Re: [TCLUG:16105] SGI Indy is here....

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Yaron wrote:
> > ...but the OS is corrupt.  :(   (Looks like the hard drive is good,
> > though). 8-bit frame buffer... I'm working on getting a copy of IRIX to
> > reinstall.
> 
> Hmm, that's pretty bad, IMO. No OS might be OK for you and me, but I doubt
> very much if that's the case for the majority of the people who want
> one. 

Reinstalling Irix is easy once you've got media though.. even over the
network.

> 
> Then again, maybe we can get him to drop the price. 
> 
> How corrupt was the OS? Not booting at all, crappy setup, etc?

Doesn't boot at all; looks like they wiped disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)..

> Too bad about the 8-bit framebuffer... I don't know if I want one now ): I
> can't see any SGI framebuffers on eBay.

Considering almost all the Indy's shipped with 8-bit, it doesn't surprise
me.. I was hoping for 24-bit, but I'm not disapointed or anything.  :)

> Nate, once installed, can you email me the output for hinv and gfxinfo?

But of course!

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