[tech] Acquisition of the UCC's SGI O2

[warrick at lostris.wyvern.com.au]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:50:11PM +0930, Dreisiger, Peter wrote:
> 
> Hello there,
> 
> I'm writing about the O2 that the UCC has in store out at Shenton
> Park... Last year I talked to Mark Tearle (and one other member of
> the committee) about the O2, and whether it would be possible for
> me to acquire it.

Ummm the o2 is not at shenton park and hasn't been for a long time.

I have it as I have arranged to get SGI to tell me what exactly is 
wrong, if it's the mb it's around $1500, if it's the cpu I don't 
know what the cost is. 

> Currently, I have a (working) SGI Crimson with a 150MHz R4400 CPU, 
> 112MB of RAM and about 2.4GB of internal disks, but as I've recently 
> moved into a smaller house, the Crimson (same case size as an Onyx)
> is now a bit too unwieldy for my liking. If I remember correctly, 
> the UCC's O2 has 64MB of RAM but doesn't power up at all.

Personally why would we want to swap a machine that can be fixed, 
for a slower older machine? 

Seeya,
Warrick

(P.S Yes I am back in the ucc again)