SGI....

[Pete Turnbull]

On Nov 9 2005, 14:22, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Zane H. Healy wrote:

> > I'd love to get a nice SGI Octane2 or Tezro, but I sure can't
justify
> > the expense!

> Why not get an Onyx2?  They've come down in price a lot.  I was
thinking
> of picking one up myself.

I suspect it's not the purchase price, but the electrickery costs.
 Just one module out of my O2K -- which is essentially the same machine
as an Onyx2 but without the graphics pipelines -- eats more than a
typical PDP in my collection.  They make excellent hair driers and
space heaters though.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York