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Gerhard.Lenerz
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Wrote on the subject of [L00king4] Irix 3.x (especially 3.3.1) software at May 12, 2004, 2:15 a.m...

Uhh... trying to compile anything even remotely modern on 3.3 is asking for a *lot* of work. It begins with a C-Compiler that will cause a lot of trouble and ends with a certain lack of more or less important stuff (X for example).

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Wrote on the subject of [L00king4] Irix 3.x (especially 3.3.1) software at May 12, 2004, 6:38 a.m...

Getting even remotely modern software to run on 4D1 3.x is a major PITA. Some of the most popular problems include the lack of X and the dated compiler that is in the 3.x IDO.

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Wrote on the subject of SARIEN: Sierra On-Line Adventure for IRIX at July 8, 2004, 2:08 a.m...

Thomas: I've got an old (oops... 0.7.0 is still current) version around for quite a while - doesn't run too good IMO.

http://www.tastensuppe.de/~gerhard/freeware/irix/6.5/

If you have esound and stuff like that installed (plus LD_LIBRARY_PATH and such correctly set up) it should run [1].

Gerhard

[1] Prefered installation location: /usr/local

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Oct. 2, 2005, 10:25 a.m...

I've got just another one of the weirder Indigo 2 models (the other being the R8000):

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   CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
   

   FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
   

   1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
   

   Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
   

   Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
   

   Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
   

   Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
   

   CDROM: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
   

   Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   On-board serial ports: 2
   

   On-board bi-directional parallel port
   

   Graphics board: GR3-Elan
   

   Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
   

   Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 1.1.0
   

   EISA bus: adapter 0

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   Graphics board 0 is "GR2" graphics.
   

   Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
   

   4 GEs, 1 RE, 24 bitplanes, 4 auxplanes, 4 cidplanes, Z-buffer
   

   GR2 revision 4, VB2.0
   

   HQ2.1 rev A, GE7 rev B,  RE3.1 rev A, VC1 rev B, MC rev C
   

   unknown, assuming 19" monitor

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Oct. 2, 2005, 10:51 a.m...

I only read about them so far... but this one is real and sitting right next to me. The CPU module (I'll upload pics these days) looks like a R4400 module with the large heatsink removed and a small one glued to the CPU itself.

Found it on Ebay last week and I just had to get it - although it was the most lowend of 3 Indigo2 being sold by the same seller. I'll probably try to add the FHVJR video board. Probably can't make much use of it (as I dont have the BOB), but at least there is a useable IndyCam port.

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Oct. 4, 2005, 9:46 a.m...

It's done, it is now equiped with the board... all I need is the BOB and the cable, I guess. ;-)

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   CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
   

   FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
   

   1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
   

   Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
   

   Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
   

   Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
   

   Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
   

   CDROM: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
   

   Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   On-board serial ports: 2
   

   On-board bi-directional parallel port
   

   Graphics board: GR3-Elan
   

   Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
   

   Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 1.1.0
   

   Indigo2 video (ev1): unit 0, revision 3.
   

   EISA bus: adapter 0

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   Graphics board 0 is "GR2" graphics.
   

   Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
   

   4 GEs, 1 RE, 24 bitplanes, 4 auxplanes, 4 cidplanes, Z-buffer
   

   GR2 revision 4, VB2.0
   

   HQ2.1 rev A, GE7 rev B,  RE3.1 rev A, VC1 rev B, MC rev C
   

   unknown, assuming 19" monitor
   

   Video board revision 3

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Oct. 29, 2005, 7:22 a.m...

Chances are quite good... I'll fetch it from storage to see what PROM revision it claims to have.

I've tried some of the I2/Indy I have around here during the "PROM dumping" thread including my R8K but nothing turned up that hadn't already been posted. Maybe the R4600 has something new though...

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Nov. 6, 2005, 8:51 a.m...

I've got it up and running beside me now and I think you already have the PROM:

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   PROM Monitor SGI Version 5.3 Rev C IP22 Oct 20, 1994 (BE)

Does the "(BE)" mean anything?

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2 XZ (R4600) at Nov. 6, 2005, 12:26 p.m...

Oops... it's that easy? Hmmm... is there any reason they specifically mention Big Endian? ACE/ARC?

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Wrote on the subject of Another IRIS 4D in trouble... at Oct. 31, 2009, 8:39 a.m...

