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Wrote on the subject of Matador at June 27, 2010, 11:23 p.m...

hamei wrote:

jan-jaap wrote:

Hey! I have a VW Beetle

One day I'm going upgrade it with a Porsche 911 engine.

Isn't that called a 914 ?

Whoa, when hobbies collide! I happen to have a 914/6, which is what you're describing. Also have a 914 2.0, which uses a VW Type IV motor with a lot of massaging by Porsche. Since you brought it up...

In the mid 60s Porsche and VW were planning replacements for their entry-level models. Porsche was to turn a concept by Gugelot Design into a replacement for VW's Karmann Ghia (the later Type 34) and for Porsche's 912. The former would be fitted with a four cylinder VW engine while the Porsche model would receive the six cylinder 901. While Porsche and VW had done a lot of collaborative work like this on a handshake basis, VW chairman Heinrich Nordhoff passed away before production was started. His replacement was something of an outsider and decided to change the terms of the deal; between the increased costs and the changes in the global economy over the early 70s, the car was not as competitive as it should have been, price-wise. Which is unfortunate, because the 2.0 four banger is a lot of fun, and the 914/6 outperformed two of the three 911 variants available at the time...

Sorry guys, couldn't resist -- I'll take it somewhere else...

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Wrote on the subject of New Sun at July 2, 2010, 10:19 a.m...

If you post enough photos, you might be able to appease the rabid collectors and wannabees that will otherwise be drawn into a torch wielding mob surrounding your home...

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Wrote on the subject of New Sun at July 5, 2010, 2:16 p.m...

SAQ wrote:

That would only be people who don't know what he does with the stuff. He's probably second only to Al Kossow in ancient computer help sainthood.

Poor choice of metaphor - the idea was that they'd be clamoring for access/information, not trying to punish him. Thus the logical consistency with posting photos to preven... ah, nevermind. If you have to explain it, you shot wide.

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Wrote on the subject of Supportffolio - what's with the time? at July 5, 2010, 2:36 p.m...

I realize almost two days have passed, but it's working for me now with an account created on June 2nd. Clearly "your mileage may vary..."

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Wrote on the subject of MicroVAX 2000 at July 15, 2010, 4:33 p.m...

IIRC the Personal DECstations had unique connectors for the keyboard and mouse. I'm remembering something that looked a lot like HP's HIL RJ45-like plugs with locking tabs on the sides.

I was using VS2000s in a lab at UMass Amherst circa 1987 or '88 that were running X10 for a windowing system... So a person of an archaeological bent might wish to load an old version of ULTRIX on a VAXstation, or UWS (ULTRIX Workstation Software? Included ULTRIX and X.), to see what the early X Window System was like. Transport yourself back to a time when people mocked that newfangled Motif for including mwm, the "megabyte window manager..."

Not to pick nits, but I think LMF (License Management Facility) came in as part of the design for VMS v5. MicroVMS, the cut-down version for VAXstations and MicroVAXen, existed for several versions of VMS v4, maybe all. I used several releases of VMS v4 on VAX-11/7x0 systems, but by the time I made it to SYSMGR v5 was the new hotness and we had 9-16MB in all our MVIIs, so we ran v5 everywhere we weren't running Ultrix or BSD/Project Athena.

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Wrote on the subject of Karyn the Ramen Girl! at Aug. 29, 2010, 2:52 a.m...

techgrrl wrote: I held a contract to support all Zenith Z100, Z248 systems on base - a good tax free way to make good money and keep myself busy.

Ah, Heath/Zenith's dual-CPU S-100 systems that the military bought in quantity, as opposed to the (I think) Z148 PC/XT clones?

techgrrl wrote: I also owned a 1977 Nissan Skyline at the time

I'm betting that car would fetch a lot of interest on some of the gearhead sites now. There definitely seems to be a Skyline cult out there...

pilot345 wrote: n all seriousness though, the whole "alternative" computing scene seems to go hand in hand with jap. culture fans..

I'd love to know what "alternative computing" means, if it's a term in general use. I'm imagining eco-friendly Pee Cees on communes that are run off of generators powered by carefully collected free-range llama alpaca farts...

As for the questions about correlation, I don't know what to tell you since I don't necessarily see it moreso than other influences. I've seen a lot more general space stuff, sci fi/fantasy and mythology associated with computers and workspaces than anime.

