Silicon Graphics Iris Indy

Producer: Silicon Graphics  -  Category: Personal Computer

Workstation, 1993, Silicon Graphics. The Indy, code-named Guinness, was SGI's low-cost multimedia workstation, a blue pizza-box unit introduced in July 1993 with a MIPS R4000-class processor and, as standard, a digital video camera (the IndyCam), video input, ISDN and 16-bit audio, features no other workstation offered at the time. It was aimed at desktop publishing, CAD and education, competing with the Macintosh and with Windows PCs, and it could run their software in emulation.

Years1993 to 1997
ProcessorMIPS R4000PC, R4600, R4400 or R5000 at 100 to 180 MHz
RAM16 to 256 MB
Graphics8-bit or 24-bit XL, 24-bit XZ
Storageinternal SCSI hard disk, optional floppy or CD-ROM
Operating systemIRIX 5.1 to 6.5
PortsGIO64 slot, SCSI, Ethernet, ISDN, 2 serial, parallel, audio, video input, IndyCam
Form factorpizza box
Price (1993)from US$4,995

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