The Challenge
Context: The machine that made Jurassic Park.
The Indigo was SGI’s first desktop workstation to bring 3D graphics to the masses (relatively speaking).
- Cooling: Cooling high-performance MIPS processors in a “Pizza Box” form factor required a custom plenum design.
- Expansion: The “GIO” bus allowed for massive expansion cards (GFX, Video I/O) to slide in without tools.
Project Artifacts
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- CPU: MIPS R3000 / R4000
- Graphics: Elan / Extreme :::