For myself, and my general interest in Japanese culture and history -- aside from growing up with cartoons from Speed Racer to G-Force there was the general obsession with Japan Inc in the early to mid-80s and I wound up with a history elective on Japan in high school that helped round out the picture a bit. Then I ran into "Japanimation" (I believe that's the term that was used the most at this event) at the first Creation Conventions Doctor Who shindig in Philly in the 80s. I forget what they were screening, but it made a huge impression - particularly compared to the pablum that was generally available.

So anyway I do have a strong affinity for anime, but it isn't necessarily a direct connection to my computer obsessions. This is likely to be more common for a particular age bracket, but I was more intensely influenced by TRON than by anything out of anime with respect to computers and technology.

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 350, 8xR16K 700MHz, 16GB RAM, SAS3041X-R, 4TB disk at Nov. 5, 2010, 4:57 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote: This one will live in the natural habitat of Origins: in a rack somewhere, running 24/7 and quietly performing it's duties (compile & compute server).

As somebody expecting delivery of two Origin 300s and a NUMAlink cable next week, I'm curious - were these received with licenses so they could be used as compile-servers? I'm new to linked nodes so I'm wondering about hostid changes and how one deals with licenses that no longer match... RTFM PMs and redirects to other threads welcome.

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Wrote on the subject of For download: IRIX netboot appliance at Nov. 6, 2010, 2:09 p.m...

deBug wrote:

I updated the original post to point here http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/IRIX/DINA/DINA1.0.zip
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***Update***
DINA is now located at
http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/SGI_relat ... ation.html
and
http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/SGI_related_files/DINA/

It seemed rude to keep pulling it over the Atlantic, and I didn't see a copy when I poked around the nekoware US mirror, so I've put up a copy of the DINA VM and documentation here: http://www.shiftleft.com/mirrors/nekochan/DINA (at a colo in Santa Clara, CA).

There's also a copy of the 328MB ZIP of the VM files here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b427dc3/n/DINA1.0.zip

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 350, 8xR16K 700MHz, 16GB RAM, SAS3041X-R, 4TB disk at Nov. 6, 2010, 5:07 p.m...

jan-jaap: Sorry about the thread hijack -- I'll start one or more when my Origin 300's come in this week.

recondas: Thanks, I've started re-reading Escher's threads about his recently acquired O300's, and all the threads linked from those; grabbed the L3 software & DINA and put up a mirror... I'll see about distilling all of this into something for the Wiki, too, as it keeps coming up.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 6, 2010, 10:51 p.m...

Since there's been a spate of activity around Prisms recently, and I'm having an anti-social Saturday night, I whipped up a couple signature icons for the Prism line.

The moiré patterns created by the overlapping grating are very appealing in the actual product, but trying to do them any justice in this format is maddening. Hopefully this isn't too lame. Likewise there's a range of colors in the photos I can find due to lighting and other factors -- I figured the brighter, bolder end of the scale would work better in a sig.

The desktop model is a little shorter than the Tezro desktop due to the absence of the "mouse ears" molded into the plastics, but about the same size. The deskside I made the same half-rack size as the Origin 3200, and the full rack the same size as the Origin 3000 icon. I threw in a Prism rack extension just in case there is such a thing.

I suggest the following naming: "PrismDT" "PrismDS" "PrismR" and "PrismRE" - where you'd use colons instead of quotes if these are accepted.

For example: :PrismDT:

Big Prism: :PrismR:

... vs Big Origin 2000: :O2000R:

Comparison: :Tezro:

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I'll attach PNGs to this post. And to keep it all kosher: I hereby state that the icons I've posted here are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Do whatever you'd like within those terms.

Edit : Sync'd my suggested names with what nekonoko used, to avoid confusion.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 8, 2010, 1:47 p.m...

Pontus wrote: Intriguing, lets hope it works out! Making a signature Icon shouldn't be so hard by using the prism as base.

I started looking at the Altii for a next step, but bear in mind there's the Altix 3x0[0] versus the Altix 4x0[0]. The latter (in racks) uses the gratings, the former uses wavy slats of plastic. So maybe the 4x0[0] will come first, we'll see how soon I get swamped again.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 10, 2010, 7:46 p.m...

