[Irinikus]

I really wonder if switch mode power supplies are more prone to failing when running off a 120V source? I have a 220V source on my side, and I have lots of machines spread across a wide age spectrum and I've never seen a power supply fail, touch wood! (It's maybe worth researching!) I am aware that Trippynet does have an Indigo2 Max IMPACT with a flaky power supply and in the UK they do have a 220V power supply, but there's always the exception to the rule.

As a collector, in my opinion, excellent condition retired "known to be working" SGI's are worth just as much as ones that are in daily use.

In my opinion, the only SGI's worth keeping running well into the future are the likes of the Onyx, Onyx2, Tezro and maybe the Octane2! (The rest don't offer good enough performance to warrant the effort, in my opinion, especially not machines such as Indigo2's.) [So I'm simply going to retire them as working machines!]

Here's my reasoning: (This is just my opinion, so don't let my reasoning detour you, as your performance needs may differ!!!)

According to the graphs, running anything less than a 195MHz R10K is going to be nothing more than frustrating!!!! (Even the 195MHz R10K is frustrating to use for general tasks, so R5000's, R4000's and R3000's are utterly useless in my opinion!)

So if you're looking to get into SGI, I'd suggest that you rather save and purchase one of the more powerful machines, than have a whole bunch of slower machines! (Unless you want them for collection purposes of course!)





I've made good use of all of my machines and I've thoroughly enjoyed them in the process. (I suggest others to do the same, while they still can, as that nothing lasts forever except hopefully your experience!)

The Onyx dual R8000 that I'm purchasing from Ian early next year will more than likely be my last SGI purchase. (The R8000 really interests me, although I'm not expecting it to have good performance, not for general tasks anyway!)

In my case, it's now time to move on to a complete Apple 1 replica, ZX Spectrum, NEXT cube and the like!