(06-20-2020, 04:05 AM)hamei Wrote: If you are a cheapskate like me, the Altix 350 case is almost the same as the O350. Some of the insides (fans and so on) swap straight across. As far as using for MIPS guts goes, a little bit of dremel work on the back wall makes everything fit ... iirc it was mostly the 9-pn d-subs and the usb port that had to be moved a bit. All the hold-down screws are in the same place. I have no idea why there's any difference at all, makes no sense but ....
Overe here there were a lot of altixes for nothing but no O350's at all and shipping can be prohibitive for big heavy steel boxes, so .....
Is mopar still out there, btw ? Super deals, super guy.
I do have a spare Altix 350 case from a cheap parts system I found on eBay, but it's fairly battered. Really, all I need is the board, though, as I do have the case from my prototype Onyx350 here - the goal is to restore that system, after all. If I got an expansion unit, with or without a node board, it would be used for parts unless/until I can restore this broken 2U Interface board that I already have. At that point, I'd probably build it back out with a node board and find either an IO9 to use it independently (maybe as an Onyx350) or as part of the Onyx4 setup if I could get a NUMALink router.
Edit: I can't speak to Mopar, as I don't think I've even heard the name during my (still brief) time in the SGI community. If there's someone out here on the US east coast with a good parts stock at a good price, my wallet will likely be even more unhappy with me going forward.
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