Anyone in New York want a fully loaded SGI Onyx2 workstation?

[Martin Naef]

Hi Jay

On 2013-09-02 17:20, Jay Vaughan wrote:
>> Out of curiosity: What is "fully loaded" in this case? How many
>> CPUs, how many pipes?

> Its a deskside system (not a Rack) and has the full complement of
> R5k, RAM, and Reality-Engine that you can pack into such a box ..

Ahh, ok, Deskside is acceptable. They don't make good wardrobes though. ;-)


>> (And no, I don't have the electricity supply at home that can
>> support a fully equipped Onx2 rack system...)

> Oh, p'shaw, these machines don't consume much more power than your
> average refrigerator, and they still work, godamnit!  :)

Well, I remember the big fat thee-phase power cable we had on our Onyx 3 
with eight CPUs and two IR3 pipes... Thankfully, I didn't have to pay 
the electricity bill. ;-)

Martin