[Eug-lug] OT: Sun hardware wanted

[Garl Grigsby]

Bill Essig wrote:
> SGI isn't going to survive period.
>
I don't know. A bunch of the Asian automakers are very heavily invested 
in Altix systems for full body system dynamics analysis (engineering 
analysis). If SGI can figure out how to cut some fat, and learn how to 
transition this into the aerospace markets, they might stand a chance. 
The one thing Altix boxes do is make clustering much, much, MUCH easier.
> I am well aware that both Sparc and SGI/IRIX are endangered, that is 
> why I want to tinker, while I still can. UNIX as we know it is dead, 
> but I don't mind. I was just looking at some old Sun boxes at the 
> Register Guard with Horst and that piqued my interest in this dying 
> breed of computing.
>
> Anything would be great, and I have ample funds to compensate for an 
> Octane.
I'll look into it.

Garl