SGI: Hardware

Couldn't help myself...

hirudin
Who joined Sept. 12, 2008, 2:24 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 21, 2010, 11:58 p.m...
At $200 the price seemed right. Just picked up this beauty:

OnyxRig.jpg

FullBackRack.jpg


Looks like it was an old discreet system, and comes with GVO and VBOB. Apparently hasn't been powered on since 2005/6, so I'm taking it a bit in faith and we'll see what shape it's in when I start her up. That may be a little bit, cause I'm moving into a new house and there's no 220V line and need to get an electrician in... any recommendations on specs?

I'm excited!

-Jesse-
:Onyx2RE: :Octane2: :Octane:
fieldframe
From London
Who joined Aug. 1, 2006, 7:40 a.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 1:09 a.m...
No VBOB on that system; you've got the old HDIO system which outputs HD over the long-obsolete parallel standard. So the four boxes on the back of the rack are serializers/de-serializers. Also you've got a DTF-2 tape drive.
hirudin
Who joined Sept. 12, 2008, 2:24 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 4:16 a.m...
that's kinda even more interesting. The seller stated it came with a VBOB, but sounds like not. It'll be cool to see what actually is there.
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Ryan Fox
From Cape Town, South Africa
Who joined Dec. 20, 2004, 11:03 a.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 4:55 a.m...


Still a reasonably sweet setup ^^

MAYA, nut-
:Octane2: :Octane2: Octane 2 R14k 600 V12 4GB, Octane2 R14K 600 V10 1GB ,
:Onyx2: :Onyx2: Onyx2 IR3 4GB Quad R14K 500 DIVO, Onyx2 IR Quad R12K 400 2GB,
:Indigo2: SGI Indigo 2 R8K75 TEAL Extreme 256MB,
:Indigo2IMP: SGI Indigo 2 R10K 195 Solid Impact 256MB, MAX Impact Pending ,
Apple G5 Quad, NV Quadro 4500 + 7800GT, 12GB RAM
Sun Blade 1000 Dual 900 XVR 1000 4GB
Sun Blade 2000 Dual 1200 XVR 1200 8GB
bigD
From Socal
Who joined June 17, 2008, 8:38 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 2:36 p.m...
Nice setup!
:Onyx2: :Fuel: :Indigo2: :Indigo2IMP: :O3x0:
pentium
From Kamloops, BC
Who joined Aug. 28, 2006, 6:29 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 7:26 p.m...
Way too cool. That's a really nice haul for $200.
Are the drives included?
:Crimson: :Onyx: :O2000: :O200: :O200: :PI: :PI: :Indigo: :Indigo: :Indigo: :Octane: :O2: :1600SW: :Indigo2: :Indigo2: :Indigo2IMP: :Indigo2IMP: :Indy: :Indy: :Indy: :Cube:

Image <-------- A very happy forum member.
evil ppc
From Davis, CA
Who joined Sept. 19, 2005, 12:38 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2010, 9:23 p.m...
That is pretty sweet! When do you pick it up?
hirudin
Who joined Sept. 12, 2008, 2:24 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 24, 2010, 11:53 p.m...
Picking it up tomorrow morning. Excited.
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hirudin
Who joined Sept. 12, 2008, 2:24 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 27, 2010, 10:18 a.m...
So I got it home. Skins are in good nick, though the craylink cover is a bit beat up... I've got a line on a new one.

I wont be able to power it on until I get a couple of 240 volt lines put in, but it has one graphics pipe with 2 RM-7, GE14-4. Not sure on the procs yet.

Once I have the power and the new cover, I'll upgrade to RM10/GE16-4... unless a couple of RM11's fall from the sky.

-Jesse-
:Onyx2RE: :Octane2: :Octane:
Dennis Nedry
Who joined Aug. 23, 2007, 6:48 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 27, 2010, 3:34 p.m...
What's the Sony box?

I've never seen (and I'm presuming) a tape drive like that.

Edit: Nevermind. I should try reading down a few posts before I insert foot in mouth.

-DN
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legalize
From Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Who joined Sept. 14, 2007, 4:04 p.m.
Wrote the following at Sept. 28, 2010, 1:22 p.m...
Ah... so you're the one who bought that :-) .

I was considering it, but only because I hate to see such things end up on the scrapheap. It doesn't really fill any void in my collection, but would be considered a spare.