Nekonomicon - Siemens Nixdorf RW 320 (Indigo R3k)

jirka
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Wrote the following at Sept. 16, 2016, 11:11 p.m...


1 33 MHZ IP12 Processor


FPU: MIPS R2010A/R3010 VLSI Floating Point Chip Revision: 4.0


CPU: MIPS R2000A/R3000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0


On-board serial ports: 2


On-board bi-directional parallel port


Data cache size: 32 Kbytes


Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes


Main memory size: 48 Mbytes


Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 0


Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision C


Tape drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0: DAT


Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0


Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0


Iris Audio Processor: revision 10


Graphics board: GR2-XS24

The case colour is really ugly. The drives are 2x 512 MB.

dexter1
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Wrote the following at Sept. 19, 2016, 4:13 a.m...

Nooo, you have one? Awesome! The system is in a dark grey tint and i happen to like that color variation very much, since i owe an Indigo2 dark grey front flap on my R8K frankenstation.

BTW, pics please

spiroyster
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Wrote the following at Sept. 19, 2016, 7:43 a.m...

Agree, you don't post one of the rarest Indigo offsprings there is without a picture? :evil:

Dark grey? I thought they were dark green khaki ? or was that another SiemensNixdorf/SGI?

jirka
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Wrote the following at Sept. 19, 2016, 10:30 a.m...

OK, here is the photo. The quality is poor, sorry (I will try to make better pictures later).

spiroyster
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 4:32 a.m...

ewww.. that is quite ugly. Almost looks like it could be a prototype.

Structural engineer?

jan-jaap
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 4:38 a.m...

spiroyster wrote: ewww.. that is quite ugly. Almost looks like it could be a prototype.

Not a prototype, they're really supposed to be like that. But yeah, I used to have one or two but I gave them away. Because I like them better in the purple version.

To accentuate the special identity of the IRIS 4D/70, Silicon Graphics' designers selected a new color palette. The machine's coating blends dark grey, raspberry and beige colors into a pleasing harmony. ( IRIS 4D/70 Superworkstation Technical Report )

spiroyster
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 4:43 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

spiroyster wrote: ewww.. that is quite ugly. Almost looks like it could be a prototype.

Not a prototype, they're really supposed to be like that. But yeah, I used to have one or two but I gave them away. Because I like them better in the purple version.

For some reason, it was your 'prototype' blue fuel popped into my head when I first saw this Siemens!

Was there a khaki green Siemens, maybe the Siemens o2 version? Or am I just making that up?

jan-jaap
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 4:52 a.m...

spiroyster wrote: Was there a khaki green Siemens, maybe the Siemens o2 version? Or am I just making that up?

Not that I'm aware of, but the Siemens is not 100% grey, there's a vague hint of olive or dark green in it so maybe that's what you mean?
Here's another one: http://sgistuff.net/collection/systems/1002.html

I've never seen a rebadged Octane or O2 (or newer system)

To accentuate the special identity of the IRIS 4D/70, Silicon Graphics' designers selected a new color palette. The machine's coating blends dark grey, raspberry and beige colors into a pleasing harmony. ( IRIS 4D/70 Superworkstation Technical Report )

spiroyster
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 5:22 a.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

spiroyster wrote: Was there a khaki green Siemens, maybe the Siemens o2 version? Or am I just making that up?

Not that I'm aware of, but the Siemens is not 100% grey, there's a vague hint of olive or dark green in it so maybe that's what you mean?
Here's another one: http://sgistuff.net/collection/systems/1002.html

I've never seen a rebadged Octane or O2 (or newer system)

hmmm you might be right there. Wouldn't be the first time a brain corruption has got the better of me.

Looking at other Siemens, they all seem to be the same shade of grey so I doubt they would have changed their corporate identity for the RW510 (o2).

