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My hands are up too!

He guys,

I got that part working over a few months already!
This is no news anymore.
Just look in the other two firewire subject posts.

I tested two TI chipset boards succesfully with my Sony DCR TRV-110e
on my O2 with 6.5.24. I am just waiting for my cardcage to arrive and
than I'll test it on my Octane too.

If only we had a professional programmer that could write some code....

Hi sum][one !

Damnit, why could you get this to work?
I have been doing such a similiar thing moths ago.
I added mouse and keyboard ports to the IO6 module of my O2000.
(look good and compare it with the IO6G) there are solder marks on the board and they accept a standard (taken from old PC motherboard)
dual PS/2 connector.
I soldered the connector to the IO6.
then I modified an SI GFX card in such way that it fits into my Origin2000.
When booting I have mouse and keyboard and GFX available
(after setting the console to GFX offcourse)
I installed 6.5.21 with this option too:
Hardware:

CPUARCH=R10000
IP27
CPUBOARD=IP27
MODE=64bit
SUBGR=IP27
GFXBOARD=MGRAS
MACHINE=Onyx2 MXI, SI <---- yeah
SASHNAME=sash64
TARGOS=-1
DISTOS=-1

but ended up with problems, getting the Xsystem running
And I noticed that keyboard and mouse were not detected inside IRIX.
Only in the PROM monitor.

Good that it is weekend now.

I hope you can help me with additional questions?
Oh I also tried SE card succesfully.

Trying to find the mouse and keyboard is not easy.
Perhaps an Onyx2 owner can help me?

this is al I see inside /hw/
/hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 4
crw------- 1 root sys 0, 60 Apr 23 04:44 controller
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 direct
crw------- 1 root sys 0,280 Apr 23 04:44 io
crw------- 1 root sys 0,280 Apr 23 04:44 io.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,281 Apr 23 04:44 io.le
crw------- 1 root sys 0,282 Apr 23 04:44 mem
crw------- 1 root sys 0,282 Apr 23 04:44 mem.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,283 Apr 23 04:44 mem.le
lrw------- 1 root sys 34 Apr 23 04:45 sys_critical_parent -> /hw/module/6/slot/n1/node/xtalk/0


/hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2
lrw------- 1 root sys 35 Apr 23 04:45 .guest -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/4
lrw------- 1 root sys 33 Apr 23 04:45 .master -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 base
crw------- 1 root sys 0,275 Apr 23 04:45 config
crw------- 1 root sys 0,276 Apr 23 04:45 dma
crw------- 1 root sys 0,125 Apr 23 04:45 ef
crw------- 1 root sys 0,277 Apr 23 04:45 intr
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 ioc3
crw------- 1 root sys 0,271 Apr 23 04:45 mem
crw------- 1 root sys 0,271 Apr 23 04:45 mem.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,272 Apr 23 04:45 mem.le
crw------- 1 root sys 0,278 Apr 23 04:45 rom
crw------- 1 root sys 0,278 Apr 23 04:45 rom.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,279 Apr 23 04:45 rom.le
lrw------- 1 root sys 33 Apr 23 04:45 sys_critical_parent -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:45 usrpci

/hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/4
lrw------- 1 root sys 35 Apr 23 04:46 .host -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2
lrw------- 1 root sys 33 Apr 23 04:46 .master -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:46 base
crw------- 1 root sys 0,275 Apr 23 04:46 config
crw------- 1 root sys 0,276 Apr 23 04:46 dma
cr--r--r-- 1 root sys 0,217 Apr 23 04:46 ei
crw------- 1 root sys 0,277 Apr 23 04:46 intr
lrw------- 1 root sys 40 Apr 23 04:46 ioc3 -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2/ioc3
crw------- 1 root sys 0,271 Apr 23 04:46 mem
crw------- 1 root sys 0,271 Apr 23 04:46 mem.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,272 Apr 23 04:46 mem.le
crw------- 1 root sys 0,278 Apr 23 04:46 rom
crw------- 1 root sys 0,278 Apr 23 04:46 rom.be
crw------- 1 root sys 0,279 Apr 23 04:46 rom.le
lrw------- 1 root sys 33 Apr 23 04:46 sys_critical_parent -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:46 tty
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Apr 23 04:46 usrpci

/hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2/ioc3
lrw------- 1 root sys 35 Apr 23 04:46 sys_critical_parent -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2

cd /dev/input1
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 39 Apr 23 02:28 keyboard -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2/ioc3
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 39 Apr 23 02:28 mouse -> /hw/module/6/slot/io1/baseio/pci/2/ioc3


I made some nice pictures of my Origin2000 (Onyx2 wanabe)
showing the IO6 hack but I have no idea how to show them here since I
have no website.

