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Article #379Re: Help with an SGI IRIS Indigo XS
From: Ignacio
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:00
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On 16 Aug 1998 22:54:58 GMT, zebee@zip.com.au (Zebee Johnstone) wrote: >In aus.computers.linux on Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:32:56 +1000 >James Wilson <jamesw@nsw.bigpond.net.au> wrote: >>Hi all, >> I have just been given an SGI IRIS Indigo XS. My knowlege of SGIs is >>limitied. The tower has only a 480mb HDD inside but I have an external >>2gb SCSI HDD and CDROM I can attach to it. The unit doesnt appear to >>have a floppy drive of any sort. >> >> Where can i get hold of a copy of IRIX and whatever else software I >>need to put on it? > >From SGI. For real money. There is no free OS I am aware of that runs >on SGI. Guess what I'VE heard! Someone's working on Linux/SGI: http://www.linux.sgi.com/. Geez, I guess World Domination is closer than we previously thought... >Zebee > >---- >SAGE-AU: The System Administrator's Guild. www.sage-au.org.au > To advance the profession of System Administration by raising > awareness of the need for System Administrators, and educating > System Administrators in technical as well as professional issues. Ignacio <ivazquez@mapson_hotmail.com>
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