SGI Visualisation Systems... Good for Maya and what else?

[Jules Richardson]

JP Hindin wrote:
> I have a small SGI collection (a dozen and counting, including the Onyx2,
> Origin 2000 rack and rack Onyx 10000) and, to be honest, I mostly collect
> them because... well, they look cool, and when I was in a position where I
> couldn't collect (a. New Zealand, b. No space) I drooled over them.

Weta Digital in NZ had *masses* of SGI kit - wandering around their machine 
room was fun. I wonder if it's still all there... probably been ditched for a 
load of PCs by now :-(

I'd love a big SGI - Indy/Indigo/4D machines seem reasonably plentiful (for 
purchase+shipping costs at least) but the big stuff seems pretty rare (& 
uneconomical to move long distances)

cheers

Jules