I may have gone off the rails here, but... Just got my Origin 300s, and decided to hack around with those icons. (I must be avoiding something ...) Tweaked the colors of the compute brick. And I had wanted to see about stacking them rather than stringing them out horizontally, so...And since you can't scale to 3+ without something switching, I threw in an r-brick / NUMAlink Module. All the photos I could find with an open rack looked the same re: the router, so...

While I was looking for photos of an O300 w/ NUMAlink module, I found one pic of a purported half-rack O300 that used a different colorscheme on the compute modules: http://lms.chem.tamu.edu/sc.html Curious if that's of a different system type entirely, or if the O300 used different colors at different times.

I do not assume nekonoko wants to start adding icons 8 at a whack... But since I've already wasted the time, I'll upload them for whatever they're worth.

I hereby state that the icons I've posted here are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Do whatever you'd like within those terms.

Samples: ;O3x0; :O3x0:

... Dual/pair ;O3x02L; :O3x02L:

... Four, w/ R-brick ;O3x05R; :O3x04R:

... Eight, w/ R-brick ;O3x08R; :O3x08R:

(use colon instead of semi-colon)

Edit : Added examples

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 10, 2010, 9:10 p.m...

recondas wrote:

Having stackable O300s will save some people quite a bit of <lateral> signature real estate.

I promise I will not start fussing with the other types of bricks/modules. There are just too many options and configurations. Maybe it'd be useful/fun to have an Infinite Reality box with the link wires that you could plant next to a stack of O3x0 modules, but that's about it. Elsewise it leads to madness, and a nekonoko driven insane by sixteen pages of icons that all need unique names...

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 300, 8xR14k 600MHz, 8GB RAM - 2 Bricks, L2, Router at Nov. 11, 2010, 3:23 a.m...

Edit: Updated 25 Mar 2012, added a picture

First posting is an up-to-date system configuration, see latest comments for what was changed etc.

Not much interesting to say about adding an L2...

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   M2100887-001-L2>cfg
   

   L2 10.10.10.107: - 001 (LOCAL)
   

   L1 10.10.10.107:1:0      - 001r08
   

   L1 10.10.10.107:2:0      - 001c02
   

   L1 10.10.10.107:0:0      - 001c01
   

   M2100887-001-L2>

But the PROM initialization changes a tiny bit with the addition of the NUMALink Router:

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   M2100887-001-L2>* pwr up
   

   M2100887-001-L2>^D
   

   entering system console mode (001c01 CPU0), <CTRL_T> to escape to L2
   

   Starting PROM Boot process
   

   Starting PROM Boot process
   

   

   

   IP35 PROM SGI Version 6.210  built 02:33:51 PM Aug 26, 2004
   

   

   

   IP35 PROM SGI Version 6.210  built 02:33:51 PM Aug 26, 2004
   

   Testing/Initializing memory ..........Testing/Initializing memory ............DONE
   

   Copying PROM code to memory ...............             DONE
   

   ..Discovering local IO ......................           DONE
   

   Discovering NUMAlink connectivity .........             DONE
   

   Found 3 objects (2 hubs, 1 routers) in 106643 usec
   

   Waiting for peers to complete discovery....             ....            DONE
   

   Copying PROM code to memory ...............             DONE
   

   Discovering local IO ......................             DONE
   

   Discovering NUMAlink connectivity .........             DONE
   

   Found 3 objects (2 hubs, 1 routers) in 22785 usec
   

   Waiting for peers to complete discovery....             DONE
   

   Global master is /hw/rack/001/bay/01
   

   DONE
   

   Global master is /hw/rack/001/bay/01
   

   Intializing any CPUless nodes..............             DONE
   

   Checking partitioning information .........             DONE
   

   Checking partitioning information .........             DONE
   

   Local slave entering slave loop
   

   Local slave entering slave loop
   

   Local slave entering slave loop
   

   Local master entering slave loop
   

   Loading BASEIO prom .......................             Local slave entering slave loop
   

   Local slave entering slave loop
   

   Local slave entering slave loop
   

   DONE
   

   

   BASEIO PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.210  built 02:30:38 PM Aug 26, 2004 (BE64)
   

   8 CPUs on 2 nodes found.
   

   Automatic update of PROM environment disabled
   

   Installing PROM Device drivers ............
   

