Nekonomicon - O2 R12000 300MHz, 384MB RAM, 72GB 10K.

chicaneuk
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 3:52 a.m...

The culmination of trying to get a load of dumpstered O2's into one working machine. I may have some more memory to go in at some point, but this is enough to get me up and running!

Code:

  CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.3
  
  FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
  
  1 300 MHZ IP32 Processor
  
  Main memory size: 384 Mbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  FLASH PROM version 4.18
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  
  CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 1
  
  On-board serial ports: tty1
  
  On-board serial ports: tty2
  
  On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
  
  CRM graphics installed
  
  Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
  
  PCI Fast Ethernet: ec1, 10/100Mb, bus 0, slot 3, id 0x104c, rev 3.0
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x104c, device 0x0500) PCI slot 3
  
  Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
  
  with no AV Card or Camera.
  
  Vice: TRE

Cheers!

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ClassicHasClass
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 5:45 a.m...

Lots of resurrected O2s in hinv these days.

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smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 700MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
probably posted from

bruce , 2x2x2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 8GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

vishnu
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 9:39 a.m...

A thing of beauty! Or, I'm just assuming it is since you didn't actually post a picture...

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chicaneuk
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 11:50 a.m...

My workmates aren't into old UNIX stuff at all and I think I'm crazy building this thing up and the amount of HOURS I've put into getting it going again. However I'll do my best to grab a shot soon. Cosmetically it's not too bad but the outer skin on the right hand side has a huge great scratch across it - unfortunately it was the best condition skin out of 5 O2's!

I just love how cool it looks on my desk though. Such awesome product designers SGI had!

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vishnu
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 1:26 p.m...

chicaneuk wrote:

...the right hand side has a huge great scratch across it -

You might be able to fix that with Novus Plastic Polish, if you give it a try post back and let us know how it works as I'm not sure anyone here has actually tried it yet...

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Movin' on up, toooo the east side
Plan:
World domination! Or something...

foetz
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 4:07 p.m...

chicaneuk wrote:

My workmates aren't into old UNIX stuff at all and I think I'm crazy building this thing up and the amount of HOURS I've put into getting it going again. However I'll do my best to grab a shot soon. Cosmetically it's not too bad but the outer skin on the right hand side has a huge great scratch across it - unfortunately it was the best condition skin out of 5 O2's!

I just love how cool it looks on my desk though. Such awesome product designers SGI had!

indeed and it's just as special on the inside

chicaneuk
Who joined July 10, 2012, 2:48 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Aug. 5, 2013, 11:50 p.m...

vishnu wrote:

chicaneuk wrote:

...the right hand side has a huge great scratch across it -

You might be able to fix that with Novus Plastic Polish, if you give it a try post back and let us know how it works as I'm not sure anyone here has actually tried it yet...

Cool - I found some cheap sampler kits on eBay - I will get one ordered and see how it goes

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ibara
Who joined Aug. 20, 2013, 10:25 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 7:10 a.m...

I'm new here (prodded to join by ClassicHasClass

). Here's my O2, named Reco. My O2 is running OpenBSD so I can't get an hinv from within IRIX, but below is a serial dump of 'hinv -v -p' and 'hinv -v -t' from the maintenance console.

Code:

  > hinv -v -p
  
  System: IP32
  
  Processor: 195 Mhz R10000, with FPU
  
  Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
  
  Memory size: 512 Mbytes
  
  Graphics: CRM, Rev C
  
  Audio: A3 version 1
  
  SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(2)
  
  SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
  
  > hinv -v -t
  
  system ARC SGI-IP32 key 0
  
  processor CPU MIPS-R10000 key 0
  
  processor FPU MIPS-R10000FPC key 0
  
  cache primary icache 32 Kbytes (block 1 lines, line 64 bytes)
  
  cache primary dcache 32 Kbytes (block 1 lines, line 32 bytes)
  
  cache secondary cache 1024 Kbytes (block 1 lines, line 64 bytes)
  
  memory main 512 Mbytes
  
  controller display SGI-CRM, Rev C key 0 ( ConsoleOut Output )
  
  peripheral monitor key 0
  
  controller network 110Base-TX revision 2 key 0
  
  v: net SGI-MH MACE-EC - type: Ethernet MTU: 1500 HW: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
  
  peripheral network DP83840-1 key 0 ( Input Output )
  
  controller serial MACE-16550 key 0
  
  peripheral line key 0 ( ConsoleIn ConsoleOut Input Output )
  
  controller serial MACE-16550 key 1
  
  peripheral line key 0 ( ConsoleIn ConsoleOut Input Output )
  
  controller audio A3 key 1 ( Input Output )
  
