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I am willing to wait. Not in a hurry as this is more of a eventually-max-my-O2 upgrade, as opposed to anything required for serious or immediate work. Below $125 would be even better... and I've heard it's possible So let's see.

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*bump*

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*re bump*

Still looking...

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Well... not to discourage you, but those modules do tend to go quite a bit over $125. Maybe you ought to change your budget, or lower your expectations... 300MHz r12k isn't bad at all, and much, much cheaper.

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I have one, in the original packaging never opend. but not for 125

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If the original packaging is interesting, please take a few photos and stick them in the Wiki or the Gallery (if you haven't done so already).

An entire 400Mhz system with RAM (unknown amount) just sold on ebay for under $300:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2342wt_958

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Your best chance of a cheap 400MHz CPU is buying an entire system. If someone removes a CPU from a system to sell it separately, chances are they recognize the value

FYI: I bought this system for 100 EUR a little over a year ago. I upgraded the RAM, added the 1600SW and FC adapters, but basically it was a mint quality (blue) O2+ for 100 bucks.

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Wow! You got an awesome deal

Gives me hope... I *may* get lucky too. You are now the second person I know of who has managed to buy a 400Mhz CPU for this much.

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Some luck was involved, but I also keep a close eye on certain auction sites.

I saw this nice looking O2 advertised with zero tech info ("used for a project a couple of years ago, has been sitting on a shelf since", i.e. I don't really know what it is and I want the space back), so rather than asking for hinv output or other numbers I asked the seller what the label on the bottom of the chassis said. The label had '400' in it. The next weekend I was in the neighborhood anyway for a Cirque du Soleil show and I picked it up.

Don't forget that for the average person any 400MHz CPU is ancient junk, and they're quite happy to take 100 bucks for something that has been eating dust on a shelf for the best part of a decade. Saves them a trip to the recyclers too.

I owned an O2 already (195 MHz R10K) which I sold for something like 50 or 75 bucks, so effectively the upgrade to the 400MHz R12000 was even cheaper

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Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet
It turns out that when reset, the WD33C93 defaults to a SCSI ID of 0, and it was simpler to leave it that way... -- Dave Olson, in comp.sys.sgi
Currently in commercial service: (2x)
In the museum: almost every MIPS/IRIX system.
Wanted: GM1 board for Professional Series GT graphics (030-0076-003, 030-0076-004)

that was a super deal.. i saw that and was going to send ya the link but i figured you already saw it.
I do have pics, of the unopened cpu. and they are saved for the neko gallery/.. I will post them once i get a chance
cheers.

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I agree that is not super-easy to find a "cheap" 400 Mhz CPU but it is definitely possible . I found it and jan-jaap was even luckier buying a complete system. It is a question of patience, hehe .

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Thanks for the encouraging words I am still holding out hope!

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