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For more experienced users, I can configure a system as much as I am able prior to shipping, eg. installed software, system name, IP address, gateway, user accounts, etc. I was an SGI sysadmin from 1995 to 2004 (Heriot Watt University, University of Central Lancashire, and the University of Salford NICVE), so I have considerable experience in system configuration, etc.; my UNIX Administration Course was taught at various institutions around the world for a few years. Indeed, aside from SGI itself, my site was the only listed 3rd-party SGI technical reference for the Athens Olympics (lots of SGIs were used for the live televised broadcasts and on-air overlay effects).
For shipping details, please see the Shipping Costs page, or email/call if preferred.
Payment for requested items must be made in advance; if outside the UK, for amounts above 400 UKP this must be done via Wise transfer (which is by far the cheapest method anyway, much better than a bank transfer or PayPal); for lower amounts, a bank transfer is also ok (the receiving fee is 5 UKP) or PayPal (the receiving fees are 0.5 UKP + 5%, rounded up). I highly recommend using Wise though, it employs better exchange rates, lower sending fees and there's no receiving fee. Revolut is also ok.
(I should mention that I can supply custom PCs aswell, but there's no section for them on my site yet; I focus on building overclocked systems using 2nd-hand hardware for budget concious yet powerful builds, eg. see this video and this video showing systems I donated to YT channels I like)
By default I'll cover any system for 30 days. Although I'm not a company, I won't leave someone in the lurch if something they've bought from my collection has gone wrong.
I only ever sell systems that have been fully cleaned inside and out, and in as good a condition as possible, though discounts are available if cosmetic condition is not important and thus a case with some scratches is ok. Though for hobbyists I have a habit of sending them something better than they're expecting anyway. :D
Personal collections are welcome; I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. If you're close enough, a personal collection is obviously best since I can demonstrate an item first, it can save on shipping costs and of course it means one doesn't have to worry about courier issues, which these days have become somewhat more complicated and expensive. If you're too far away though, that's no problem; I have considerable experience with shipping all over the world. And nobody packs boxes as well as I do; see my feedback page for typical comments from those who've bought things from me in the past (though due to being away so much from 2015 to 2024 due to family matters, very little was added to the feedback page during that period), plus a description of how I pack items for posting.
Every system I sell always has a very good OS installation (I have many years' experience of installing IRIX), with as much useful extra software as possible, or if preferred I can do just a minimal install, eg. for company use. For full details, see the disk installations section of the Services page.
Available sections here include Indigo, Indy, Indigo2, O2, Octane/Octane2, Origin, Fuel, Onyx and Challenge systems for sale and related parts, plus monitors, cables, SCSI items, keyboards, mice, IRIX CDs and other miscellaneous items. In the future I intend adding sections for Crimson, Personal IRIS and Tezro, but that will take some time. I have recently added a new section for books and manuals.
If you're interested in anything, please contact me. Feel free to email or call (see contact page for details); if you live in the UK and can be reached via a normal landline number, then I can phone you back to save you any call costs.
Cheers! :)
Ian.
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