Nekonomicon - WTB: SGI Onyx System Controller

ian_finder
From Seattle, WA & Chicago, IL
Who joined July 4, 2005, 2:04 p.m.

Wrote the following at July 5, 2015, 5:13 p.m...

Hey, I'm looking to buy an Onyx system controller, I just bought a Terminator rack and the SC is kaput. Anyone got one? i'd like to get this 800LB beast running soon, and will happily pay. Thanks.

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

Wrote the following at July 6, 2015, 12:02 a.m...

Congrats on your promotion to tall rack systems

I think a deskside SC will work too with a bit of handywork -- the difference is mostly the metal piece to slide it into the card cage.

Not sure I have a spare to let go, and I'm on the wrong side of the planet anyway. If you get desperate I can go digging ...

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
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In the museum : almost every MIPS/IRIX system.
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ian_finder
From Seattle, WA & Chicago, IL
Who joined July 4, 2005, 2:04 p.m.

Wrote the following at July 6, 2015, 9:05 a.m...

Yep, I robbed a desk side which I is how I knew the syscltlr was the issue

ian_finder
From Seattle, WA & Chicago, IL
Who joined July 4, 2005, 2:04 p.m.

Wrote the following at July 6, 2015, 9:06 a.m...

Anyhow my sig isn't current I only have the one desk side now

pentium
From Kamloops, BC
Who joined Aug. 28, 2006, 6:29 p.m.

Wrote the following at July 9, 2015, 8:57 a.m...

I forget who it was who gave me a spare one but I know I have one in my storage room.
Remind me to grab it and my old R4400 board a few days before I come down to visit again.