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Just wait until they license the rights to the name "InfiniteReality" to some third-rate graphics card company looking for some sows-ear-into-silk-purse rebranding alchemy.

If you don't know any account passwords: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274?viewlocale=en_US Scroll down to Resetting the original administrator account password :

Congratulations. You have to watch for an opportunity to obtain a newer revision of OS X and upgrade <or do a clean install if there aren't any apps installed you can't live without>. OS X 10.5 was the newest revision available last time I had an MDD. 10.5 ran well on that system, but 10.4 felt slightly more responsive <and took less time to boot as well>. Hard to tell from that photo, but it looks like it might not hurt to give it a little more breathing distance from the wall. I had the same model with dual 1.42GHz processors. That one ran on the warm side.

I noticed the previously mentioned missing "leg" for your Apple Display in one of your photos. A replacement, or did you find the original?

Is that a 1850R in photo "tandem3.JPG"? If it is and you need any <free> parts let me know. Got one here that with fairly decent specs that's gonna go the next time they do an electronics recycling drive locally. It's in running order and all of the parts are good <max RAM, RAID controller, dual processors, dual power supplies 3xUSR Courier PCI modems, etc>. I just don't have the room to keep it.

You might find DOGMA is a better fit.....

You must be barrels of fun at a party.

I suspect his cat is named Hyperbole .......

Ok - now that we know that no cats, real or imaginary, have been harmed in the making of this thread, where were we?

My bet for the next zombification will be a terminal capable of displaying 64 colors <unsubstantiated rumors are it's actually a rebranded Wyse 370>. The marketing guys have already dubbed it Onyx5, with an internal project code name of Maui-Wowie <a virtual nod to honor the original Kona project, but updated to reflect the inspiration for the current marketing strategy>.

A very nice example indeed - Congratulations!

If you have any problems getting your shoebox seated/recognized this post might prove helpful: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16721990&p=7309841&#p7309841

ircombine includes a combination file that will load 1920x1200_60 your primary graphics channel <channel 0, the other part of the combination loads 1280x1024_60 into graphics channel 1>. Have you tried using that combination file? You'll need to load a combination file - a single vfo written to one channel won't work. If necessary, you can edit the channel attributes <such as sync> to match those of your monitor .

To make proper use of combination files you'll have to write them to the EEPROM in your graphics engine <the ircombine manual uses the term "download" to indicate the process of writing the combination file to the GE EEPROM>.

Chapter 2 of the InfiniteReality Video Format Combiner User's Guide gives an example of the "download" process: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... ml#id66871

If you back yourself into a corner with a resolution that won't display on your monitor, you can reload the factory default <1280x1024_60> into the EEPROM using the "-c" switch with the InfiniteReality EEPROM tool: http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/index.php/ ... M_Commands

If you'd like to try to sell it as a unit, you might try a for sale post with your location mentioned in the title. We've got some members in your general area.

Even if selling it complete brings in less overall money, you won't have to mess with shipping, waiting for all of the parts to sell, or be faced with recycling fees for the stuff that doesn't sell.

I'm probably asking the obvious, but did you download/write the 1920x1200_60. cmb to the EEPROM and then restart gfx or reboot <rather than 1920x1200_60.vfo>? Because IR graphics are muli-channel, they require a combination file - loading a single/uncombined vfo file isn't supported. If you haven't, try I'd suggest doing so with ircombine, rather than setmon. If you're stuck at the command line and find setmon's syntax a little more user friendly, you can write the cmb file to the EEPROM with setmon via the -x or -w command line switches, but I'd still suggest you reinitialize graphics.

The setmon man page gives a brief description of the reasoning for using combination files:
If you'd like to try to build your own vfo file, the readme file located in /usr/gfx/ucode/KONA/dg4/vfo gives specifics of the parameters used to build each of the pre-existing graphics modes. There's a DG4 definition file in /usr/gfx/ucode/vfc/rules/dg4.def for use with the video format compiler that might work better for you than the MGRAS block sync.

If you're working from a command line, ircombine can be run from there as well <see "man ircombine">. I've successfully used the ircombine GUI to load and display that same sample 1920x1200_60.cmb on a <different> 24" LCD.

