Nekonomicon - Indy, R4400 175MHz, 96MB, 24bit Graphics

chicaneuk
Who joined July 10, 2012, 3:48 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 12:22 p.m...

It's seemed a little quiet on the hinv section for a while, so it seemed a good excuse to put up the details of my Indy. Another scrapper from work, this was absolutely barebones with a 100MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, 8 bit graphics and some extremely loud old drives measured in MB not GB

It's duly received several upgrades to make it a bit more usable, and I also put in a 15K 146GB SCSI drive.

hinv output:

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   IRIS 1# hinv -v
   

   CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 6.0
   

   FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
   

   1 175 MHZ IP22 Processor
   

   Main memory size: 96Mbytes
   

   Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
   

   Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
   

   On-board serial ports: 2
   

   On-board bi-directional parallel port
   

   Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
   

   Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
   

   Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
   

   Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
   

   Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam not connected

gfxinfo output:

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   IRIS 2# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
   

   Graphics board 0 is “NG1” graphics.
   

   Managed (“:0.0”) 1024x768
   

   24 bitplanes, NG1 revision 6, REX3 revision B, VC2 revision A
   

   MC revision C, xmap9 revision A, cmap revision D, bt445 revision D
   

   Display 1024x768 @ 60Hz, monitor id 15

Couple of bad pictures..

Cheers.

ClassicHasClass
From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 12:53 p.m...

Nice specs!

smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 800MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP:

purplehaze , R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from

bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

uunix
From Stourbridge / England / UK
Who joined March 27, 2011, 12:48 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 1:12 p.m...

You gotta love Indy..

Mines doing work tonight also.

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uunix
From Stourbridge / England / UK
Who joined March 27, 2011, 12:48 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 1:41 p.m...

chicaneuk is that monitor SOG-OK or do you have a conversion device?

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chicaneuk
Who joined July 10, 2012, 3:48 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 1:54 p.m...

The monitor does indeed seem to be SOG and is connected up by a DIY cable a friend of mine made up for me

The problem with the monitor is that the native res isn't supported on any of my kit (1680x1050).

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

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 2:10 p.m...

chicaneuk wrote: Another scrapper from work, this was absolutely barebones with a 100MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, 8 bit graphics and some extremely loud old drives measured in MB not GB

Yup, had one exactly like that in my first real job ... did real work with it too.

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)

chicaneuk
Who joined July 10, 2012, 3:48 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 2:13 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

chicaneuk wrote: Another scrapper from work, this was absolutely barebones with a 100MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, 8 bit graphics and some extremely loud old drives measured in MB not GB

Yup, had one exactly like that in my first real job ... did real work with it too.

I guess in it's defence, IRIX was a bit less bloated back then so probably booted and ran a bit quicker!

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

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 2:48 p.m...

chicaneuk wrote: I guess in it's defence, IRIX was a bit less bloated back then so probably booted and ran a bit quicker!

True, but it came with IRIX 5.1.x which leaked memory like nothing else so it had to be rebooted every couple of days.

With IRIX 5.3 it was perfectly usable, especially after we upgraded the memory with an extra 64MB. Of course, 'usable' was compared to a contemporary PC, usually a 486DX/2 running Windows 95 or OS/2 Warp.

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)

foetz
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Who joined April 14, 2003, 4:34 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 6:57 p.m...

uunix wrote: You gotta love Indy..

