Silicon Graphics Indy

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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME	BLUEBOX
SYSTEM CPU	MIPS R4400 @150 MHz
CACHE (2nd, 1st D/I)	1 MB, 16 KB / 16 KB
RAM	64 MB (Max. 256 MB)
SYSTEM BUS WIDTH	32 bit
SCSI BUS	1 x SCSI-2 (10 MB/s)
OPTION BUS	GIO32
GRAPHICS	Indy 8-plane 1280x1024 @75Hz
HARD DISK DRIVE	1 GB SCSI-2 5400 RPM
NETWORK	Onboard 10baseT or AUI
AUDIO	Indy audio chip
OS	IRIX 5.3
YEAR	1993
SPEED	about 100 VAX MIPS (not measured)
COMMENTS	IRIX 5.3 on this machine is suprisingly fast to use, considring the age of this box. Systems with MIPS processors rules!
ESTIMATED PRICE '93	$35,000

Hinv information

Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
1 150 MHZ IP22 Processor
FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
Graphics board: Indy 8-bit
Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam not connected

History and other comments

This system was imported from the U.S. I have no information about its origin. It performs well for 2D graphics and these can be really cheap today, but if you want some SGI computer with powerful 3D, look for an Indigo2 or Octane with a good graphics option.

A couple of months after I purchased this box, I decided to sell it, in favor of a better SGI box: the Octane, so I no longer own this system.

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Last updated:

14-7-2004