5 Jan
2008
5 Jan
'08
11:15 p.m.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 22:47, Richard wrote:
VGXT is a graphics board set, Crimson is a machine. Crimson can be
equipped with the VGXT board set. The IRIS 410 is a single MIPS 3000
deskside machine, quite like the Crimson, only brown. The difference
between Crimson and the 4x0 IRISes is that Crimson is an R4000
machine, while earlier ones are R3000.
No, they aren't fixed. But SCSI can be set up in a couple of ways in
Crimson, putting some of the internal bays on either a single bus or
divided between them. This has an impact on how termination should be
handled (terminators on the connectors at the bottom). I don't carry
the Crimson user guide with me on holiday, but I'll be glad to look up
the particulars when I get home next week.
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Only one of mine is. ;-)
,
"Jason T" <silent700 at
gmail.com> writes:
Indeed, it is mighty pretty too! Mine is the
"server" model, going
by
the label on top, yet it has a 13W3 graphics card. I believe the
Server had no gfx at all?
As I understand it, that's correct. But on these systems you can add
a graphics card to it.
Is yours marked "Jurassic Classic"? Mine is :-) I've got a
dead Iris 410/VGXT downstairs. Wonder if I can transplant
the gfx board from that into the Crimson?
Oh, a VGXT. I've wanted one of those in my collection as its the
first SGI machine with hardware texture. I'm still fuzzy on what the
difference is between a Crimson and a VGXT, aside from the graphics
bits. Anyone tried
to use external SCSI on a Crimson (or Iris?)
I haven't tried it yet on any of my machines, but I'd be interested to
hear the results of debugging your issue if you get it working.
Is it possible that the SCSI device IDs are fixed and that's why
connecting an external device makes your HD disappear?