SGI workstation sequence

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Mike Shields wrote:
> If I were to imagine starting over in SGI's, I'd probably get an Indigo2 or
> an Octane2. An Indigo2 is cheap, but heavy if you're going to ship. They're
> basically indestructible. An Octane 2, well equipped, is the best performing
> workstation short of the Fuel ($$$), but still very heavy to ship. Octanes
> have a higher incidence (at least anecdotally - have no statistics) of
> mainboard/frontplane issues, compared to analogous parts in the Indigo2.

The Fuel isn't *that* expensive.  A lot of places are dumping their IRIX 
hardware nowadays, since it's no longer supported.

Peace...  Sridhar