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SGI Indigo2: An $86,000 Workstation from 1995

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Demoscene & retrocomputingHistory of computingComputer architecture & CPUs

What it is

LGR looks at the Silicon Graphics Indigo2, a UNIX workstation that cost about $86,000 in 1995, covering its pros and cons, games it can run, and whether it is worth owning today.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in threads about SGI and vintage workstations as a good look at the hardware.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “LGR and RMC have both done videos on the SGI Octane and are worth watching”

    Covers SGI workstations like the Octane.

    ckozlowski, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “A baby saved ‘Toy Story 2’ from near complete deletion (2021)”

  2. “he did a great video on it”

    Video on the SGI Indigo2 workstation.

    pixelpoet, 2024-04 · Recommendation · in “The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: silicon graphics, indigo2, retro computing, unix workstation, lgr

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