Iris Indigo Case Mod

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.

Comments

Case mods...off topic

[TeldakSS]

Maybe you should make Case Mods a seperate category of news. I mean, lately there have been about 1 a day. that should be enough, considering some categories come up RARELY (Amiga, MacOS, etc).
Just a suggestion.
-teldak

Re:Case mods...off topic

[Bonker]

a quick search for 'Case Mods' down at the bottom of the screen turns up dozens of subjects that have more to do with court cases than PC cases.

That said, 99% of the casemods, radical overclockings, unique PC hacks I read come from slashdot. Why not make a 'Hardware Hacks' (Suggestion: Hacksaw Icon) area that deals with things like this and then keep the Hardware area pure for people who are interested in reading about new kinds of hardware, or the recent 'Intel likes DDR Ram' stories we've been seeing.

Following Tough Acts

[ksw2]

Talk about following "tough acts"... that Frozen case earlier today makes this one look like my ass.

Re:Following Tough Acts

[Dr. Awktagon]

that Frozen case earlier today makes this one look like my ass.

Your ass has USB? That's ain't no USB port, bro.. ;-)

like overclocking is for people...

[univgeek]

who set fire to their cars? ;-)

One question...

[cethiesus]

Where can I get a wife that will go dumpster-diving for computer hardware with me?

Do tell.

Don't forget the Espressigo

[cutecub]

SGI has a log history of cool mods.

While I was working there, folks pointed out the Espressigo.

'Dem was the dayz.

Re:uh, why?

[Ozx]

How about instead of 3-4k posts of "This doesn't belong here" on _every_ single article, you people simply send your complaints to the editors?

I bet the FCC could tell.

[Fizzlewhiff]

You would never know it's not a real Iris Indigo.

With all the metal removed and a plexiglass frame replacing it the FCC could probably tell its not a real Indigo from the EMF radiation.

I think though that I might be inspired to do a case mod now using a Sun 411 enclosure. Given the past two days bigger cases seem to be better, perhaps I can mount my Handspring inside it.

Jeez.. "Unremarkable hardware"

[Tony.Tang]

From the site: The hardware itself isn't particularly remarkable.... I am using a Soyo K7ADA motherboard with a 1.2 Ghz T-bird and 512 megs of DDR ram.

Jeez. I wish I could say things like that. (/me pats his p166 fondly)

Re:USB CD???

[erasmus_]

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.

Not kidding about how solid these things are

[Rogerborg]

Ah, those were the days. Contrast with the latest PC case I just bought. The metal was so thin that when I put my fingers into the expension slots to pull it into place under my desk, I ended up with multiple deep incisions in my fingers, like the world's worst paper cuts. Ick.

The only case I've ever seen that's more solid that an Indigo was an IBM PC from about 1985, made in Greenock, Scotland, a famous shipbuilding town. I reckon that the fab had just swapped over from making plates for ships, and decided to re-use the last few, complete with water-tight bulkheads. ;-)

But SGI's are amazingly robust (and heavy) as well. A workmate just bought an Indigo (the desktop orientation) on eBay. The seller noted that he'd package it up to his usual high standard, although there wasn't really any need. When it arrived, we saw what he meant. If the Indigo was a car, it would be a Mercedes. But not an ordinary Mercedes. It would be one of the "Diplomatic Specials", the ones that sneer at small arms, and give you a fair change against an RPG. It's that sort of construction. It's not just the thickness of the box, it's the redundant internal bracing, and that the components have multiple fixings, or are in snug caddys. You could probably go over Niagra Falls in one of these babies. ;-)