Perhaps you, sum][one, can show me your /hw wrt the xtalk_pci/ioc3 ?

ls -laR mayby give me this idea in these directories

./var/sysgen/master.d:
./usr/cpu/sysgen/IP27boot
are the files:
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 162164 Dec 15 23:18 io.a
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 7000 Dec 15 23:18 io6.o
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 27016 Dec 15 23:18 ioc3.o
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 34952 Dec 15 23:18 ioc3_pckm.o
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 21376 Dec 15 23:18 ioc3ei.o
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 412516 Dec 15 23:18 mgras.a
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 5972 Dec 15 22:58 mgrasstubs.a
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 17908 Dec 15 23:18 keyboard.a
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 6280 Dec 15 23:18 mio.o
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 15220 Dec 15 23:18 mouse.a
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 3748 Dec 15 23:18 odysseystubs.a

./usr/include/sys/PCI:
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 14647 Dec 15 23:19 PCI_defs.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 79954 Dec 15 23:19 bridge.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 34518 Dec 15 23:19 ioc3.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 46917 Dec 15 22:58 linc.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 3679 Dec 15 23:19 pciba.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 19146 Dec 15 23:19 pcibr.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 27925 Dec 15 23:19 pciio.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 69787 Dec 15 23:19 pic.h
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 1356 Dec 15 22:58 usrpci.h

and so on
perhaps the ioc3_pckm.o can help me during a kernel rebuild?

Hi Nihilus,

How is it going with the NES FCEU emulator?
any progression?

Looking forward to play with it

Hi all,

Since I have a nice HVD SCSI disk array which I would like to connect to my O2 I bought the adaptec AHA-2944

this link shows how to do it:

http://badideas.webicommerce.com/2944hack.html

touch 2944.pl
put the code in the 2944.pl file
save the file
chmod 750 2944.pl
the I did: 2944.pl /var/sysgen/boot/adp78.o
I only get this as output:
root>perl 2944.pl adp78.o
replaced...
root>

But the file did not change compared to the original one.

Perhaps anyone has an idea?

Thanks in advance,

Francois

allright, my stupid thing.

I looked into the perl code and it needs an input and an output like this:

2944.pl /var/sysgen/boot/adp78.o_org /var/sysgen/boot/adp78.o

you need to do this twice since it replaces the 8178 only once per run
and as Nekonoko already discovered, it is in there twice.

now my hinv for my O2 looks like this:

root>hinv
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.7
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
1 195 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
CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
PCI SCSI controller 2: Version ADAPTEC 7880
On-board serial ports: tty1
On-board serial ports: tty2
On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
CRM graphics installed
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
with no AV Card or Camera.
Vice: TRE
root>

but I have not been able to see the connected drives yet.
I now go to sleep and let you guys think about it.

Thanks in advance,

Francois
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yes it is late for me.

I thought that I had connected the drive array but it was not connected.

I shutdown the O2 and connected the scsi drive array correctly this time.

Started the O2 and after booting and login, I noticed 6 nice icons of extra disks

This seems to work.

Tomorrow I will initialize some disks and do some testing.

goodnight

Allright,

So I was able to initialize a disk.
This evening I will try to build a disk stripe and do some speed tests.

So the 2944 seems to be a working HVD SCSI adapter for the O2

Nice since I have a few Discreet 3x6x4GB HVD SCSI disk arrays
which I now can use with my O2, Octane and Onyx2/SE

How is the speed of the game?
I mean frames per second and program response to the user?

Hi Joerg,

Offcourse it is great to see this game into nekoware !
How many Frames Per Second does the game do on your Fuel?