Now that the winter is close I also decided to take a look at some machines that I didn't power up for a long time. Of course trouble was expected, so it isn't a big surprise that the 4D/50G doesn't come up well. As usual it complains about not being able to communicate with the graphics option, but then there is something new further on in POST:

Code:

  EXCEPTION: <vector=NORMAL>
  
  Exception pc: 0xbfc108a0
  
  Cause register: 0x30001008<CE=3,IP5,EXC=RMISS>
  
  Status register: 0x80000<CM,IPL=8>
  
  Bad Vaddress: 0xc0000000
  
  Error Addr register: 0x17b40
  
  Local I/O interrupt register: 0xff <>
  
  Parity error register: 0x0
  
  Registers (in hex):
  
  arg: c98cf600 ffffffff 15180 0
  
  tmp: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  
  sve: a0017b93 bfc268c8 bfc268ca 1 54 0 1 800
  
  t8 ff00 t9 502e8000 at 1 v0 c0000000 v1 f65da k1 bfc04234
  
  gp 0 fp bfc04bd0 sp a0017b64 ra bfc10744
  
  exit(-1) called

Anyone got an idea what is wrong? I believe the machine is still doing POST as the LED shows "D" while the error is showed again and again and again.

During Christmas season or whenever I have a couple of days off I'll try reseating bits and pieces. After all, the machine hasn't been fully up and running since July 2004. I hope that will fix things.

On a brighter note, good old 'boromir' (4D/420VGX) is doing just fine. Despite the bent chassis and the wrong skins.

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Another IRIS 4D in trouble... at Nov. 3, 2009, 2:21 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

RMISS means a 'read TLB miss', usually this means there's an error reading the memory address.
In other words: time to reseat / remove / swap around the memory sticks

Given the system hat been sitting idle for some years it may well be that it is just a simm that doesn't have proper connection to the mainboard. After all the core POST seems to work fine, although there is some complaint about corrupted PROM variables (not surprising).

jan-jaap wrote:

Those skins used to be on my 4D/210GTX, no?

Exactly. Nice red and brown GTX skins.

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Wrote on the subject of 4D/240GTX troubleshooting at Dec. 27, 2009, 1:15 a.m...

Maybe I can add some observations. I have one MC2 with 8MB SIMMs in use in a IP15/IO3 machine. That one is a "030-0117-010 Rev A".

I do have earlier boards in my collection that are also equipped with 8MB SIMMs, these are "030-0117-003 Rev B" and "030-0117-004 Rev A". So far I haven't tested them but I got them this way so I hope this is a valid configuration.

There are also a few even older MC2 boards but back then I didn't write down the type of SIMMs installed.

If it provides any insight I can check if a machine comes up nicely with one of the old rev MC2 installed.

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Wrote on the subject of 4D/240GTX troubleshooting at Dec. 27, 2009, 8:45 a.m...

I'll see what I can do, according to my list I have at least two -001 MC2 with unknown memory installed. Only problem is that I'm back at my own flat now while most of the IRIS 4D stuff is back at my parents house. I've seen the thread before my Christmas holiday but failed to think about the possibilities earlier. Anyway, if noone steps in I'll give it a try next time I'm back home.

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Wrote on the subject of Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.? at Jan. 13, 2010, 12:49 p.m...

Did anyone follow what happened to SGI when Rackable acquired it?

Did Rackable buy the company as a whole (i.e. shares) or did they buy assets out of the ex-SGI which of course then would need a new name before going into final liquidation (like GPH for example)?

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Wrote on the subject of 4D/240GTX troubleshooting at Jan. 30, 2010, 1:52 a.m...

So far I didn't have the opportunity to run tests with different MC2 boards. I did find one which I'll post a high resolution picture of as well as two additional old pictures from the archive:

030-0117-002 Rev A

Date: 11-08-90

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File comment: MC2 030-0117-002 Rev A

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This board is equipped with 2MB SIMMs. I've compared the other two to this one and there don't seem to be many differences.

030-0117-009 Rev A

Date: 09-05-90

Attachment:

File comment: MC2 030-0117-009 Rev A

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I'm not sure about this board, the only 009 MC2 I have in my list is equipped with 32x 2MB SIMMs. Compared to the one above I can't see any differences. An interesting point may be that it is older.

