SGI 4D/380

From: R. Stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Wed Aug 19 12:59:20 1998

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Captain Napalm wrote:

> Another thing---early SGI boxes were more stable than later ones. The one
> I used for four years (SGI Personal Iris 4D/35) had the mother board
> replaced once, the graphics card replaced once and the monitor was going
> (everything had a slight green tinge to it).

The 4D/35 is widely regarded as flakey at best. Much more troublesome than
both the 4D/25 that came before and the Indigo R3000 that replaced it.

I have an R4600 Indy and an R4400 Indigo. I wish the Indy were faster and
that IRIX suffered less from "not-invented-here", but there it is.

ok
r.
Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 12:59:20 BST