[ILUG] Seen on Usenet: SGI Challenge XL Server for sale

[Jakma, Paul]

Saw this posted on comp.sys.sgi.misc. An old monster SGI server. These
things were at least $200,000 new. And you could probably buy the one below
for less than £10,000. 

16 CPU's, 11 drives... huge mean cabinet.. Damm that'd look good in my
bedroom! :)

-Paul.

(budding SGI zealot).

Subject: 
             SGI Challenge XL Server for sale
        Date: 
             Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:00:27 GMT
       From: 
             boo <boo99 at my-deja.com>
 Organization: 
             Deja.com - Before you buy.
 Newsgroups: 
             comp.sys.sgi.misc


> Located in South Yorkshire UK, specification is:
>
> 16 150 MHZ IP19 (MIPS R4400) processors
> 2.0 GB System disk
> Main memory 1025 MB 4-way interleaved
> 8  4.3GB disk drives
> 3  1.2GB disk drives
> QIC 150MB 1/4 inch Tape drive
> CDROM
>
> Powerstor Unit containing
> 9  2.4GB Disk drives
> 2  1.2GB disk drives
> 4  8mm Exabyte Tape drives (each 5GB)
> 1/2 " HP tape drive
>

HINV reads:

16 150 MHZ IP19 Processors
CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0
FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes, 4-way interleaved
I/O board, Ebus slot 15: IO4 revision 1
Integral EPC serial ports: 4
Interphase 4210 VME-SCSI controller 0: Firmware revision A05
Disk drive: unit 14 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 13 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 12 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 11 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 10 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 9 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 8 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Tape drive: unit 6 on VME-SCSI controller 0: 9 track
Disk drive: unit 5 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 4 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 3 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 2 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 1 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 0 on VME-SCSI controller 0
Interphase 4210 VME-SCSI controller 1: Firmware revision A05
Tape drive: unit 11 on VME-SCSI controller 1: 8mm(8500) cartridge
Tape drive: unit 10 on VME-SCSI controller 1: 8mm(8500) cartridge
Tape drive: unit 9 on VME-SCSI controller 1: 8mm(8500) cartridge
Tape drive: unit 8 on VME-SCSI controller 1: 8mm(8500) cartridge
Disk drive: unit 6 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 5 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 4 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 3 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 2 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 1 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Disk drive: unit 0 on VME-SCSI controller 1
Integral Ethernet controller: et0, Ebus slot 15
EPC external interrupts
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C95A, differential, revision 0
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C95A, single ended, revision 0
CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 0
Tape drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0: QIC 150
Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 4: Version SCIP/WD33C95A
Integral SCSI controller 3: Version SCIP/WD33C95A
Disk drive: unit 11 on SCSI controller 3
Disk drive: unit 10 on SCSI controller 3
Disk drive: unit 9 on SCSI controller 3
Disk drive: unit 8 on SCSI controller 3
Integral SCSI controller 2: Version SCIP/WD33C95A
Disk drive: unit 7 on SCSI controller 2
Disk drive: unit 6 on SCSI controller 2
Disk drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 2
Disk drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 2
CC synchronization join counter
Integral EPC parallel port: Ebus slot 15
VME bus: adapter 0 mapped to adapter 61
VME bus: adapter 61

IRIX 5.3 is currently installed, have networker 4.0 on CD  (have
original  IRIX 5.3 CD) and very little else (no compilers).

Buyer arranges collection -  make us an offer !

Cheers
Andy