030-0117-003 Rev B

Date: unknown

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File comment: MC2 030-0117-003 Rev B

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According to the list it is equipped with 8x 8MB modules which would match the picture. At least this board is different from the other two. Most obvious is that they use a different style of sockets now (I think these have metal clips). Also, the packaging of the ECC controllers is different (still Rev 1 though). Less obvious is the higher revision on some parts of the chipset (middle row: DECODERH, DECODERL, DECODEWH, DECODEWL upgraded to 070036x00 3 ).

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Wrote on the subject of 4D/240GTX troubleshooting at Feb. 20, 2010, 9:12 a.m...

zuluchas wrote:

Well, what I found was then when I put known perfectly good 8MB sticks in the MC2, they came up as 2MB! I tried it with 8x 8MB sticks, arranged in matching adjacent pairs, each set of four identical -- the 4D sees 16MB. I tried it with 12x 8MB and got "24MB." This is without any 2MB sticks in at all, so it has nothing to do with the supposed inability to mix 8MB and 2MB on the same board.

Is this a PROM version limitation, as suggested in the above post? Or am I missing something?

I finally had the chance to run a test with a 030-0117-001 MC2 board and as you describe, the 8MB SIMMs are not recognized. With 8 SIMMs installed the PROM reports 16MB and no error on startup. IRIX boots fine, for very low values of fine (5.3 isn't fun with only 16MB).

The other equipment in the system I used is rather new (IO3B and IP15). Given that it normally runs with a newer REV MC2 (8MB SIMMs installed) I presume it is safe to say that the limitation is related to the MC2 board itself.

Compared to the pictures I posted earlier the 003-0117-001 MC2 looks quite different. Most obvious is the lack of labels on most parts and a lot additional blue patch wires.

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Wrote on the subject of What SUN hardware do we have? at March 15, 2010, 1:42 p.m...

Gerhard.Lenerz wrote: SS20, SS10, SS4, SS4, IPX, IPX, SS2... that's it. Except from one of the SS4s all Suns are running Solaris 2.6.

Some (4) years have passed since then and my Sun stack has grown considerably: SS1 clone, SS2, IPC, IPX, IPX, SS10, SS20, SS20, SS20, SS4, SS4, SS5, SS5, Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 5

I've probably mentioned that some time ago, but the one with the most historic value for me is the Ultra 2 which was the webserver for some of my projects in the early 2000s. Back then it was owned and operated by a good friend and fellow collector.

One of the SS5 is the latest addition, actually I've just opened the box. Seen an SS5 with CPU fan installed on ebay and hooray it's really an SS5-170 with HDD, CD-ROM and diskette drive.

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel V10 R14000 600 MHz 2GB at March 24, 2010, 1:23 p.m...

I thought I'd show you what I found in the mail yesterday. One of the lower Fuel configurations, but it is in very good shape. I'll post pictures later on.

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  1 600 MHZ IP35 Processor
  
  CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.3
  
  FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.3
  
  Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 4 Mbytes
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, single ended
  
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty2
  
  IOC3 parallel port: plp1
  
  Graphics board: V10
  
  Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 001c01, pci 4
  
  USB controller: type OHCI

Long version:

Code:

  Location: /hw/module/001c01/node
  
  IP34 Board: barcode MPH415     part 030-1707-003 rev -H
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/13
  
  ASTODYB Board: barcode MRR195     part 030-1725-001 rev -F
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/14
  
  IP34 Board: barcode MPH415     part 030-1707-003 rev -H
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/15
  
  IP34 Board: barcode MPH415     part 030-1707-003 rev -H
  
  1 600 MHZ IP35 Processor
  
  CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.3
  
  FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.3
  
  CPU 0 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice A: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
  
  Processor revision: 2.3. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
  
  Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
  
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
  
  Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 4 Mbytes
  
  Memory at Module 001c01/Slot 0: 2048 MB (enabled)
  
  Bank 0 contains 512 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 1 contains 512 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 2 contains 512 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 3 contains 512 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, single ended
  
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty1
  
  IOC3 serial port: tty2
  
  IOC3 parallel port: plp1
  
  Graphics board: V10
  
  Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 001c01, pci 4
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4630) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 4
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4545, device 22530) pci slot 5
  
  HUB in Module 001c01/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
  
  IP35prom in Module 001c01/Slot n0: Revision 6.135
  
  USB controller: type OHCI

gfxinfo:

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  Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
  
  BUZZ version B.1
  
  PB&J version 1
  
  32MB memory
  
  Banks: 2, CAS latency: 3
  
  Monitor 0 type: SAM 1126

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel V10 R14000 600 MHz 2GB at March 24, 2010, 2:26 p.m...

