11 May
2006
11 May
'06
7:20 a.m.
Greetings!
Gerhard Lenerz wrote:
Ah, OK. This looks the same as what I have -- less the
drive, of course.
I can't see any need (for *me*) for a second NIC -- at least
not in *this* box. And, I can probably dangle an external
CD, disk, etc. off the internal SCSI (via the HD50 connector
on the back). Is it safe to assume that the "built in"
video is "good enough"? Or, to get "good" video (wasn't
SGI *known* for "good video"?) do I need to add something?
I am more interested in seeing what IRIX is like and the quality
of the video and audio. I am not (as) concerned with speed.
Thanks!
--don
Is this
intended for a floppy? Or, some other
similar (physical) sized medium? I assume that
whatever sort of drive it is, it uses a SCSI interface
(I don't see any other provisions)?
the slot was used for the optional floptical drive.
How is (whatever) *mounted*? There is a sled
for
hard disk in the "slot" below this but no obvious
clues as to how to mount anything *above*!
The floptical is mounted in just another drivesled on top of the
existing one. As far as I recall this requires that the drive doesn't
have it's plastic front cover installed:
http://storage.g-lenerz.de/images/sgistuff/indy-1601-drives.jpg 
And, what
sorts of add-ons (?) mate to the main
board (I see what appear to be two daughtercard
conectors).
This the GIO32 bus. Some cards that could be installed on top of the
graphics board were additional network/SCSI controllers or video
options. Lastly, is any
of this worth playing with?
Depends. If you are interested in UNIX workstations and haven't seen
IRIX then probably yes. All in all it's -depending on the actual
configuration- a decent 10+ year old machine which runs pretty silent
und makes for example a fine X terminal.