how old it is.
Nick

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:07 PM, John Hudak <jjhudak at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> 'Tis a pity that they all carry the time-bomb that is the Dallas
> clock-chip...
>
> say what???!?!?!
> Time bomb??  I know about DS, but, I vaguely recall something about the
> timer chip..been too long,please refresh..
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Carl R. Friend <crfriend at rcn.com> wrote:
>
> > On 02/11/2017 04:00 PM, Andrew Jones wrote:
> >
> > The problem is finding an Indy with 256 MB of RAM!
> >>
> >
> >    They do exist, although they may be rarities.  The company I used
> > to work for, and from which I inherited a couple from, used Indys as
> > development platforms and, because of that, they were rather "beefy".
> >
> >    One of mine has the Presenter flat-panel display
> >
> >    'Tis a pity that they all carry the time-bomb that is the Dallas
> > clock-chip...
> >
> >    Cheers!
> >
> > --
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> > | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast            | Massachusetts, USA  |
> > | mailto:crfriend at rcn.com                        +---------------------+
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