Indeed. There was a bunch of better equipped batch of Fuels on the bay a few months ago.

At least this one is clean and almost looks unused (can't say that for most of my other systems):

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Wrote on the subject of Another IRIS 4D in trouble... at April 4, 2010, 8:51 a.m...

Gerhard.Lenerz wrote:

Given the system hat been sitting idle for some years it may well be that it is just a simm that doesn't have proper connection to the mainboard. After all the core POST seems to work fine, although there is some complaint about corrupted PROM variables (not surprising).

I tried reseating memory today and powered it up with two different sets of memory (minimum configuration each time) and I still get the samer error. Also I tried it without GFX installed as this used to give me headaches from time to time.

I'm not sure but I think there is one Ethernet adapter I could pull on the off chance that it is a VMEbus related problem.

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Wrote on the subject of Octane SSE/SE R12000 400MHz 1.5GB Presenter at April 12, 2010, 12:11 p.m...

Last weekend I was a little bit bored so I finally installed the Presenter 1280 board in my previously fastest "desktop" SGI. The Presenter I own is the older Indy Presenter model but after reading up some notes in this forum I gave it a try. Of course it works nicely, here is the hinv:

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  1 400 MHZ IP30 Processor
  
  CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5
  
  FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
  
  Main memory size: 1536 Mbytes
  
  Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.3
  
  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
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
  
  IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
  
  IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
  
  IOC3 parallel port: plp1
  
  Graphics board: ESSI
  
  Graphics board: ESI
  
  Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
  
  Presenter adapter board and display.

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  Graphics board 0 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1024x768
  
  Product ID 0x3, 2 GEs, 2 REs, 0 TRAMs
  
  MGRAS revision 4, RA revision 0
  
  HQ rev B, GE12 rev A, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev H,
  
  VC3 rev A, CMAP rev F, Heart rev F
  
  flat panel monitor (id 0x82)
  
  Graphics board 1 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.1") 1280x1024
  
  Product ID 0x2, 1 GE, 1 RE, 0 TRAMs
  
  MGRAS revision 4, RA revision 0
  
  HQ rev B, GE12 rev A, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev H,
  
  VC3 rev A, CMAP rev E, Heart rev F
  
  unknown, assuming 19" monitor (id 0xf)

The nice thing about this setup is that I have a small display for the Octane. Not so nice is that the system almost immediately turns fast fan on as soon as it has passed POST. I don't believe that the little Presenter card makes such a difference, I guess it's probably that a third slot is equipped with a board.

I also have the Presenter board for Indy/XZ but as long as I'm stuck with a broken XZ card, I won't dare installing the Presenter there.

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Octane SSE/SE R12000 400MHz 1.5GB Presenter at April 12, 2010, 1:42 p.m...

I could drop the SE card out of the system which is in fact in the lower right corner. It isn't of much use anyway, it was mainly there because I had one left over.

You're right by the way, an Octane in fastfan mode is one of the worst SGIs I've heard so far. There may be machines that are equally loud (Twin Tower, Personal Iris) but most of them are way older and somewhat of a design where noise is expected.

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Another IRIS 4D in trouble... at June 21, 2010, 2:22 p.m...

A while ago I tried starting up the machine with a bare minimum setup. Actually aside from the backplane and the CPU board there was nothing. Again the machine keeps repeating the same error over and over again.

Looking at the messages now I realize something that I did miss previously. Something seems to have changed since I recorded the first error which I previously posted. Can't say what caused that without further experiments.

Code:

  EXCEPTION: <vector=NORMAL>
  
  Exception pc: 0xbfc108a0
  
  Cause register: 0x3000[b]5008[/b]<CE=3,IP7,IP5,EXC=RMISS>
  
  Status register: 0x80000<CM,IPL=8>
  
  Bad Vaddress: 0xc0000000
  
  Error Addr register: 0x17b40
  
  Local I/O interrupt register: 0xff <>
  
  Parity error register: 0x0
  
  Registers (in hex):
  
  arg: c98cf600 ffffffff 15180 0
  
  tmp: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  
  sve: [b]a0017af7[/b] bfc268c8 bfc268ca 1 54 0 1 0
  
  t8 ff00 t9 502e8000 at 1 v0 c0000000 v1 f65da k1 bfc04234
  
  gp 0 fp bfc04bd0 sp [b]a0017ac8[/b] ra bfc10744
  
  exit(-1) called

I didn't expect that but this may a little sign that not all is lost. During both times I saved longer parts of the session so I can say that the error didn't change while it was repeated. Hard reset doesn't change anything either.

