Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Computers
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Sun Apr 10 23:39:04 2005
References: <000b01c53e17$1de84b60$5540e344@newukolbqveo9i> <381CC63C54A4ED66EA7BA89B@hindolveston.reid.org> <6ad55079bd1328e8650174369ca5c866@earthlink.net> <1B2758D1111C458164E4A4C2@hindolveston.reid.org> <e8fb36aa20e6d94175da57d5aeda548c@earthlink.net> <B530633DAB83A1B551F526F6@hindolveston.reid.org>

On Apr 10, 2005, at 6:01 PM, Brian Reid wrote:

> I've got 3 of them, sitting unused on the floor because it's all but 
> impossible to find any of the PCI cards that drive them. SGI made the 
> displays, but the Revolution IV cards needed to talk to them were made 
> by Number 9 systems, out of business for years.

Ah, yes. The SGI touch.

We ended up making special monitor cables for our green Indigos, so we 
could hook up
a 3rd party monitor. ;-)

> Of course SGI isn't going to be in business much longer either; 
> they've run out of assets that they can sell to meet their payroll.

I'm surprised they lasted this long... must be all of those government 
contracts...


feli


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In reply to: Message from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] OT: Computers)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: Computers)
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Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: Computers)
Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] OT: Computers)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: Computers)