   Base I/O Ethernet set to /dev/ethernet/ef0
   

   

   Walking SCSI Adapter 0, (pci id 1)
   

   1+ Device Vendor Product: IBM-SSG S53D073
   

   2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 1 device(s)
   

   

   

   Walking SCSI Adapter 1, (pci id 1)
   

   1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 0 device(s)
   

   

   Initializing PROM Device drivers ..........             DONE
   

   Checking hardware inventory ...............              DONE
   

   

   **** System Configuration and Diagnostics Summary ****
   

   CONFIG:
   

   No. of NODEs enabled    = 2
   

   No. of NODEs disabled   = 0
   

   No. of CPUs enabled     = 8
   

   No. of CPUs disabled    = 0
   

   Mem enabled             = 8192 MB
   

   Mem disabled            = 0 MB
   

   No. of RTRs enabled     = 1
   

   No. of RTRs disabled    = 0
   

   

   DIAG RESULTS:
   

   ALL DIAGS PASSED.
   

   **** End System Configuration and Diagnostics Summary ****
   

   

   

   System Maintenance Menu
   

   

   1) Start System
   

   2) Install System Software
   

   3) Run Diagnostics
   

   4) Recover System
   

   5) Enter Command Monitor
   

   

   Option? 5
   

   Command Monitor.  Type "exit" to return to the menu.
   

   >> hinv
   

   System  SGI-IP35
   

   8 600 MHz IP35 Processors
   

   Main memory size: 8192 Mbytes
   

   Integral Fast Ethernet
   

   IOC3 serial port
   

   USB (OHCI interface)
   

   Integral Fast Ethernet
   

   IOC3 serial port
   

   USB (OHCI interface)
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version Qlogic 12160
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI Controller 0, (dksc(0,1,0))
   

   Integral SCSI controller 1: Version Qlogic 12160
   

   >>

Here's the IRIX-level hinv from a scratch install of 6.5.22:

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   IRIS 12# hinv -vm
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/node
   

   IP45_4CPU Board: barcode MYS631     part 030-1797-001 rev -B
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/14
   

   IO8 Board: barcode MMJ437     part 030-1673-003 rev -G
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/15
   

   IO8 Board: barcode MMJ437     part 030-1673-003 rev -G
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c02/node
   

   IP45_4CPU Board: barcode MMH445     part 030-1797-001 rev -B
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c02/Ibrick/xtalk/14
   

   IO8 Board: barcode MJS307     part 030-1673-003 rev -F
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c02/Ibrick/xtalk/15
   

   IO8 Board: barcode MJS307     part 030-1673-003 rev -F
   

   8 600 MHZ IP35 Processors
   

   CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.4
   

   FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.4
   

   CPU 0 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice A: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 1 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice B: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 2 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice C: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 3 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice D: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 4 at Module 001c02/Slot 0/Slice A: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 5 at Module 001c02/Slot 0/Slice B: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 6 at Module 001c02/Slot 0/Slice C: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   CPU 7 at Module 001c02/Slot 0/Slice D: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   Main memory size: 8192 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: 4096 MB (enabled)
   

   Bank 0 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 1 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 2 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 3 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Memory at Module 001c02/Slot 0: 4096 MB (enabled)
   

   Bank 0 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 1 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 2 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 3 contains 1024 MB (Premium) 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, low voltage differential
   

   Integral SCSI controller 6: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
   

   Integral SCSI controller 7: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
   

   IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty3
   

   IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty4
   

   IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty5
   

   IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty6
   

   Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 001c01, pci 4
   

   Fast Ethernet: ef1, version 1, module 001c02, pci 4
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 1600) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 1600) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 1600) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 1600) pci slot 1
   

   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
   

   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
   

   IOC3/IOC4 external interrupts: 1
   

   IOC3/IOC4 external interrupts: 2
   

   HUB in Module 001c01/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
   

   HUB in Module 001c02/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
   

   IP35prom in Module 001c01/Slot n0: Revision 6.210
   

   IP35prom in Module 001c02/Slot n0: Revision 6.210
   

   USB controller: type OHCI
   

   USB controller: type OHCI
   

   IRIS 13#

Here's what the stack currently looks like (the L2 is out of sight, and the Xserve G5 is unrelated of course):

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 300, 8xR14k 600MHz, 8GB RAM - 2 Bricks, L2, Router at Nov. 11, 2010, 3:31 a.m...

[ This post now includes the original first and second posts in this thread, so that
[ the first post can be updated to reflect the current state of the system at any
[ given time.

Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:23 am

Making due with PROM hinv output for the time being... But since I NUMAlinked the two modules and brought them up to the PROM and in sync as a single system for the first time, I figured it was time to post a hinv.

RAM in all slots is 030-1060-004 1GB modules, and each machine came with an 030-2097-001 "4Gb dual link FibreChannel HBA" in the top PCI slot.

L1 Info

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   001c01-L1>* serial all
   

   001c01:
   

   

   Data                            Location      Value
   

   ------------------------------  ------------  --------
   

   Local System Serial Number      NVRAM         M2001730
   

   Reference System Serial Number  Attached C    M2001730
   

   Local Brick Serial Number       EEPROM        MYS631
   

   Reference Brick Serial Number   NVRAM         MYS631
   

   

   

   EEPROM      Product Name    Serial         Part Number           Rev  T/W
   

   ----------  --------------  -------------  --------------------  ---  ------
   

   NODE        IP45_4CPU       MYS631         030_1797_001          B    00
   

   IO8         IO8             MMJ437         030_1673_003          G    00
   

   

   EEPROM     JEDEC-SPD Info           Part Number        Rev  Speed  SGI
   

   ---------- ------------------------ ------------------ ---- ------ --------
   

   DIMM 0     CE000000000000000C07FD00 M3 46L2820ET3-CA0   3E   10.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 2     CE000000000000000C96DD00 M3 46L2820ET3-CA0   3E   10.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 1     7F7FFE0000000000120003A4 CM2201B             2     8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 3     7F7FFE000000000012000439 CM2201B             2     8.0  N/A
   

   

   001c02:
   

   

   Data                            Location      Value
   

   ------------------------------  ------------  --------
   

   Local System Serial Number      NVRAM         M2001730
   

   Reference System Serial Number  Attached C    M2001730
   

   Local Brick Serial Number       EEPROM        MMH445
   

   Reference Brick Serial Number   NVRAM         MMH445
   

   

   

   EEPROM      Product Name    Serial         Part Number           Rev  T/W
   

   ----------  --------------  -------------  --------------------  ---  ------
   

   NODE        IP45_4CPU       MMH445         030_1797_001          B    00
   

   IO8         IO8             MJS307         030_1673_003          F    00
   

   

   EEPROM     JEDEC-SPD Info           Part Number        Rev  Speed  SGI
   

   ---------- ------------------------ ------------------ ---- ------ --------
   

   DIMM 0     7F7FFE000000000012002984 CM2201B1            2     8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 2     7F7FFE000000000012002B2C CM2201B1            2     8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 1     CE000000000000000C3BCD00 M3 46L2820ET3-CA0   3E   10.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 3     CE000000000000000C30CD00 M3 46L2820ET3-CA0   3E   10.0  N/A
   

   

   001c01-L1> * env
   

   001c01:
   

   Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.
   

   

   Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current
   

   -------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------
   

   12 IO    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.125
   

   12 DIG    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.125
   

   5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.966
   

   3.3V    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.337
   

   5V AUX    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.966
   

   3.3V AUX    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.406
   

   2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.483
   

   VCPU    Enabled  10%   1.44/  1.76  20%   1.28/  1.92    1.579
   

   1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.480
   

   

   Description     State       Warning RPM  Current RPM
   

   --------------- ----------  -----------  -----------
   

   FAN  0     LEFT    Enabled         2160         4066
   

   FAN  1   CENTER    Enabled         2160         4115
   

   FAN  2    RIGHT    Enabled         2160         4115
   

   FAN  3       PS    Enabled         2160         3245
   

   FAN  4      PS'    Enabled         2160         4383
   

   

   Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current
   

   Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp
   

   ----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
   

   0 NODE 0            Enabled   40C/104F   46C/114F   49C/120F   24C/ 75F
   

   1 NODE 1            Enabled   40C/104F   46C/114F   49C/120F   23C/ 73F
   

   

   001c02:
   

   Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.
   

