- The author owns three SGI systems, including a problematic SGI Fuel and a favorite SGI Indy used as a Hyper-G server.
- The SGI Indigo2 line evolved from the Indigo, with multiple variants like the POWER Indigo2 (R8000) and Indigo2 IMPACT (R10000), each with distinct graphics options.
- The Indigo2 IMPACT introduced the R10000 CPU, which was a significant out-of-order design but faced production delays and a recall due to faulty NEC-fabricated chips.
- A specific Indigo2 system (IP28) with a 195MHz R10000 and Solid IMPACT graphics was repaired by replacing a dead Dallas DS1286 timekeeper chip and upgrading a faulty SCSI CD-ROM drive.
- The system was restored using a ZuluSCSI solid-state drive and a fresh installation of IRIX 6.5.22, demonstrating the machine's functionality despite graphics sync issues.
- The R10000 microarchitecture was SGI's last major CPU design, leading to the R12000 and beyond, but SGI's shift to Itanium and Nvidia GPUs eventually ended MIPS product lines in 2006.