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From: bh@sgi.com (Bent Hagemark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: CHEAP SECOND SOURCE INDOES FOR PERSONAL IRIS WANTED
Message-ID: <11025@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 27 Jul 90 17:24:04 GMT
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In article <11019@odin.corp.sgi.com> bob@horus.esd.sgi.com (J.R.) writes:
>
>In article <65288@sgi.sgi.com>, bob@manray.asd.sgi.com (Bob) writes:
>> WE RECENTLY GOT A PERSONAL IRIS.  HOWEVER AFTER LOADING OUR SOFTWARE
>> WE GOT A MESSAGE: "OUT OF INODES"  DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET SOME
>> CHEAP REPLACEMENTS FOR THE ONES WE"VE USED?
>> 
>> I HEARD SGI CHGARGES TOO MUCH, AND MAC INODES CAN BE USED IN STEAD.
>> 
>> THANK YOU.
>> 
>> BOB
>> 
>> ZZ
>> :WQ
>> EIXT
>
>I think someone already posted a list of third party inode 
>sources.  Would the person who did that please repost it?
>
>(SGI marketing, are you listening?)
>
>Bob (Wow, same name!)
>
>P.S.  Has anybody heard about the proposed government inode
>consortium?  I heard that its purpose is to facilitate the 
>development of standards for the inode industry, and lobby 
>for trade barriers against Japanese imported inodes.

In an effort to reduce inode emissions we'll be installing a special inode
filter on /dev/null.  Watch for this in cypress.  Coupled with a company wide
collection effort we should be able to recycle 37% of our used inodes.