Am 19. Dec, 2003 schw=E4tzte FoulDragon@aol.com so:

> I picked up an Indigo Iris out of ASU surplus (today was half-off day!), =
sans
> any obvious form of data input.  The drive bays look evil, with 10-pin po=
wer
> connectors and nasty little data connectors, but an old-fashioned 50-pin =
SCSI
> port lines the back.

Are they SCA connectors?

> Is there an Irix available with affordable hobbyist licence terms?

Did you just mention affordable in reference to SGI? Bwahahahaha  :)

You might be able to get an old version of Irix, though. Check SGI's web
site for what they allow.

Theoretically there is also Linux for MIPS. NetBSD probably has a port as
well.

> How do you get the awful "$4.00 / 12-19" scrawl off the side of the prett=
y
> purple box?

$4 for it? Did they have another one?

ciao,

der.hans
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