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This thread went pretty far off topic, focusing on attaching the disk to a probably non-existing SCSI controller in a Linux PC the OP never claimed he had.

Back to the original question:

I am brand new to the SGI hobbyist computer and I just got my first SGI workstation. It is an Indy. I am wondering how I can transfer files between the Indy and my PC. Obviously it doesn't have USB ports, so flash drives aren't an option. I also don't have a floptical drive or a 3.5 inch floppy dirve installed. Can you hook the workstation to a PC using an ethernet cable and then somehow transfer files that way? If so, how would I go about that? What would I need to do?

Yes, you can transfer files using a direct ethernet connection. Most IRIX systems don't use DHCP so you may have to configure the system to use a fixed IP addresses in your LAN address range. By default an IRIX system will run an FTP server, and Windows still comes with an FTP client. So you can ftp into the Indy and fetch files. Beware that FTP login to the root account doesn't work if the root account doesn't have a password set.

Are there any other ways of transferring files? Please let me know. Thanks.

Use a NAS. Doesn't everybody have one? Share a volume using both NFS and SMB protocols. The Indy talks NFS, the PC (or Mac) talk SMB. Problem solved.