Blasphemy

David R · *nix forums beginner Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 3

I'm probably blaspheming here, but since IRIX and SGI
are...well...end-of-life'd, I was thinking of buying an SGI box and rigging
it out with stock ATX (or possibly BTX) parts, shoving Windows on it, and
devising a skin for Windows XP that matches CDE's widget set.

Other people have probably done similar stuff in the past, but SGI's cases
have a certain aesthetic appeal that cannot be matched by Apple, Alienware,
or Chieftec (and let's keep Dell out of this)

Any suggestions or inquisitions?

Robert Ramsey · *nix forums beginner Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Hello,

I've heard that the SGI Indigo (purple tower) is pretty easy to modify for
PC parts. Everything else is going to be a real challenge...

Rob

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 139

In article <2I6dnZU74M8Btg7ZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Robert Ramsey" <ramseyrt@comcast.net> wrote:

: I've heard that the SGI Indigo (purple tower) is pretty easy to modify for
: PC parts. Everything else is going to be a real challenge...

The Indigo2 should be fairly easy, maybe the Indy. Fuel would probably be the
easiest.

Any other system is going to require a lot of cutting and reengineering, to the
point where you might as well just start with a PC and dress it up to look like
an SGI, than to start with an SGI and try to wedge a PC inside.

Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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Hugh Fisher · *nix forums beginner Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 1

David R wrote:

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