Gerhard

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Wrote on the subject of Finally posted the next Silicon Classics episode at Dec. 30, 2010, 11:59 a.m...

Very well done, two thumbs up!

I'm looking forward for future episodes.

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Wrote on the subject of Random Collecting of Things at Feb. 19, 2011, 1:55 p.m...

If you're into boxes... I've got some stuff from the real early 90s which I was given along with the Professional Iris. I even have some parts of the invoice.

Frankly the boxes (if there were any) are gone, but I do have the folders and the more or less complete paperwork.

Speaking of other random collections, I enjoy cool technology and I always had a tendency to buy quality gear. Thus I have 2 great guitars (~1999 US made Fender, ~1994 Japan made Ibanez), 2 Nikon DSLR (D300s, D80) with some additional lenses and other gear. My newest soft spot are mechanical watches, so my current favourite toy is probably the ultimate geek watch, the Omega Speedmaster.

Random enough? ;-)

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Jan. 27, 2012, 1:38 p.m...

Aside from being an SGI guy I've started to become a watch geek. Thus I'd like to see what the SGI enthusiast is using to keep track of time.

My personal "geek" favourite is the " moonwatch ", the Omega Speedmaster. A quartz may be more accurate, but the oldschool mechanical technology just keeps on marching.

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Jan. 27, 2012, 2:58 p.m...

skywriter wrote: Didn't we do this already? well anyway, I am proudly bare-wristed. It's comfortable and sexy!

Been there, done that since about 1994.

Then there were the mobile phones that you could take a peek at.

And even later on there were the occasions where even that would be considered impolite.

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Jan. 28, 2012, 11:52 a.m...

smj wrote: Past year or more, as I cede more and more of my life to AAPL, I've been wearing an iPod Nano in a watch band. I like the animated gears in this particular clockface. But that aside, I had hoped for more touch-enabled apps...

That's a useful gadget, the gears add a nice retro touch. :-)

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Jan. 28, 2012, 11:57 a.m...

skywriter wrote: So, I solved by not caring what time it was

Which is actually a good attitude. In the real world often it really doesn't matter much what time it actually is.

For slowing down I've got a watch that has only an hour hand (pretty much like the ones in toybooks). It doesn't show seconds or minutes, because who cares anyway?!

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Feb. 17, 2012, 3:18 p.m...

Geoman wrote: my two watch favorites:
#1 Zenith el Primero (actually a movemt, not a watch)
#2 the moonwatch

I've got the moonwatch already, but I must admit that I never did recognize Zenith as a watch brand that much. Damn, the El Primero sounds quite intriguing, but it does come with quite a price tag.
Still it's affordable compared to one of the most compelling timpieces I've come across recently.

The "Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar" , a mechanical timepiece which features an eternal calendar taking into account leap years, different length of months and such.
It doesn't need a battery and if run all day the first time needs manual help is around year 2100 according to the marketing speech. By then we're all dead, I guess.

Sounds great, right? I forgot to mention the pricetag, though. It's about 250.000 EUR or 325.000 US$ (as of today).

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Wrote on the subject of How to measure time? at Feb. 18, 2012, 1:46 p.m...

Oskar45 wrote: Lange's are notoriously expensive. Wouldn't want to wear them on a day-to-day basis, anyway.

Indeed. I guess they are made either for the crazy collectors that lock them away once they've bought one, or they are for the "it" people running around at St.Tropez or similar idiot hotspots.

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo 2, R4600, XZ, Indigo 2 Video (ev1) at March 12, 2012, 1:13 p.m...

This is one of the R4600 Indigo 2 systems. I didn't want to believe they exist, until I came across this one.

A while later a found an Indigo 2 Video board along with the dongle-type breakout box.

CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
CDROM: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C93B, revision D
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Graphics board: GR3-Elan
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 1.1.0
Indigo2 video (ev1): unit 0, revision 3.
EISA bus: adapter 0

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Wrote on the subject of Indy, R4400, XL24, Indy Video (ev1), Cosmo Compression at March 12, 2012, 1:13 p.m...

This is the latest and probably last entry to my "Galileo Video" project. It's an Indy with the Indy Video card and Cosmo Compression. No breakout box required.

Currently one of the SIMMs is not behaving, otherwise it would be pretty much a complete Indy with 256 MB installed.

Sadly the cover got a bit beaten up on it's way over here. All clips have broken off, but at least the outer skin is complete and can be fixed easily. It's more or less one big crack.

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   CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 6.0
   

   FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
   

   1 200 MHZ IP22 Processor
   

   Main memory size: 128 Mbytes
   

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

   Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
   

   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
   

   Indy Video (ev1): unit 0, revision 0
   

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

   Cosmo Compression: unit 2, revision 521

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo, R4400, Elan, Galileo Video (ev1) at March 12, 2012, 1:14 p.m...

This was on the market recently. With Galileo Video installed and the breakout box complete I just had to get it.

CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0
FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
1 150 MHZ IP20 Processor
Main memory size: 256 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision C
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
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Graphics board: GR2-Elan
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: revision 10
Galileo video (ev1): unit 0, revision 2.

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Wrote on the subject of Random Collecting of Things at May 11, 2012, 7:40 a.m...

Gerhard.Lenerz wrote: 2 Nikon DSLR (D300s, D80) with some additional lenses and other gear

Damn, that was just one year ago. Things got considerably worse this year. Now there is a D700 and a D800 as well as the upper half of the "holy threesome" (14-24/2.8, 24-70/2.8, 70-200/2.8). Great stuff, but the more I shoot the less I tend to carry with me. Or vice versa.

I should probably sell some of the older cameras, but I have a tendency to hoard all kinds of gadgets. The only things I truly got rid of were the disappointing D40 and one of my mobile phones. Oh, and of course I had to get rid the two PowerSeries racks... ;-)

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Wrote on the subject of Altix Memory at May 18, 2012, 2:17 a.m...

I've come across an Altix 330 "barebone". As far as I have been able to google it needs at least a set of four PC2700 DDR1 DIMMS, ECC, unbuffered.

Does anyone happen to know if non-ECC memory would work at all?

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Wrote on the subject of Altix Memory at May 20, 2012, 2:15 a.m...

I have been going through the 330 manual and it's not really specific about memory requirements either.

On page 77 it states "The system node boards use SECDED ECC to protect data when transferred to and from secondary cache, main memory, and directory memory." which may already be a hint that ECC is a requirement. On the following page the manual explains the local memory. The most detailed information in this manual is that "Local memory can consist of 4, or 8 dual-inline memory
modules (DIMMs) that contain double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR1 SDRAM).

I don't think I'll find a matching set of four non-ECC DIMMs in the basement, so I just ebay'd a 4x1 GB kit with ECC.

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Wrote on the subject of Repair horror stories? at July 14, 2012, 1:53 a.m...

Not a real repair story, but I did something similar when I tested a new 4D deskside. Since it was from the US I removed the plastic on the back and did take a good look at the PSU to check for the 115/230V setting. Obviously not good enough, because after starting just fine lights in the room went out during POST.

Result: PSU needs repair, system works fine with replacement PSU.

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Wrote on the subject of Life beyond SGI... at Dec. 2, 2012, 7:45 a.m...

Since the real SGI has been dead and gone for a while now. What do you do in your free time now?

I know to some of you SGI was a serious business, to me it had always been an exciting voyage to keep me occupied in my free time which now has come to an end for said while. During my active period of SGI collecting I've managed to have quite some serious UNIX fun and I've also managed to grab some very special gear. It was quite a fun ride while it lasted.

Still life goes on. Personally I'm going back to playing the guitar more seriously. Attached is my Guitar #11. :-)

On a related note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nc7RmgMrlc Am I the only one thinking of a grown up version of Winnie Cooper of "The Wonder Years" while watching the front woman rock away? :-)

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Wrote on the subject of Stereographic panoramas at Dec. 7, 2012, 3:07 p.m...

Very cool picture, please show more.

I presume this is a Fisheye in action? I've got one myself and it became my favourite wide angle lens in no time.

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