On May 16, 2005, at 5:03 AM, Dario Alcocer wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations for companies, either local or on- line, that sell used SGI systems, preferrably Indys (seem to be the cheapest MIPS-based Linux computer readily available.) My preference would be a local vendor, even if it means paying a bit more. A friend of mine tried ordering an SGI Indy from eBay, but has run into problems getting the vendor to actually ship the unit to him. I'd rather deal with someone local to avoid the hassle.
I tried checking the UCSD blink site, and I found 4 O2 machines available, but I have no idea if the particular model will run Linux or not (only some of the O2 machines will actually run Linux.)
I need to play around with Linux on MIPS for a work-related project; the machine doesn't need to be very fast or capable, just be able to run Linux 2.4.x.
Weird Stuff up in San Jose normally has a random handful of SGI machines in stock at any point in time. While not local, they have been around long enough that they don't want to actively tick people off:
http://www.weirdstuff.com/
I recommend giving them a phone call and talking to a human to explain what you want rather than just shopping online.
However, wouldn't one of the Cobalt Qube/Cube/StudlyCapsName machines work just as well? Some of the originals were MIPS running Linux (careful, some of the later ones were x86, though, IIRC). You also might want to look around, ADNC (now AIS) was decomissioning a bunch of Internet Express Cobalt junk after the recent buyout. ADNC is a local company.
-a
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