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Wrote on the subject of The O2 Hardware Aggregator at Sept. 13, 2007, 5:15 p.m...
Hi - for the console at the rear of the Fuel I use 9600,n,8,1 connected to the serial #1 port and use a null modem cable.
Joerg is right that the other O3xxx family members use 38400 baud.
The keyboard/mouse removed should get you to a console menu

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Wrote on the subject of The O2 Hardware Aggregator at Sept. 13, 2007, 6:24 p.m...
Hi - you say the light bar flashes red a bit then goes solid white - I would just double check all is OK with your PCee terminal - have you got the terminal 'ONLINE' and in the right serial port at the back of the PCee?
It is a null modem cable and 9600,n,8,1 you need for the serial port 1 connection..I think I agree with Joerg that the L1 is 38400...

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Wrote on the subject of basic language at Oct. 2, 2007, 1:08 a.m...
BASIC really isn't useful for anything.
It might be better teaching him another interpreted language that has real-world use, like Perl, Python or Ruby.
All of these are available on IRIX. In fact, IRIX ships with Perl (old version, but there anyway).


hmm - I bet the whole generation of programmers brought up in the 80's on Spectrums and BBC's and AppleII would disagree strongly. This core of BASIC programmers has gone on to do a lot.
With a BASIC in ROM you could use the machine out of the box, sure it was limited but BASIC is forgiving and very easy to learn.
BASIC is a useful, easy to learn (and remember) language....
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Wrote on the subject of basic language at Oct. 3, 2007, 1:55 a.m...
I do remember some MSX machines in the UK but I guess it came at the end of the home computer boom and the standards pushed aside the rest. I guess the Acorn Axxxx/Archimedes machines had a foothold in schools but even they eventually got brushed aside by peecees...
Does anybody remember the Jupiter Ace - it ran FORTH and looked a bit like a ZX80....?
I still have my Archimedes A305, it was the first machine that really made me go WOW... and I could do soooo much with 512K RAM (shared with graphics)...BBC basic was neat - you could mix assembler and basic..
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Wrote on the subject of basic language at Oct. 7, 2007, 10:33 p.m...
Modern general-purpose scripting languages however do allow you to get 'real' things done quickly and therefore results can be demonstrated quickly.


Basic can get 'real' things done quickly as well!!!! Normally straight from the switch on and beep, not 10 mins to boot, load bloat OS etc etc...The joy of Beeb!

A good grounding in assembler does no harm what so ever! Remember they are more PICs and embedded microcontrolers doing stuff than big PC based stuff with bloated OS..
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Wrote on the subject of Origin 2400, 16xR10k/250MHz, 8448MiB mem. at Nov. 9, 2007, 12:08 p.m...
nice machine and welcome to the 2k club :) Where did it come from and what do you plan to use it for?
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Wrote on the subject of Origin 2400, 16xR10k/250MHz, 8448MiB mem. at Nov. 11, 2007, 1:46 a.m...
The O2Ks are very scalable (certainly up to 32 proc with ease) but they are VERY thirsty, large & loud and because of the age things will go wrong!

You should keep your eyes peeled for a O3K system, (more than) twice the power in the same rack size and systems do turn up for less than 2K euros...
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Wrote on the subject of Octane, PCI card cage 2 x300MHz, FibreChannel PCI card. at Dec. 14, 2007, 5:01 a.m...
Glad the RAM found a good home!!!
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2: 24CPU: 8 x 500 MHz 16 x 400 MHz 37Gb of RAM. at Jan. 20, 2008, 11:44 p.m...
Small pixel depth


Are you going to do anything about that ;)

hint - ircombine

Nice set up!!
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Wrote on the subject of o300 Boot Problems at Jan. 31, 2008, 4:02 a.m...
OK, best to start with basics.
1. Did it ever work for you or have you just bought it?
2. Best to start moodule at a time so power the system down and remove the numa-link cable and then start the boot process. Capture the full console o/p and we'll take it from their. Also show me the full env from the L1 console before and after power on.
No transformers to replace in O300 - just SMPS and VRMs (OK they have transfomers in them but..)

Also - I'd suggest that a moderator creates a new thread -O300 boot problems as it reflects the topic more accurately.
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Wrote on the subject of Origin-2000 8x300MHz, 16GB RAM, ESI-TRAM - Help Needed at March 5, 2008, 1:57 a.m...
sometimes you see that a DIMM slot has got filled with crap and dust if it has been in a system with empty banks and then been upgraded.
Whan I have had this issue in the past I strip the board down and clean all the DIMM sockets with a good contact cleaner and wipe the DIMM contacts clean as well.

