Is the keyboard special?
if its the one hes thinking of its a rebranded dell at 101 w with rubber dampened cream alps, see the alps wiki.Yup, that's the one and I always like them.
Is the keyboard special?
if its the one hes thinking of its a rebranded dell at 101 w with rubber dampened cream alps, see the alps wiki.Yup, that's the one and I always like them. So I thought if it's a decent keyboard with a computer and a monitor thrown it, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick! :boink:
if its the one hes thinking of its a rebranded dell at 101 w with rubber dampened cream alps, see the alps wiki.
These were great systems back in the day. I had one of these, as well as an Indigo way back when, though they were already obselete when I got them. These, the AlphaStations, and the IBM RS/6000 line absolutely screamed when configured correctly. And absolutely blew the socks off the x86 based competition.
7bit should put that info in the SGI Granite Wiki at Deskthority.net. (http://deskthority.net/wiki/SGI_Granite)You may be right, so probably safest to drop by like litster said, if you're local of course.
Although this one will be a cheap rubber dome. Ask for model number to confirm. If it starts with RT you've got a rubber dome.
*sighs*
The SGI AT 101 was made by Alps themselves. They're better built than the Dell AT101W, which was effectively a clone later made by Silitek. Also have some boss PBT dye-sub keycaps.
@OP: Wish I was in Canada, I'd love to have a more powerful SGI box than the R4000 Indy that serves as my monitor stand :P
I'd also love me an Alphastation, if only to have a dedicated VMS login box.
I'm almost certain I'm right. Otherwise my sig would be a sham.Where's that picture from? I don't see the keyboard in the listing.
To be fair to the Ebay seller it looks Granitey.
Looks like the functional one isn't much faster than the nonfunctional one.Hah have to agree. They did have excellent floating point processors though. Here's one with a bit more muscle. I did say a bit, this was what, like 1997 or 1998 ish? :wink:
Although this one will be a cheap rubber dome. Ask for model number to confirm. If it starts with RT you've got a rubber dome.
Probably a rubber dome. Certain my favourite SGI keyboard came with an Indigo2; the other Indigo2 and the Octane came with rubber domes. However in the network of SGIs at work I used to look after, the better keyboards tended to migrate to the Octanes.
The Deskthority.net wiki is a bit vague about what systems came with ALPS Granite.
Well they did. The bigger more expensive machines were still using at least semi-proprietary keyboard connectors. The Indigo2 and Indy were the first to use the PS/2 connector. The older keyboards _may_ have been ALPS too - it's been a long time, but I remember being fond of my PowerSeries keyboard (which had a set of graphics cards which would have originally cost around $300,000).
Moores Law won. Intel is still around. SGI isn't.
(which had a set of graphics cards which would have originally cost around $300,000).
Moores Law won.
Hah have to agree. They did have excellent floating point processors though. Here's one with a bit more muscle. I did say a bit, this was what, like 1997 or 1998 ish? :wink:Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Silicon-Graphics-SGI-Octane-300-MHz-R12K-SSE-Graphics-/05/!B)!S7w!!Wk~$(KGrHqN,!hkEv1+0FVpiBMLj,NNcQQ~~0_3.JPG)Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Silicon-Graphics-SGI-Octane-300-MHz-R12K-SSE-Graphics-/01/!B)!S97w!2k~$(KGrHqMOKj0EwrjCSt(eBMLj,TZUnw~~0_3.JPG)
That octane sure has a low amount of memory for 1997/98.A lot of these vendors that was at least double dipp, if not more, by pulling out various components, including memory, and selling it separately.
A lot of these vendors that was at least double dipp, if not more, by pulling out various components, including memory, and selling it separately.
Even so if it goes up to 512MB, the Triton II chipset does the exact same thing...It would go up to 8GB of smokin memory.
That thing is as powerful as a PC for '97.
Granted, Triton II was the higher-end chipset offered by intel at the time; maybe most PCs didn't use it? I don't know. Someone teleport me back to 1997.