Nekonomicon - Tezro 4xR16K 700MHz 4GB V12 DCD DM3 DM5 SAS U320

deBug
From Sweden
Who joined Feb. 27, 2006, 1:44 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 2, 2008, 8:49 a.m...

nekonoko wrote:

jdboyd wrote: I am obviously in the wrong part of the country for getting such things.

Nah, not in this case - this particular Tezro was on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0258148673

I just had to pull the spare IO9 from my O350. But there's also an IO9 on eBay for $250.

I was mighty interested in this but chickened out due to the gfx err message.
Nice to see that it ended up at your place and was easy to get going.

What was the deal with that error message anyway, missing io9?

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jan-jaap
Donor
From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 2, 2008, 8:57 a.m...

deBug wrote: I was mighty interested in this but chickened out due to the gfx err message.

Hah, wait 'till you see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0270475112
Two Tezro's, in Sweden, for $1000.

Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet

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nekonoko
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From Pleasanton, California
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 1:31 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 2, 2008, 9:28 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote: Nice system
How's the noise level? Fuel-like or Onyx2-like?

More Fuel-like than Onyx; it isn't bad at all. It's probably due to the combination of the recessed front fans (the "fan wall" as SGI calls it) and the relatively slow RPM.

recondas wrote: I have a couple that appear to be identical, both were with 02s that came from the Radiology department of a local university medical school. I was told they were used with CT scanners.
The labeled fuction keys brought up specific views; A-P= a ntero p osterior; P-A= p ostero a nterior;

Ah, that sounds familiar now - you may have mentioned that to me before. Failing memory

deBug wrote: What was the deal with that error message anyway, missing io9?

Right - IO9 is essential to the system. In addition to providing your basic IO (console, network, SCSI, IDE) it also contains the NVRAM and TOD clock. Without a valid NVRAM the machine was unable to determine the graphics state (amongst countless other things I'd wager) and flagged the error.

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hamei
From over the rainbow
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 2, 2008, 9:46 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote: Two Tezro's, in Sweden, for $1000.

Where was that listed - in Albania ? For twenty minutes ? Only four bids, all from the same person ?

Something smells fishy here !

ramq
From Sweden
Who joined Jan. 25, 2008, 6:06 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 2, 2008, 11:34 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote: Hah, wait 'till you see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0270475112
Two Tezro's, in Sweden, for $1000.

Aaargh! And I'm usually looking out on eBay daily or atleast some times a week, and now this... *bangs head to desk*

deBug
From Sweden
Who joined Feb. 27, 2006, 1:44 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 3, 2008, 12:20 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

deBug wrote: I was mighty interested in this but chickened out due to the gfx err message.

Hah, wait 'till you see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0270475112
Two Tezro's, in Sweden, for $1000.

What the f**!!
How can I have missed this one??
Dam you jan-jaap. You just ruined my day! :evil:

The location is in driving distance from me. I cant for the life understand how I could have missed that one.
Probably not listed for very long as hamei said.

/Harry

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jan-jaap
Donor
From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 3, 2008, 12:52 a.m...

deBug wrote: Dam you jan-jaap. You just ruined my day!

Now, if I had told you 'nanana, look what I picked up under your noses' but I wouldn't have minded this one myself. Sell off system number too, keep one free Tezro!

deBug wrote: The location is in driving distance from me. I cant for the life understand how I could have missed that one.
Probably not listed for very long as hamei said.

Looks like a regular auction to me:

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   Time Ended:Aug-25-08 01:00:29 PDT
   

   roberto.t       US $1,000.00    Aug-24-08 23:03:40 PDT
   

   roberto.t       US $1,000.00    Aug-24-08 20:34:23 PDT
   

   roberto.t       US $1,000.00    Aug-23-08 22:13:05 PDT
   

   roberto.t       US $1,000.00    Aug-23-08 22:12:44 PDT
   

   Starting Price   US $1,000.00    Aug-18-08 01:00:29 PDT

The buyer is adjusting his bid, probably afraid to be sniped in the last second. The seller however, is from Sweden, has zero feedback and posted to Ebay US (or at least that's where I found this one). I can imagine some people's hesitation to bid on it, and Mr. Roberto T. got lucky.

Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet

It turns out that when reset, the WD33C93 defaults to a SCSI ID of 0, and it was simpler to leave it that way... -- Dave Olson, in comp.sys.sgi
Currently in commercial service:

(2x)

In the museum : almost every MIPS/IRIX system.
Wanted : GM1 board for Professional Series GT graphics (030-0076-003, 030-0076-004)

bjornl
From Sweden
Who joined May 9, 2006, 11:55 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 3, 2008, 7:57 a.m...

He was a bit silly not to make it available in Europe.

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   Ships to: United States

I think he would have gotten many more bidders.

nekonoko
Site Admin
From Pleasanton, California
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 1:31 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 3, 2008, 8:26 a.m...

bjornl wrote: He was a bit silly not to make it available in Europe.

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Ships to: United States

I think he would have gotten many more bidders.

Right, it was a little a weird. He wanted $600 for shipping plus he had no feedback whatsoever - that was way beyond risky for me.

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Martin Steen
From Braunschweig (Germany)
Who joined Sept. 25, 2007, 2 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 8, 2008, 8:04 a.m...

There is a Tezro at eBay/Germany:

http://cgi.ebay.de/SGI-TEZRO-2x700MHz-3 ... 31121a2488

The dealer is in Braunschweig (15 min from my home). But I suppose, 2200 € is to much.

recondas
Moderator
From NC - USA
Who joined June 6, 2004, 5:55 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2008, 5:32 a.m...

@nekonoko - when your schedule allows would you consider adding your system to the Tezro Hardware Gallery?

Some interior shots would be a nice addition

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nekonoko
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From Pleasanton, California
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 1:31 a.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2008, 9:18 a.m...

recondas wrote: @nekonoko - when your schedule allows would you consider adding your system to the Tezro Hardware Gallery?

Some interior shots would be a nice addition

I can add the shots I already took (and are posted earlier in this thread) - there isn't much more to show than that. Two side panels - two views of the interior

recondas
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From NC - USA
Who joined June 6, 2004, 5:55 p.m.

Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2008, 2:17 p.m...

nekonoko wrote: I can add the shots I already took (and are posted earlier in this thread) - there isn't much more to show than that. Two side panels - two views of the interior

Thanks - I know for one I'd be appreciative of their inclusion in the Gallery. Other than your shots most of the photos I've seen are low-res exterior shots with only the occasional oblique glimpse of the internals.

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nekonoko
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From Pleasanton, California
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 1:31 a.m.

Wrote the following at Oct. 18, 2010, 2:26 p.m...

Minor update; got a DM5 in recently:

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   root@Kazehana ~ # /usr/gfx/gfxinfo -v
   

   Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
   

   Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
   

   BUZZ version B.2
   

   PB&J version 1
   

   128MB memory
   

   Banks: 4, CAS latency: 3
   

   DM5 attached to Dual Channel 0
   

   Monitor 0 type: Unknown
   

   Dual Channel Display option
   

   Monitor 1 type: Unknown         Monitor 2 type: Unknown
   

   Input Sync: Voltage - Video Level; Source - Internal; Genlocked - False
   

   Channel 0:
   

   Origin = (0,0)
   

   Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60)
   

   Video Format Flags:  (none)
   

   Sync Disabled
   

   Using Gamma Map 0
   

   Channel 2 (physical port 1):
   

   Origin = (0,0)
   

   Video Output: 1280 pixels, 720 lines, 60.00Hz (720P_60)
   

   Video Format Flags:  (none)
   

   Sync Disabled
   

   Using Gamma Map 0

Haven't done much yet except connect the cables and confirm it shows up in gfxinfo.

recondas
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Wrote the following at Oct. 18, 2010, 3:14 p.m...

nekonoko wrote: Minor update; got a DM5 in recently:

A nice addition to an already very nice system.

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Tezro 4xR16K 700MHz 4GB V12 DCD DM3 DM5 SAS U320