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  • The bowels of the computer are now revealed to us!

  • The card cage is 9U VME size, which means that each board is about 14 inches square.

  • Memory Board (MC3, 32x64MB (2GB)

  • Processor Board (IP25, 4x MIPS R10000 @195Mhz)

  • I/O Board (SGI IO4)

  • Geometry Engine (4x GE12 SGI-proprietary ASICs)

  • Raster Manager (20x "quad core" image engines- 80 total, 16MB)

  • Display Generator (Two Graphic terminal DACs and video I/O

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