Really liked your post, the way you brought that old Indigo back to life was super fun to read. I totally agree that the magic is in seeing the machine actually run again, not just sitting on a shelf. For me, I’ve messed with a couple of old PCs before, but nothing as cool as an SGI box. Reading this makes me think I should try grabbing one if I ever spot it cheap. Thanks for sharing the journey—would love to see more pics of the messy steps too, not just the polished result. Feels like hanging out with a fellow retro nerd.

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classichasclass 3 days ago | parent [-]

Author here - thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it.

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kevinday 2 days ago | parent [-]

In the article you mentioned the Indy having a T1 interface. I only remembered having ISDN as an option on them, with the use case being that ISDN was pretty easily orderable for people working from home or branch offices and needing to get online with it. T1s were still exotic, expensive and not available in a lot of places. Do you have a T1 card for an Indy? I'd love to see that! Do you know what the intention of that was?

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classichasclass 2 days ago | parent [-]

No, no, I had a thinko when I wrote that. The Indy had a ISDN port. Thanks for spotting the error.

	▲	rkomorn 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		TIL "thinko". Thank you.