Sorry jirka, I have completely derailed this for which I apologize.

jirka
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Wrote the following at Sept. 20, 2016, 11:12 a.m...

spiroyster wrote: Structural engineer?

Civil engineer.

jirka
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Wrote the following at Sept. 21, 2016, 4:05 a.m...

spiroyster wrote: Sorry jirka, I have completely derailed this for which I apologize.

No problem.

But what is that big Siemens? The Crimson?

spiroyster
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Wrote the following at Sept. 22, 2016, 1:20 a.m...

jirka wrote:

spiroyster wrote: Sorry jirka, I have completely derailed this for which I apologize.

No problem. But what is that big Siemens? The Crimson?

Yes, from this thread http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14435&p=113354&hilit=Siemens+Nixdorf#p113354 .

I was convinced I had seen a siemens o2 and its colour (and semi-convinced it was here on nekochan somewhere) so searched for any likely candidate, and this popped up. Never seen that before

escimo
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Wrote the following at Oct. 15, 2016, 10:31 a.m...

@jirka: So you outbid me once in the auction for the RW320 from austria! Fortune cookie! Had no time to bid again from the train ride. - Still remember the brocken sticker with the scratch under the "SNI" label at the front. Once ago wanted them as a comparison to my SPARCstation-2 and for reentering in SGI hardware. No problemo! It's in good hands, isn't it?! ;-)

Greetings to Czech Republic from your country neighbor.

Cheers, escimo

Sun Solaris 2.4 @ SPARCstation 2 and SNI PCD-4H . Migration path: NetBSD

jirka
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Wrote the following at Oct. 15, 2016, 11:08 a.m...

Hello escimo,

escimo wrote: So you outbid me once in the auction for the RW320 from austria!

Not really.

I got this machine this summer from the local http://aukro.cz auction server ( http://aukro.cz/show_item.php?item=6434963370 ). So it's previous owner outbid you.

escimo wrote: It's in good hands, isn't it?!

Surely!

Cheers,
Jirka

escimo
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Wrote the following at Oct. 15, 2016, 12:27 p.m...

jirka wrote: Not really. I got this machine this summer from the local http://aukro.cz auction server ( http://aukro.cz/show_item.php?item=6434963370 ). So it's previous owner outbid you.

Even nicer if it's cleaned up. Still have fun with it. ;-)

Cheers.

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escimo
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Wrote the following at March 9, 2017, 10:53 a.m...

Don't know a better place where to put the photo. BTW: have the perm of the owner to show this photo w/ SNI labeled Indy's, one white, the other origin color w/ foreign SNI logo.

Sorry for rape the thread after four month for this :-\

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jirka
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Wrote the following at March 10, 2017, 8:12 a.m...

The white SNI-labelled Indy is really interesting! Thank you very much for the picture!

jirka
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Wrote the following at May 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m...

Just upgraded the machine with more RAM and the Z-buffer card:

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1 33 MHZ IP12 Processor


FPU: MIPS R2010A/R3010 VLSI Floating Point Chip Revision: 4.0


CPU: MIPS R2000A/R3000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0


On-board serial ports: 2


On-board bi-directional parallel port


Data cache size: 32 Kbytes


Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes


Main memory size: 80 Mbytes


Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 0


Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision C


Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0


Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0


Iris Audio Processor: revision 10


Graphics board: GR2-XS24 with Z-buffer

The Z-buffer thingy can is this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Z-buffer-for-SGI-IRIS-Indigo-system-030-8060-001-/142345006643

escimo
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Wrote the following at May 21, 2017, 2:42 a.m...

Nice update. So this is now the maxed out version of the XS?

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jirka
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Wrote the following at May 21, 2017, 10:04 a.m...

Yes, it is. There is no more space for expansion. Actually it's a very nice update: 3D stuff is much faster now. Visualization in the MeshTV were very slow withoiut the Z-buffer card and now are OK.

SGI: hinv

Siemens Nixdorf RW 320 (Indigo R3k)