11 May
2006
11 May
'06
7:43 p.m.
Gerhard Lenerz wrote:
Thursday, May 11, 2006, 8:28:43 PM, you wrote:
I seem to remember that it is possible to turn an 8-bit board into a 24-bit
one if you fancy some surface-mount soldering and have a couple of surplus
8-bit boards for the chips...
(Pete Turnbull will know more; I believe he's got a board that he put together
in such a way)
A large card ("Newport Graphics"?) but
appears that 4 RAMs (?)
were not populated at initial manufacture (which suggests it
is a lower-end card?)
Newport is XL graphics. If there is free space where memory would fit
then it is 8bit otherwise 24 bit. You could also try and google up the
part number (the 030-xxxx-yyy number). The strange connector left of that one (just before
the ISDN port) is for
the IndyCam.
Oh, the shells on those Indycam connectors are pretty flimsy - although it's a
D shape they *will* fit on upside down! Luckily I didn't fry anything when I
made that mistake once, but it took me a while to work out why a known-good
camera wasn't working... :-)
Regarding CD-ROM drives I wouldn't give too many
thoughts about that
problem. I usually use a variety of 32x and 40x Plextors with my old
SGIs including a batch of Indy and Indigo 2 systems as well as even
older iron. No unexpected troubles... so far.
Yes, Indys are probably a little less picky than 4D or Indigo machines. It's
just a FYI really - I seem to recall that if you have an incompatible drive
then the install semi-works before dying (which tends to make it appear more
like a media fault or user error than a hardware problem)
cheers
Jules