Jason wrote:
> So since mine says "Server" yet has a 13W3 gfx board (haven't opened
> it up to ID it yet, and can't get into the OS to do a gfxinfo) it was
> probably a field-upgrade? I do have the "Elan" badge as well, and the
> owner only had one Crimson, so I'm assuming that's where it came from.
>
Most likely. 13W3 outputs do indicate either Entry or Express graphics,
and the badge indicates "Elan" (though Crimsons did have an Extreme
option).
> I got an internal cdrom recogzined last night. The only Irix distro I
> have now is 6.5. Will the Crimson at least load fx from that? It was
> acting like it couldn't even find the file, though, giving some scsi
> errors if I booted into the hdd's fx and tried 'ls dksc(....)" on the
> CD. I tried an Apple CD600i and a Toshiba model which was listed in
> the SGI cdrom survey. Of course, they could be bad drives, who knows.
> Too many variables!
>
> Next method will be to attach the boot drive to another SGI and edit
> /etc/passwd from there.
>
> Thanks for all the helps
>
No go- IRIX support for IP17 stopped at 6.2 (it's substantially
different from the later ARCS-derived systems, and has more in common
with the R3000/R2000 based systems than the later ones). IRIX 5.3 or
IRIX 6.2 are your best bets, though IRIX 4.0.5 (hard to find software
for), IRIX 5.1 (yuck!), and 5.2 (much better, but still not as good as
5.3) will also run on it. The SCSI errors don't sound good- check your
setup there. You might see file not found errors, but they won't be
SCSI errors.
On Jan 5, 2008 10:46 AM, Scott Quinn <compoobah at valleyimplants.com> wrote:
> Servers (S) didn't come with graphics. Later SGI separated out their
> server lines even more with a different base name (Challenge/Origin),
> but during the late '80s the base model was the same.
So since mine says "Server" yet has a 13W3 gfx board (haven't opened
it up to ID it yet, and can't get into the OS to do a gfxinfo) it was
probably a field-upgrade? I do have the "Elan" badge as well, and the
owner only had one Crimson, so I'm assuming that's where it came from.
> You can, but SGI never wrote a good OpenGL implementation for the
> PowerVision VGX/VGXTgraphics hardware, so much of the work is done by
> the main CPU (IRIS GL is fully supported). So, it depends on what you
> want to do with it...
"Pimp my SGI," I guess, and just make use of the nicer gfx board
before the dead Iris gets scrapped.
> One possible gotcha- IRIX 6.2 fx for the Crimson is broken, so you'll
> need to fx with either an earlier IRIX (4.0.5-5.3) or fx on a different
> SGI.
I got an internal cdrom recogzined last night. The only Irix distro I
have now is 6.5. Will the Crimson at least load fx from that? It was
acting like it couldn't even find the file, though, giving some scsi
errors if I booted into the hdd's fx and tried 'ls dksc(....)" on the
CD. I tried an Apple CD600i and a Toshiba model which was listed in
the SGI cdrom survey. Of course, they could be bad drives, who knows.
Too many variables!
Next method will be to attach the boot drive to another SGI and edit
/etc/passwd from there.
Thanks for all the helps
--
j
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:31:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
> you thanks
>
> what's a grid?
A company in Fremont, CA that manufactured laptops, acquired by Tandy
and utterly destroyed by their incompetence.
http://pages.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/Compass/
Cheers,
Chuck
Hi at all,
please excuse me for my not correct english, i'm writing from Pisa (Italy).
Is there anyone that have any copies of this old magazine already scannered?
This could help me to understand better all about around this board.
Thanks so much to all that would help me giving all kind of info, links and
news.
Enrico
Did/does such a thing exist?
I've got a CP/M .COM file which I believe is BASCOM generated -- running 'strings' over it reveals the line "ALREADY MODIFIED MBASIC 5.21 INTERPRETER" and the initial output when you run it includes what appears to be the original BASIC source file name and the string "COMPILED VERSION".
Is there a tool to recover a reasonable facsimile of the original BASIC source?
Thanks.
_________________________________________________________________
Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista? + Windows Live?.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC…
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:33:16 -0800
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Scratch the request, please. After a little more looking, it seems
that the application used to create these documents was Wang PC IWP,
not an old WordPerfect. I got a hint that something was wrong when
they wouldn't open with my WP 4.1.
I can handle IWP.
Thanks,
Chuck
Hi at all,
please excuse me for my not correct english, i'm writing from Pisa (Italy).
I have a old Ferguson BigBoard1. I played with it almost 20 years ago then I
lost its schematic.
Here its references:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/miscpm/fbbfeb82.jpg
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigboard>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigboardhttp://www.stevenjohnson.com/big-board.htm
At this moment :
a) I got all doc from here: <http://www.dtweed.com/docs/index.html>
http://www.dtweed.com/docs/index.html
b) I pulled away all chips and I matched the PCB with that schematic
checking all differences.
On the board there is not the Z80 DART so I'll can't try to use
Hyperterminal to connect me to the board.
I think to put the chips asap almost when I'll have:
1) a parallel keyboard: is it anybody could help me to transform a PS/2 or
AT keyboard in a parallel one? Even using the only internal matrix and using
a new keyboard encoder (I prefer less this way cause my limited free time).
In 1983 I used KR-2376 to create the correct character codes.
2) a composite monitor : I have a monochromatic monitor "hantarex boxer 12"
like this
<http://cgi.ebay.it/Monitor-HANTAREX-BOXER-12-RARISSIM-retro-jamma-SuperGun_
W0QQitemZ130182617194QQcmdZViewItem>
http://cgi.ebay.it/Monitor-HANTAREX-BOXER-12-RARISSIM-retro-jamma-SuperGun_W
0QQitemZ130182617194QQcmdZViewItem, but i have not its schematic. Is there
anybody who could help me?
With this working I HOPE to can make the board alive to get its "System
Prompt" . Wow!
3) The second step if it will go fine will be to connect my Mitsubishi
M2896-63 8inc Internal Floppy Drive to it. I have two drives but I have not
its manual. So is there anybody who has its manual?
4) If I will can format a 8inc diskette I will need to rebuild the CP/M 2.2
Operating System: So is there anybody who has info to give me to how to do
this?
Thanks so much to all that would help me giving all kind of info, links and
news.
Enrico Lazzerini
I have a high quality CP-A schematic as a 600 DPI JPEG. I'd prefer to send
it to someone who can host it, but I'll honor a FEW individual requests for
it.
Barry Watzman
Watzman at neo.rr.com
>>Most of the older PROM style systems had an issue booting from a cd drive. You can't just use any with them. >>Many people report that Plextor drives are some of the best and Toshiba drive are right behind. Don't forget >>also that the cd drive must be ID 4 and be set for 512 byte sectors (not 1024 or 2048). I personally have never >>tried booting my crimson with my 6.5 cd's but if you just use FX from an Irix 5.3 cd you should be fine.
>>
>>Is ID 4 essential? I've read conflicting info re: required device IDs
>>for booting. What is the expected behavior using a different ID?
ID 4 is not really essential but it is a preferred address. Just don't forget to set the drive for 512 byte sectors. That is a must.
>
>Here there is a schematic already suggested
>http://eece.ksu.edu/~eece696/beta/digital/A/stop.htm but could it works?
>
>What could be the exact schematic and hardware to use? And at the last is
>there anything "ready-to-use" cause I have not much time to spend to build
>it?
I don't think that circuit will work.
This microcontroller encoder might work
http://www.brielcomputers.com/superencoder.html
Grant
