Robert Ian Smit said: > Could the item also be used as a foot stool, should I need to > cowardly give up getting an OS to run on it?
I used an SGI Indy (R4k 100Mhz 32MB 1GB HD) as a monitor stand for about 2 years. the machine runs fine, I reinstalled it on a new 4.5GB drive recently, just too slow for use. Waiting to be able to upgrade the ram to 256MB($400 new). How slow is it exactly? To be TOTALLY honest, to install a fresh copy of IRIX 6.5.3(~10-12 CDs), it took more then 12 hours to to the full install. Much of the time was it copying data to the hd.. also looking forward to trying debian on it, I downloaded the bootable debian install cd for indy, though I read that I may need another kind of CDROM to read it on the indy. the indy was free at least, so it wasn't a $3800 monitor stand :) one of my ultra 1s is essentially a monitor stand for the moment, waiting for the weather to cool off before i turn it on again, same for one of my freebsd boxes(my living room has 12 computers in it, 5 of which are turned off due to heat and/or lack of battery backup capacity). nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
