[soviet]

Hi guys, hope to find you well.
A guy in my country posted for sale the first Indigo I've seen in almost a decade. Needless to say it really piqued my interest into getting my first SGI, even if it's not my wished Octane.

He says in the advert that it turns on, makes the chime, but "it doesn't move forward, it may be the ram or the hard drive". Are SGIs like old Macs, where making the chime indicates a solid salvageable machine, or should I be more skeptical about it? He seems kind of shady and vague about the diagnosis and description, says it has full memory banks, and that a quick troubleshooting may make it work.

He's asking about 230 usd converted to my currency, which is pretty much nothing comparing to international prices, however I don't want to get a paperweight due to someone previously tampering with the hardware as it happened with my first Sun (a Blade 100 someone tried to pry the heatsink with a screwdriver and chipped the CPU corner with some pins). Below the only picture of the listing.

Great deal there 230 usd is quite cheap and the skin look great on the picture, only shipping fee for my indigo's 2 charge for me was 260 USD from Miami to Uruguay. And the skins where very damaged in this cases. Purchasing it local have several advantages.