Hello all,
I just picked up an Indigo2 Solid IMPACT and I have been reliving my misspent youth with great enjoyment and enthusiasm. I used SGIs at university around 1993 to 1995, and later I was lucky enough to work at SGI at the main campus in Mountain View in the mid 90s. After leaving, I maintained my love of SGI computers, but it's been over 20 years since I had an Indigo2 at home. Re-learning how to administer IRIX is kind of like riding a bike in that it's all coming back to me, but I feel like I've forgotten way too much!
Anyway, because these things just aren't getting any younger, I'm anxious about how I can keep my New-To-Me Indigo2 alive and well into the future, and I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this forum have a lot more recent experience than I do. The system I have seems to have been used pretty recently, because the Dallas clock chip is still functioning (shockingly). I haven't had any trouble at all with the system, and I'd like to keep it that way.
What sort of things should I watch out for? Are there any "Must Do" maintenance items I need to take care of? Anything in the power supply likely to explode in the near future if not replaced?
I just picked up an Indigo2 Solid IMPACT and I have been reliving my misspent youth with great enjoyment and enthusiasm. I used SGIs at university around 1993 to 1995, and later I was lucky enough to work at SGI at the main campus in Mountain View in the mid 90s. After leaving, I maintained my love of SGI computers, but it's been over 20 years since I had an Indigo2 at home. Re-learning how to administer IRIX is kind of like riding a bike in that it's all coming back to me, but I feel like I've forgotten way too much!
Anyway, because these things just aren't getting any younger, I'm anxious about how I can keep my New-To-Me Indigo2 alive and well into the future, and I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this forum have a lot more recent experience than I do. The system I have seems to have been used pretty recently, because the Dallas clock chip is still functioning (shockingly). I haven't had any trouble at all with the system, and I'd like to keep it that way.
What sort of things should I watch out for? Are there any "Must Do" maintenance items I need to take care of? Anything in the power supply likely to explode in the near future if not replaced?