My NeXTStation is easier to move... 15lbs vs 65-70lbs for my Octane2. Even with the proprietary monitor the NeXTStation weighs less :) But IRIX is a nice UNIX. But NeXTStep was my first real UNIX, and I fell in love with it - which is why I love OS X now. NeXTStep v10 (or something like that... OpenStep v10 more like). The only thing with NeXTStep is that it is similar to OS X and BSD (Darwin) so there are not too many suprises for most OS X Unix heads. But we could look and see how much artwork from OS X was derived from NeXTStep :)
Anyway, if we do it at UVM and they have cooler hardware than an old NexT Slab or Octane2, I'm fine with not carrying that stuff over :) Which reminds me: For Sale - SGI Octane2, V6 graphics, 512MiB RAM, 18GiB root disk, 50GiB option disk, Octane Compression option (super rare)! Octane2 alone is $250. Compression Option is $300. Both together for $500. Octane2 Comes with complete set of IRIX v6 OS discs (quite unusual), and a CD-ROM drive to boot it (not something built in to most SGIs). Compression Option comes with software disc (unusual). Also included with Octane2 - original ESI graphics board. Will deliver for free within 1 hour of Montpelier... Or come pickup. (Original price ~$25,000. My, how times change.) Any offers? ... Didn't think so :P The NeXTStation is NOT for sale - you'll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers!! -Nick --- Nick Floersch (pr. Floor-sh) Stone Environmental, Inc. 802.229.1872 -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Austin Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Next meeting: September? On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Tom Cort wrote: > A Unix / Linux shootout would be fun. Especially if people brought in > cool hardware. I've got a POWER3 I could bring in with AIX, and if I > could find some Tru64 disks I could bring in one of my Alphas. Nick F > might be able to provide some IRIX goodness as well. If we do it at UVM, we can check out a bunch of nifty hardware. mga.
