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Iris Indigo Case Mod

Posted by timothy on from the blueness dept.

James Palmer writes: "I have always been enamored with SGI's Iris Indigo. Recently I resurrected an old Iris Indigo by retrofitting it with an ATX motherboard and powersupply." Lots of gruntwork here for a very impressive result.

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  1. LEGO pc cases by ghack · · Score: 2, Informative

    Applefritter has some great lego-cased systems...even a powerbook!

  2. Re:The Indigo was a nice machine... by HypodermicEyes · · Score: 2, Informative

    It may be slow if you plan on using it as a workstation running the latest CAD apps and compilers, but it is perfectly usable and quite snappy as a desktop system. Depending on the graphics/video board(s) in it, you may be able to capture video, or do other fun things too.

    It's not true that they've "mostly" got R3k cpus. R3k models do take weird memory though. And all Indigos have proprietary keyboard and mouse ports. While R4k Indigos with enough memory (at least 64MB) can run Irix 6.5 just fine, R3k models can only run up to Irix 5.3. Despite what you're implying, 5.3 is also a "good" version of Irix, if older than 6.5. But come on, with the free development files from SGI, you can compile anything you want with gcc. It IS unix after all.

    I actually hate to see people doing things like this to such a remarkable system. I would rather they sell them to resellers so that afficionados can get their hands on them. They DID play a role in the making of Jurassic Park after all. ;)

    As to Indigo2s being better than Indys.... well, it depends. The indy does have a built-in port for an IndyCam and it is a LOT quieter and smaller and sucks up less power. The Indigo2 is newer though, and can support r10k cpus and hardware texturing.

  3. Re:USB CD??? by erasmus_ · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, since he didn't have room, it doesn't seem like he had much of a choice. Not like FireWire ones are readily available for cheap.

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  4. Re:Case mods...off topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    That's a great suggestion. I personally could care less...

    Couldn't care less... Couldn't...

  5. Re:One question... by The_Mighty_Squid · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am a wife, I have been dumpster diving, and computer building of various sorts and I read Slashdot everyday.

    We're out there you just got to turn the computer OFF once in awile to find us.

    :)

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