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		spilk on Sept 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 – ... please don't gut rare vintage hardware to install commodity x86 hardware.

jsjohnst on Sept 2, 2018 | [–]

10000% agree. Either sell it or even better, donate it to a computer history museum somewhere.

Annatar on Sept 3, 2018 | [–]

Yes, please don't do it, for no primitive intel-based system has ever come close to any SGI hardware in terms of elegance. It would be a sacrilege.

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