This was my first SGI machine.
I purchased this around 2009, IIRC. I'm actually the "original" owner (In a way --
). I bought this from an ebay auction selling a handful of these units advertised as used SEMview workstations. Seller stated he couldn't even determine if they were ever used (yeah, sure). I took a chance and paid like $200 for it. I don't think the seller ever sold the rest. There were no pictures in the auction, but I felt relatively comfortable after going back and forth with the seller over the phone.
Well, it shows, because the thing arrived in the original SGI box, and I couldn't tell if it was ever used either. It was obviously removed from the box to configure the software and install a PCI cage with some type of remote KVM card which is not relevant to SGI/IRIX, and a RAD audio card and fiber channel (not sure what the RAD audio card was used for).
SEMview, I think, has to do with microscopy (with a tie-in to wafer inspection maybe) based on what was installed on the system.
It originally had an Octane video setup with a PVO and dual 300's. I sold this on ebay to a buyer in Norway and upgraded to an Odyssey Tri-Carrier with V12 and DM2 (the latter currently unused -- really wanted the V12) and bought a dual 600 module from j5reward before the prices of these went crazy.
This is one of those "half-way" SGI systems with *green* skins (despite the pictures), new logo, and Octane2 guts. Also came with the "skinny"/new granite keyboard and mouse.
Oh, and I replaced the incandescent bulbs with a white LED -- the camera makes it look purple/blue, but they are absolutely white when viewed in person.
I purchased this around 2009, IIRC. I'm actually the "original" owner (In a way --
). I bought this from an ebay auction selling a handful of these units advertised as used SEMview workstations. Seller stated he couldn't even determine if they were ever used (yeah, sure). I took a chance and paid like $200 for it. I don't think the seller ever sold the rest. There were no pictures in the auction, but I felt relatively comfortable after going back and forth with the seller over the phone.
Well, it shows, because the thing arrived in the original SGI box, and I couldn't tell if it was ever used either. It was obviously removed from the box to configure the software and install a PCI cage with some type of remote KVM card which is not relevant to SGI/IRIX, and a RAD audio card and fiber channel (not sure what the RAD audio card was used for).
SEMview, I think, has to do with microscopy (with a tie-in to wafer inspection maybe) based on what was installed on the system.
It originally had an Octane video setup with a PVO and dual 300's. I sold this on ebay to a buyer in Norway and upgraded to an Odyssey Tri-Carrier with V12 and DM2 (the latter currently unused -- really wanted the V12) and bought a dual 600 module from j5reward before the prices of these went crazy.
This is one of those "half-way" SGI systems with *green* skins (despite the pictures), new logo, and Octane2 guts. Also came with the "skinny"/new granite keyboard and mouse.
Oh, and I replaced the incandescent bulbs with a white LED -- the camera makes it look purple/blue, but they are absolutely white when viewed in person.
Code:
Location: /hw/node
PM20600MHZ Board: barcode NEX262 part 030-1778-001 rev C
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 000000737627
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
IP30 Board: barcode LMF753 part 030-1467-001 rev D
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000058a4b2
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
FP1 Board: barcode LPT570 part 030-0891-003 rev H
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000004eae8c
PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE0210718 part 060-0035-002 rev A
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000004861ce
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/13
XTALKPCI Board: barcode KCM907 part 030-0952-005 rev E
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000047420e
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11
ODY128VERSIONB Board: barcode LKR214 part 030-1611-001 rev C
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000005518ce
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/10
XT-DIGVID Board: barcode MHW162 part 030-1653-002 rev H
Group 11 Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000059a1a5
2 600 MHZ IP30 Processors
Heart ASIC: Revision F
CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.4
FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
Tape drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0: DAT
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Integral SCSI controller 2: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 1, 33 MHz PCI
Integral SCSI controller 3: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 2, 33 MHz PCI
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: V12
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 13.0, number 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 3
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 3
XT-DIGVID Multi-standard Digital Video: controller 0, unit 0, version 0x0
PM20600MHZ Board: barcode NEX262 part 030-1778-001 rev C
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 000000737627
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
IP30 Board: barcode LMF753 part 030-1467-001 rev D
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000058a4b2
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
FP1 Board: barcode LPT570 part 030-0891-003 rev H
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000004eae8c
PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE0210718 part 060-0035-002 rev A
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000004861ce
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/13
XTALKPCI Board: barcode KCM907 part 030-0952-005 rev E
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000047420e
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11
ODY128VERSIONB Board: barcode LKR214 part 030-1611-001 rev C
Group ff Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 0000005518ce
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/10
XT-DIGVID Board: barcode MHW162 part 030-1653-002 rev H
Group 11 Capability ffffffff Variety ff Laser 00000059a1a5
2 600 MHZ IP30 Processors
Heart ASIC: Revision F
CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.4
FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
Tape drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0: DAT
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Integral SCSI controller 2: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 1, 33 MHz PCI
Integral SCSI controller 3: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 2, 33 MHz PCI
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: V12
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 13.0, number 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 3
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 3
XT-DIGVID Multi-standard Digital Video: controller 0, unit 0, version 0x0
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Dual R14K@600MHz, 2GB RAM, V12, 1x72GB HDD
R10K@175MHz, 512MB RAM, 1x72GB HDD
68040@33MHz, 128MB RAM, NeXTdimension 32MB, 2x 4.3GB HDD
...And lots of other UNIX-like systems for which there is no icon.
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