dparm
03-04-2005, 10:07 PM
The upcoming surplus property auction has an Intergraph GX1 workstation in it. I did some research and got the following specs on it.
-dual Intel P3 Xeon @ 700MHz
-32MB SDRAM (max 2GB)
-512KB L2 cache
-Wildcat 4000 AGP video card (64MB texture, 16MB video)
-9GB Seagate Ultra2 Wide SCSI hard drive
-Windows NT 4.0 (original OS)
This thing did cost about $8000 when new in 1999. I found one on eBay for about $100. It looks like it was primarily used for 3D design and high-end computing.
My question is this: would it be worth it to buy this thing, or would it be a slow piece of garbage? At minimum, the casing is frickin sweet looking (what originally caught my eye). I also looked on eBay for older SGI workstations (Indigo, Indy, etc)...I take it these too are dinosaurs by today's standards? Perhaps some of the MLL or MZ people would know. I also have seen some old Sun Ultra 5 workstations dirt cheap on eBay.
Thoughts?
-dual Intel P3 Xeon @ 700MHz
-32MB SDRAM (max 2GB)
-512KB L2 cache
-Wildcat 4000 AGP video card (64MB texture, 16MB video)
-9GB Seagate Ultra2 Wide SCSI hard drive
-Windows NT 4.0 (original OS)
This thing did cost about $8000 when new in 1999. I found one on eBay for about $100. It looks like it was primarily used for 3D design and high-end computing.
My question is this: would it be worth it to buy this thing, or would it be a slow piece of garbage? At minimum, the casing is frickin sweet looking (what originally caught my eye). I also looked on eBay for older SGI workstations (Indigo, Indy, etc)...I take it these too are dinosaurs by today's standards? Perhaps some of the MLL or MZ people would know. I also have seen some old Sun Ultra 5 workstations dirt cheap on eBay.
Thoughts?