  controller keyboard pckbd key 0
  
  controller pointer pcms key 0
  
  adapter PCI MACE-PCI key 0
  
  adapter SCSI ADP7880 key 0
  
  controller disk SGI IBM DDRS-39130W key 2
  
  peripheral disk unit 0 ( Input Output )
  
  v: scsidisk - - - blocksize: 0 maxblocks: 0
  
  controller CDROM TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6401TA key 4
  
  peripheral disk unit 0 ( ReadOnly Removable Input )
  
  adapter SCSI ADP7880 key 1

I've had the machine for a little over a year now. In the past few weeks I got a 5-port USB PCI card and a cheap RealTek 8188CUS USB wifi dongle (urtwn(4), for other OpenBSD users) and now I have a happy wifi-enabled O2

Unfortunately, I don't have a dedicated place for the machine yet, but here's a picture of it.

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Sadly, the O2 body came damaged. I'm not one of those people interested in the looks of the machine (as long as it works, I'm happy) so I doubt I'll ever get it fixed.

And here's my (currently sparse, but usable) desktop screenshot.

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:O2:

reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

ClassicHasClass
Who joined July 25, 2012, 6:12 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 7:17 a.m...

You again! Nicely done. What's with the TVLand sticker? Does this machine watch Nick at Nite?

It's a shame O2 plastics are so damn fragile.

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smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 700MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
probably posted from

bruce , 2x2x2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 8GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

ibara
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 7:19 a.m...

The machine came from the studio of Klasky-Csupo, where it was used in the rendering farm of cartoons such as Rugrats, Ahh!!! Real Monsters, and Duckman. In fact, that was the major reason for me purchasing it; I grew up with those cartoons so the machine has extra value to me over its utility. I always assumed the tvland2 sticker was just its name in the internal network or something.

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reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

ClassicHasClass
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 7:26 a.m...

Oh, that's awesome! Some of these SGI boxes have great history. My second Fuel had stickers implying it came from a nuclear lab of some sort.

Nice use of Dillo. Very appropriate for the machine.

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smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 700MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
probably posted from

bruce , 2x2x2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 8GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

ibara
Who joined Aug. 20, 2013, 10:25 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 7:28 a.m...

ClassicHasClass wrote:

Nice use of Dillo. Very appropriate for the machine.

It was an easy choice, since I'm the maintainer of the Dillo port for OpenBSD

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reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

smj
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Wrote the following at Aug. 21, 2013, 10:52 p.m...

Welcome! How are those Loongsons treating you?

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... Now?

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+MLA

... Other: DEC :BA213:

Sun , DG AViiON , NeXT :Cube:

ibara
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Wrote the following at Aug. 22, 2013, 9:34 a.m...

Thanks. The Loongsons are great. I use the Fuloong as a general server at home (and it hosts my gopherhole to the public).
One yeeloong is on permanent compile duty; the other I use as a travel netbook. And I often have to give mini demonstrations wherever I take it

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reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

chicaneuk
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Wrote the following at Aug. 23, 2013, 2:51 a.m...

I have an O2 CD drive cover you can have for free, if you want to cover the shipping from the UK!

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ibara
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Wrote the following at Aug. 23, 2013, 3:02 a.m...

I actually have the CD drive cover, it's just not on the machine right now

But thanks for the offer!

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reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

miod
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Wrote the following at Aug. 25, 2013, 9:57 a.m...

ibara wrote:

It was an easy choice, since I'm the maintainer of the Dillo port for OpenBSD

Keep quiet, or they'll realize we're slowly invading the place! :lol:

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R4000

R4400

R8000

R10000

R4000PC

R4000SC

R5000SC

R5000

RM7000

2xR10000

R12000

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2x2xR10000 :Fuel:

R16000

among more than 150 machines : Apollo, Be, Data General, Digital, HP, IBM, MIPS before SGI , Motorola, NeXT, SGI, Solbourne, Sun...

hamei
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Wrote the following at Aug. 25, 2013, 5:07 p.m...

ibara wrote:

It was an easy choice, since I'm the maintainer of the Dillo port for OpenBSD

Busted ! If you type "Dillo" into the search box and look under /Development, you'll find quite a few posts about Dillo ....

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ibara
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Wrote the following at Aug. 25, 2013, 8:41 p.m...

Oh, I just make sure Dillo is up-to-date and works on OpenBSD

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reco 195 MHz R10K, 512 MB RAM, CRM, OpenBSD
Plus a lot of other MIPS machines: 2x Lemote Yeeloong (loongson), Lemote Fuloong (loongson), Portwell CAM-0100 (octeon), UBNT EdgeRouter LITE (octeon)

SGI: hinv

O2 R12000 300MHz, 384MB RAM, 72GB 10K.