Mines doing work tonight also.

oh you're running cde. that's quite a rare sight

r-a-c.de

josehill
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From New England, USA
Who joined June 6, 2005, 9:53 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 8:31 p.m...

foetz wrote: oh you're running cde. that's quite a rare sight

I'd boot mine up in CDE every now and then, just from curiosity. As far as CDE experiences go, the SGI version was quite nice and snappy. I can't quite put my finger on any objective reason why this was the case, but CDE somehow felt smoother on an SGI machine than on Sun or AIX machines of similar vintage and power. It's easy to setup CDE and then switch back to the Irix Interactive Desktop when finished (just a matter of installing the CDE eoe and then setting/unsetting some chkconfig flags), so if you are at all curious, I suggest giving it a try.

foetz
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Who joined April 14, 2003, 4:34 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 8:44 p.m...

josehill wrote:

foetz wrote: oh you're running cde. that's quite a rare sight

I'd boot mine up in CDE every now and then, just from curiosity. As far as CDE experiences go, the SGI version was quite nice and snappy. I can't quite put my finger on any objective reason why this was the case, but CDE somehow felt smoother on an SGI machine than on Sun or AIX machines of similar vintage and power. It's easy to setup CDE and then switch back to the Irix Interactive Desktop when finished (just a matter of installing the CDE eoe and then setting/unsetting some chkconfig flags), so if you are at all curious, I suggest giving it a try.

oh i did run cde on irix myself a couple of times. it's just not something you see often

r-a-c.de

josehill
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From New England, USA
Who joined June 6, 2005, 9:53 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 9:14 p.m...

foetz wrote: oh i did run cde on irix myself a couple of times. it's just not something you see often

That's for sure. Whenever I ran it, people would walk by and assume I was running a remote display. "Hey! How did you get those cool fonts in AIX?"

ClassicHasClass
From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 20, 2015, 10:51 p.m...

josehill wrote:

foetz wrote: oh i did run cde on irix myself a couple of times. it's just not something you see often

That's for sure. Whenever I ran it, people would walk by and assume I was running a remote display. "Hey! How did you get those cool fonts in AIX?"

LOL! My only CDE systems right now are, indeed, my AIX boxes and my C8000.

smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 800MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP:

purplehaze , R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from

bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

uunix
From Stourbridge / England / UK
Who joined March 27, 2011, 12:48 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 1:21 a.m...

The desktop you see is from a Power6 AIX CDE, I was telneted into the Indy.

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josehill
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From New England, USA
Who joined June 6, 2005, 9:53 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 6:59 a.m...

uunix wrote: The desktop you see is from a Power6 AIX CDE, I was telneted into the Indy.

...which makes the last few remarks by foetz and me even funnier. Well, at least to me.

ClassicHasClass
From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 1:01 p.m...

uunix wrote: The desktop you see is from a Power6 AIX CDE, I was telneted into the Indy.

Whee. Which POWER6? I have a p520.

smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 800MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP:

purplehaze , R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from

bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

uunix
From Stourbridge / England / UK
Who joined March 27, 2011, 12:48 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 1:19 p.m...

Sorry ClassicHasClass, it's a power 5, realised I miss-typed.

It's a 9111 285. running AIX 7.1, I picked it up from a guy who wanted to run Catia on it but couldn't licence/crack it. I haven't done much with it really yet apart from put 7.1 on it, which I'm not sure was the best thing to do in hindsight. I do like it though, and it's so quiet you can hardly tell it's running.

Some years ago I left a company and left my AS/400 there, completely forgot it. I only thought about it yesterday, so I contacted the boss and there is a slight chance he still has it.

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ClassicHasClass
From Sunny So Cal
Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 5:53 p.m...

That'd be cool. No one's really preserving those old AS/400 systems.

smit happens.

:Fuel:

bigred , 800MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12, 6.5.30
:Indy:

indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP:

purplehaze , R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from

bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * HP C8000 * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...

foetz
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Who joined April 14, 2003, 4:34 a.m.

Wrote the following at Jan. 21, 2015, 10:21 p.m...

josehill wrote:

uunix wrote: The desktop you see is from a Power6 AIX CDE, I was telneted into the Indy.

...which makes the last few remarks by foetz and me even funnier. Well, at least to me.

for sure, same here. so hey, seems we have an advantage then

r-a-c.de

SGI: hinv

Indy, R4400 175MHz, 96MB, 24bit Graphics