Released in January 1993, the Indigo 2, codenamed "Fullhouse", was the successor to SGI's Indigo workstation.  The Indigo 2 was marketed as a high-end workstation, with many configurations totaling well over $100,000 (USD), and thus was placed above the "budget” SGI Indy workstation released several months later. Like any other SGI workstation, the Indigo 2 was mostly used in academic and commercial settings, with very little value or use to the personal computer market. 

Classifying specific specifications is made difficult by the highly customizable nature of SGI’s workstations.  This issue become even more convoluted by the 1995 release of the Indigo 2 Impact. Like the Indy, the Indigo 2 and Indigo 2 Impact belong to the group of colourful and iconic "pizza box” workstations meant to fit underneath a monitor. Both versions are easily differentiated by the colour of their case with the base Indigo 2 teal and the Indigo 2 Impact purple.  There is also an additional rare POWER Indigo 2 version which featured a R8000 processor in a teal case.

Manufacturer  Silicon Graphics Incorporated

Dimensions  47 cm × 47 cm × 12.7 cm
Introduced  January 1993
Discontinued  June 1998

Operating System  IRIX 6.2 IRIX 6.5.22

Processor  R4000, R4400, R4600, R8000, or R10000
Frequency  100 MHz, 133 MHz, 150 MHz, 175 MHz, 200 MHz, 250 MHz
Memory  16 - Upgradeable to  a maximum configuration: 384 MB  via 12 * 32 MB SIMMs

Graphics  Newport Graphics (XL), Express Graphics (XZ), Ultra Graphics (Extreme),or Impact Graphics

Connectors:

Multimedia:
5 stereo 1/8" phone jacks, for headphone, microphone, speakers, etc.
Networking:
15 pin AUI network connector
RJ45 10BaseT network connector
Input/Output:
2 Mini-DIN 6 pin PS/2 compatible mouse and keyboard ports
2 Mini-DIN 8 pin Mac compatible serial ports (RS422 - 38.4 Baud)
50 pin SCSI-2 connector
DB25 female bidirectional parallel po

Workstation Owner’s Guides

Indigo 2

http://www.sgistuff.net/hardware/systems/documents/007-9096-050-indigo2.pdf

Indigo 2 Impact

http://www.sgistuff.net/hardware/systems/documents/007-2849-004-indigo2impact.pdf

Manufacturer: SGI
Date: 1993

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH43076. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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