Hi all,

Indeed this is my new project.
I am waiting for the motherboard to arrive and after that I will order the memory and SCSI cable.
CPU I already have and PSU comes from a PC.

But only once the hardware is running, I will get a case for the machine.
And I still do not have a V10 gfx card so I assume it can run headless.

If I read schleusel's comments correctly then I understand that a ATX powersupply con not be used

Please correct me if I am wrong!

Hi mia,

It would be great if you can do that measurement and have it documented with some pictures & photo's if possible.

Keep us informed please.

Hi mia,

Keep up the good work.
I expect the motherboard to arrive this week so it would be very cool if the PSU connections are measured by then

All the best,

Yesterday I went to another Nekochan member to test the Fuel motherboard.
He has a working Fuel that's why.
So I connected his PSU to the motherboard only (no CPU or memory) and we connected a PC running hyperterm via a serial nullmodem cable to the internal L1 connector.

However only a few characters came out but we were not able to get the PSU running anyway (most likely we used the wrong switch as we learned). Anyway, we then assembled his Fuel again and connected that Fuel internal L1 to the PC but also there was no usefull output visible. 19200/8/1/no we used all the time.
Then we deceided to use the serial on the back of the Fuel and finally we got output running at 9600/8/1/no. That gave good output on the terminal.
But using these settings on the interal L1 did not work either.

Does anyone have any idea what cable, serial settings and terminal settings the L1 controller needs, both the internal and external connector?

That is very good news Neko!
But do you know how to access the L1 from the Fuel, and what serial settings + cable are needed?

Hi All,

Allright, thanks for all your help & inputs so far.
Yesterday again we connected the power supply to the motherboard (nothing else was connected to it)
and via a full nullmodem cable with hardware flow control and the settings as mentioned (8N1 38400) this immediately gave access to the L1 when the power cord was put in the PSU.

Then the experimentation could start.
running env etcetera showed that the mobo was missing CPU and GFX.


So removed the power cable, connected the CPU and 2 DIMMS and power cable connected again.
L1 then indeed shows it has the CPU (still no GFX offcourse) and this was the output:



Then trying the power up L1 command gave a disappointing result (debugging stuff included too):



So main question is, is it the missing GFXcard that makes my Fuel mobo not start or is it something more serieus and do I really have a broken mobo that can only function as a fancy temperature meter and a clock?

The fact that no fans were attached should not be a problem as we tested that on a working Fuel and it still starts at power up command.

Has anyone an idea what this problem indicates?

Not so sure about the damaged voltage monitoring.
I measured the same values with a VoltMeter at these pins.

The powersupply is not "running" that means, it only supplies the 5V standby supply and some minor others.
This is the mode where you just put the power cable in the Fuel PSU and in your wall socket and the PSU fan is not even spinning.
It is before pressing the start button or giving the "power up" command in the L1 controller.

This also shows that the L1 controller runs at this 5V standby voltage.

On a working Fuel, when the PSU fan is spinning the start button (on the front of the Fuel) is pressed or a "power up" command is given successfully. While in my case I just get that strange error message when I give the "power up" command.

So the main question is, who has ever started a Fuel when the graphics card was removed from the machine and what was the effect (did it work at all) ?

Very interesting to see where this is going.
Does the Origin350 have possibilities for keyboard and mouse?

I have been involved in turning an Origin2k into an Onyx2MXE in the beginning of 'experiments'
Back then I soldered a dual PS/2 connector to the IO6 board, put a SE gfx card into the O2k and connected
mouse and keyboard to the IO6. These gfx, mouse & keyboard did work perfectly to get into the system
but after loading IRIX the mouse & keyboard did not work anymore. In the end someone else on this forum solved it
by adding a PCI card with keyboard, mouse & ethernet card to it and then it worked.
Also replacing the IO6 by an IO6G did the job.

So maybe we can do this trick again and convert Origin350s into Onyx350s

Please keep us updated!

Hi All,

Now that I have put a V12 inside my 4GB 600Mhz Fuel I want to know some nice tools, games, applications to test it with.
What makes it really nice to play with / make use of this V12?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,