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- From: raoul@eplunix.UUCP (Nico Garcia)
- Newsgroups: misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,ne.forsale
- Subject: IRIS for sale
- Keywords: IRIS
- Message-ID: <1331@eplunix.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:42:12 GMT
- Distribution: ne
- Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA
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- Well, our last firm buyer had a hardware failure and no longer
- has the spare cash for this fine machine. So I'm reposting, in
- the hopes that someone will come and take it away.
-
- We have an IRIS 1200, with 1.75 Meg. This was a very nice graphics engine
- for its day (circa 1984) with a big, gorgeous color screen (> 20").
-
- Unfortunately, it got watered in a lab accident. I've tried it out since,
- and we had it professionally cleaned, but we accepted insurance money for it
- rather than going through the grief to put it back on our net.
-
- The only bugs are that the mouse is broken (I have the mouse part number
- from SGI), and that we never did get it back on the Ethernet. We did upload
- the flight simulator via a terminal line, and it's gorgeous. The machine is
- also big: the CPU is the size of two small file cabinets, and the monitor
- is another file cabinet sized box that can sit on top.
-
- SGI tells me that they do have an OS that will provide NFS access for this
- machine, for those of you who might want to use it as a graphics engine and
- have SGI site licenses. The last firm offer we had was $150, and he would
- come here and get it. (Our lab is in Boston, next to the Charles St. T
- stop). As I said, that offer fell through, so similar offers or better ones
- will be accepted. The sooner we ship it out, the better: we could use the
- space.
-
- Anyone who is interested or has questions, please feel free to call or email
- me. My number is (617) 573-3768, and my email address is
- harvard.edu!eplunix!raoul. My US mail address is Nico Garcia, CIRL/MEEI, 243
- Charles St., Boston, MA 02114-3096.
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- Nico Garcia
- CIRL/MEEI
- eddie.mit.edu!eplunix!raoul
-