You may also have duff RAM, it happens...

Did you load the graphics drivers for Irix after you added the ESI?
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Wrote on the subject of Origin-2000 8x300MHz, 16GB RAM, ESI-TRAM - Help Needed at March 6, 2008, 10:23 p.m...
DON'T use compressed air, all you will do is blow crap deeper into things!

Take the board to a ESD work bench and gently brush out the dust.


I would suggest the following as you are a newbie.
Get a fresh HDD & irix install set and do a complete fresh install - then you can config things as you like it and learn a bit on the way.
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Wrote on the subject of What's the skinny on 'licensed' o3400+ routers at April 28, 2008, 4:12 a.m...
(c) To stop 3rd world countries with nuclear ambitions from evading the export restrictions by buying a couple of small systems and merging them into a large configuration. These days, with PC clusters, this argument has become irrelevant.


That is the reason I have seen on documentation - the US still has very strong export controls on certain areas of technology (even limiting some countries limit to Windows 98 based products..)

I believe you can hack a router - have seen some notes regarding this
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2: 24CPU: 8 x 500 MHz 16 x 400 MHz 37Gb of RAM. at May 16, 2008, 11:57 p.m...
Is it now one and a half racks? (One compute and one with the graphics?)
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2: 24CPU: 8 x 500 MHz 16 x 400 MHz 37Gb of RAM. at May 17, 2008, 10:12 a.m...
I need a working fan tray

The fan tray for the graphics module (the giant axial fan) or the fan tray for the compute module (the smaller fans)...?
What error is reported regarding the fan tray?
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx300 IR3 | 16x600MHz | 10GB | 4xRM10 | DG5-2/TVO at May 20, 2008, 6:36 a.m...
If you look at the configmon you can see it is a GE16, RM9, DG5 => IR2E so would be in a graphics brick.

Nice setup!

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Wrote on the subject of SGI in the 80s at June 9, 2008, 11:41 p.m...
I had a Grid Compass for a short while, really looked like a bit of military hardware!
Whatever happened to bubble memory! I guess the bubble burst ;)

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Wrote on the subject of Altix 350 Value. at July 2, 2008, 11:36 p.m...
ask yourself one simple question .... whydo you want it?

If you want to run Linux you can get far better supported boxes far cheaper.
If it is a nice shiny thing on ebay ;) and you just want it then fine..
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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Aug. 28, 2008, 5:29 p.m...
Well, I have been a bit quiet in the postings this week as I have been in Tokyo! Weather has been terrible - heavy rain but still lots to do.
Akihabara & Harajuku are always fun!
I'll post a few photos when I get back..

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Aug. 30, 2008, 12:05 p.m...
terrible - such heavy rain and thunder, some bad flooding...

I will be regular visitor there from now on...

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Aug. 31, 2008, 4:09 a.m...
In Akihabara I did see some shops in side streets selling 2nd hand PCs and pulls like graphic cards, fans, RAM etc. I didn't take much notice as it wasn't SGI...

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Wrote on the subject of Has anyone ever seen CHU-HI or Deeppresso in the US? at Oct. 26, 2008, 4:21 a.m...
I was in little Tokyo in LA last week - didn't see any

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Wrote on the subject of Has anyone ever seen CHU-HI or Deeppresso in the US? at Oct. 29, 2008, 10:38 a.m...
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Didn't see any, what, CHU-HI/Deeppresso? If so, thanks anyway for looking...

Deeppresso!

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Wrote on the subject of Has anyone ever seen CHU-HI or Deeppresso in the US? at Nov. 13, 2008, 11:55 a.m...
I will be back in Tokyo for a week in December (Saturday to Friday) - As always I will take a trip down to Harajuku on Sunday...
If anybody has any special requests to look out for or take photos of things I will try to help - sorry - I can't carry/collect anything..
I will be staying in Shinjuku (as always..)
I will be with locals - so I will have some Japanese local knowledge

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Wrote on the subject of Bad Trades and Other Rants at Nov. 13, 2008, 12:50 p.m...
Well said

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Wrote on the subject of Bad Trades and Other Rants at Nov. 14, 2008, 1:34 a.m...
The challenge is that is takes a lot off effort to get to the root of problems - to gather evidence and make a call - I (most) of the people on the board are adults and should be capable of doing their own due dilligence..