Although they might not be the optimal resolution, it looks like your monitor does support other display modes. 1600x1200, 1024x768 and even 800x600, but interestingly *not* 1280x1024. You might try a few of those to see if your monitor will accept them <and it would allow you to work in the ircombine GUI>. You could also try the 1920x1200_66 combination file to see if your monitor will accept that.

Other than that, you just might have a monitor that isn't compatible.

There's a picture of the rear of an Onyx InfinitePerformance <that shows the bulkhead> in the first page of V12 in Origin350 / InfinitePerformance? - WORKS! . viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16719768

What? Just a spoon full of sugar didn't make that medicine go down?

A very nice system - thanks for sharing it with us!

The bag or your back?

I can't speak to the question of "any good" <never had the hardware>, but if you do run across the hardware <and your curiosity ever rises to the level of trying it>, the MIPS version shouldn't be too hard to find. The standard NT 3.51 x86 install disk includes versions for all supported hardware platforms:

Guess you never owned an older MG, Triumph, Land Rover <etcetera>? I suspect your mention of "appliance" reminded hamei of the old joke <amongst British car enthusiasts> about why the British drink warm beer.

Scroll down to "Q: Why do the British drink warm beer?: http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html

Then it's probably one I made.

Ran across a print copy of Newsweek this morning that had an interesting iPad article. The author seems pretty convinced the iPad will change 'everything': http://www.newsweek.com/id/235565

PipelineFX is based in Hawaii - the FAQ for PipeLineFX Qube! mentions Itanium2 licensing:
Though Qube! looks like a render farm management app <rather than animation software>.

Congratulations - that would be a very nice addition to anyone's SGI collection. The Prism tower is an interesting system - it's easy to see <especially internally or from the rear> that it shares some basic design features with the Tezro tower - much like the Altix 350 does with the Origin 350.
Thanks - if you have the opportunity and inclination, post a copy of an L1 "serial all" <it would be interesting to see how many of the components carry the same part numbers as their MIPS based brethren>, and if possible a capture of the power-on boot messages <at least as far as the EFI boot loader - again for comparison purposes>.

I might have run up against the same thing. Something that interacts with sgil1.ko must have recently changed. As of 2.6.31-20 I'm no longer able to insert the SGI USB driver into the kernel, I get an "unknown symbol in module" error. Prior to that, the same process worked with kernels from 2.6.31-14 to 2.6.31-19. Thanks! Some photos of the interior would be nice too - I don't think I've ever seen any.

http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... Octane2_OG

I'd tend to agree <especially considering my video production skills>, though I haven't yet run across a video of the IR demos.

Sounds like an interesting recovery project, but if I had only a small amount of time to fritter away I'd pull some 10/4 cable and wire up some 220V outlets....... you could probably find *something* to plug into 'em. <not to mention finally have the opportunity to test the splice on your GVO>.

FWIW I ran a Mac Edition 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro in the MMD I had.

If the optical drive is to completely replace the original Superdrive, you might want to do a little research before purchase to make sure the new one will boot an install CD/DVD.

Not all are - the OEM Superdrives have Apple specific firmware <or at least the PPC era Pioneer ones do>.

Sure - three can keep a secret if none of 'em have the internet.

Nothing like blogging your plans to fuck with somebody in a country full of lawyers looking for work. If your potential victim <or his lawyer> happens across this thread, then he's got all the ammo he needs to get the last laugh through a harassment lawsuit - maybe even some damages for lost business as well as mental anguish.

Or was your post all the venting you wanted to do?

I'll nuke the whole thread if he asks, though I'd imagine enough search bots have crawled his post to make deleting an exercise in futility. In any case, I suspect the whole point was to generate conversation rather than plan payback.

I'm sure it wasn't anyone's intent, but let's be careful not appearing critical of a developer or project we've only seen a screen shot of. Heaven forbid we say anything that might discourage someone developing IRIX software.

And most importantly - thanks to cybercow for doing some *new* IRIX-based development, and sharing his work with the forum.