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blog:sgi_octane2 [2021/06/30 15:40] – [SGI Octane 2 Workstation] johnblog:sgi_octane2 [2021/06/30 15:45] (current) – [Out Of Storage & Powering On] john
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 The system was advertised as being in first class condition - and indeed it was... **before it was shipped**. As is the case with many of these machines, they are //very// heavy, //much// heavier than a regular PC tower. Sadly when it arrived it had not been protected properly and the front, hinged door panel was absolutely smashed to dozens of splinters. It should have looked like this: The system was advertised as being in first class condition - and indeed it was... **before it was shipped**. As is the case with many of these machines, they are //very// heavy, //much// heavier than a regular PC tower. Sadly when it arrived it had not been protected properly and the front, hinged door panel was absolutely smashed to dozens of splinters. It should have looked like this:
  
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 Instead, being in so many pieces, my poor Octane has spent all of its life with me looking like this: Instead, being in so many pieces, my poor Octane has spent all of its life with me looking like this:
  
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 ===== Later Upgrades ===== ===== Later Upgrades =====
  
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 +===== Out Of Storage & Powering On =====
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 +Around 2010 the Octane went in to storage, as did many other items. It finally got set up again more than 10 years later.
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 +After connecting it up I turned it on and....
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 +{{:blog:sgi:sgi_octane_power_on.jpg?450|}} {{:blog:sgi:sgi_octane_desktop.jpg?450|}}
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 +...it worked absolutely perfectly the first time. Booted straight to the login screen, my old account still worked and it fired right up.
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 +What an awesome piece of kit.
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