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Wrote on the subject of Has anyone ever seen CHU-HI or Deeppresso in the US? at Nov. 15, 2008, 12:05 a.m...
Hi - well some people like Roppongi hills - just some bars etc.

Anyway, let me know if I can help anyone.... btw I am in Dallas (Richardson) next week...

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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 deskside IR2E, 2xR14K 500Mhz, 2xR12K 400Mhz, 8GB, DIVO at Nov. 18, 2008, 12:54 p.m...
It is all about good airflow. Give the unit a lot more space at the back with clean airflow and let the warm air exhaust somewhere and you'll find it won't fastfan.
Think of the unit as a 800w heater - you need to dump the warm air somewhere..

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Wrote on the subject of Anyone want a 10,000 core SGI ? at Nov. 18, 2008, 2:48 p.m...
This really is the worse sort of 'if we could do A, B, C & D' - no substance...

Like R-ten-K says
hmmmm... 8Wx5000= 40Kw
- that is a MASSIVE amount of heat.
Even 20kw in a full rack is a big big deal....
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Wrote on the subject of Bad Trades and Other Rants at Nov. 24, 2008, 1:47 a.m...
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a bunch of hormonally-unstable women


Now that sounds really scary!!!!!!!

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Dec. 9, 2008, 5:45 a.m...
I will fly out to Tokyo again this weekend for a few days...work
Still - good weather for warm Saki..

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Wrote on the subject of SSD and SGI Discussion Thread at Dec. 9, 2008, 7:26 a.m...
There is no doubt that SSD is going to replace HDD technology in next decade.


Perhaps in some apps, unlikely in most....
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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Dec. 10, 2008, 12:25 p.m...
I working in marketing for a large test & measurement company - but I am really an engineer who has to make some powerpoint slides now and then...
I spend a lot more time in San Jose.....

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Dec. 14, 2008, 12:13 a.m...
back in Japan - Shinjuku. Went down to Harajuku this morning (only two stops on the train) but very very wet so not a great deal to see...Seems to be clearing up now...

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Dec. 15, 2008, 5:48 a.m...
I did hear some strange noise this morning but at 7:45 the Yamanote line was incredibly packed!!!
My Japanese colleague tells me that each station has a special tune....they all sound like a weird aracde game to me!!

ps. who has played Pachingo? They just love those silver balls!!!

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Wrote on the subject of greetings from Shinjuku at Dec. 15, 2008, 11:59 a.m...
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Maxsleg, heh, actually, I have two pachinko balls sitting here on my keyboard. Wow, the noise in those parlors! Even the noise of the one vintage 70's pachinko machine I have at home can be a bit much, let alone over a hundred of them with loud music playing in the background...


It was the noise that really struck me - like a cross between a roller-disco and industrial printing press...

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Wrote on the subject of Pixar Image Computer at March 20, 2009, 5:20 a.m...
Do you have a couple of pictures of inside and out you could share with us?
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Wrote on the subject of Acorn Archimedes A310 at June 5, 2009, 6:02 p.m...
I have just dusted off my (very) old A310, this was my first big investment in a computer (I paid around £600 for it in 1987), it had an 8MHz 32bit ARM with 512K RAM (it was an A305 originally).
It has had several other upgrades over the years but has been boxed up and untouched since ~2000.
It was very dusty inside and the two 1.5V AA cells had leaked and corroded the battery box but after a good dust blast and clean up it looked good. Sadly it didn't start - the PSU buzzed at switch on - this was traced to a shorted tant. cap in the 12V rail.. So now I am back to the joys of programming in BBC basic with in line ARM code :)

I always liked the Acorn machines and I will try to get a BBC model B and also get my A5000 running as well....

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Wrote on the subject of Acorn Archimedes A310 at June 5, 2009, 6:21 p.m...
Did you buy it in the US? They sold many A3xxx into schools in the UK in the late 80s and early 90s but eventually the PCs won that battle! It the mid 90s nearly every school sold off their A3xxxs so most turning up on ebay have school markings..

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Wrote on the subject of Acorn Archimedes A310 at June 5, 2009, 7:05 p.m...
looks in great condition, I'll take some shots of the A310 when I get back from Tokyo...

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