ISO: SGI VW320 parts

The memory shows up on ebay all the time. Yes, you can use std slot 1 processors with 100mhz bus speed. A few people have been using Sloket boards with good results to adapt socket 370 flip chips to the 320. Depending on the motherboard revision, you can run up to 1ghz cpu's. You need to check on the two VRM modules to see if they are present. They sell on ebay occasionally too. Setup and installation of Win NT or Win2k is a bit tricky. You have to set up a small FAT partition as the first partition to load the ARC loader into. The Sgi320, does not have a BIOS but has a real Unix box style PROM monitor. To spoof Windows into loading and booting, you load the ARC loader and then Windows boots within a Window of the ARC loader. All necessary files are available on Sgi's website. If you are going to load Win2k, you also need to select a special Sgi320 HAL at first boot of the installation disk. When the Windows installer prompts you to "Press F6 to select a disk controller" press F5 instead. Then select the SgiMP HAL. Once you have it running, it makes a remarkable fast and stable Windows box. It's probably the only Windows box that I have ever had a BSOD on. On 4/27/06, Don Y <dgy at dakotacom.net> wrote: -- www.blackcube.org - The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers www.blackcube.org/personal/index.html - Personal web page