   

   Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current
   

   -------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------
   

   12 IO    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.063
   

   12 DIG    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.063
   

   5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.992
   

   3.3V    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.337
   

   5V AUX    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.940
   

   3.3V AUX    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.388
   

   2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.483
   

   VCPU    Enabled  10%   1.44/  1.76  20%   1.28/  1.92    1.579
   

   1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.480
   

   

   Description     State       Warning RPM  Current RPM
   

   --------------- ----------  -----------  -----------
   

   FAN  0     LEFT      [color=#FF0000]Fault[/color]         2160            [color=#FF0000]0[/color]
   

   FAN  1   CENTER    Enabled         2160         4115
   

   FAN  2    RIGHT    Enabled         2160         4218
   

   FAN  3       PS    Enabled         2160         3214
   

   FAN  4      PS'    Enabled         2160         4383
   

   

   Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current
   

   Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp
   

   ----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
   

   0 NODE 0            Enabled   40C/104F   46C/114F   49C/120F   27C/ 80F
   

   1 NODE 1            Enabled   40C/104F   46C/114F   49C/120F   24C/ 75F
   

   

   001c01-L1>
   

   

   001c01-L1>  ver
   

   L1 1.48.1 (Image B), Built 01/22/2007 11:34:20  [Fuel/PE/O300 1MB image]
   

   001c01-L1>
   

   001c01-L1> flash status
   

   Flash image B currently booted
   

   

   Image      Status                Revision       Built
   

   -----   -----------------       ----------      -----
   

   A     valid                   1.46.2          10/12/2006 12:20:03
   

   B     default                 1.48.1          01/22/2007 11:34:20
   

   

   001c01-L1>

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   >> modnum
   

   001c01 001c02
   

   >> version
   

   BASEIO PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.210  built 02:30:38 PM Aug 26, 2004 (BE64)
   

   >>
   

   >> hinv -v
   

   IP35 Node Board, Module 001c01
   

   ASIC BEDROCK Rev 2, 200MHz, (nasid 0)
   

   Processor A: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 0)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor B: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 1)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor C: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 2)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor D: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 3)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Memory on board, 4096 MBytes (Standard)
   

   Bank 0, 1024 MBytes (Premium)  <-- (Software Bank 0)
   

   Bank 1, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   Bank 2, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   Bank 3, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   IP35 Node Board, Module 001c02
   

   ASIC BEDROCK Rev 2, 200MHz, (nasid 0)
   

   Processor C: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 6)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor D: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 7)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor A: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 4)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Processor B: 600 MHz R14000 Rev 2.4
   

   Secondary Cahce 4MB 300MHz Tap 0xa , (cpu 5)
   

   R14010FPC Rev 2.4
   

   Memory on board, 4096 MBytes (Standard)
   

   Bank 0, 1024 MBytes (Premium)  <-- (Software Bank 0)
   

   Bank 1, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   Bank 2, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   Bank 3, 1024 MBytes (Premium)
   

   IBRICK Bridge, Module 001c01
   

   ASIC BRIDGE Rev 2, (widget 14)
   

   adapter ID (Vendor 1000 Device 640 class c subclass c)
   

   (pci id 1 function 0)
   

   adapter ID (Vendor 1000 Device 640 class c subclass c)
   

   (pci id 1 function 1)
   

   IBRICK Bridge, Module 001c01
   

   ASIC BRIDGE Rev 2, (widget 15)
   

   adapter PCI (SCSI interface) Rev 6
   

   (pci id 1)
   

   peripheral DISK, BUS 0, ID 1, SEAGATE ST373405LC
   

   peripheral DISK, BUS 0, ID 2, SGI ST373405LC
   

   adapter IOC3 Rev 1
   

   (pci id 4)
   

   controller multi function SuperIO
   

   controller Ethernet Rev 1
   

   adapter USB (OHCI interface)
   

   (pci id 5)
   

   IBRICK Bridge, Module 001c02
   

   ASIC BRIDGE Rev 2, (widget 14)
   

   adapter ID (Vendor 1000 Device 640 class c subclass c)
   

   (pci id 1 function 0)
   

   adapter ID (Vendor 1000 Device 640 class c subclass c)
   

   (pci id 1 function 1)
   

   IBRICK Bridge, Module 001c02
   

   ASIC BRIDGE Rev 2, (widget 15)
   

   adapter PCI (SCSI interface) Rev 6
   

   (pci id 1)
   

   adapter IOC3 Rev 1
   

   (pci id 4)
   

   controller multi function SuperIO
   

   controller Ethernet Rev 1
   

   adapter USB (OHCI interface)
   

   (pci id 5)
   

   ASIC XBOW Rev 2, on CBrick, Module 001c01
   

   ASIC XBOW Rev 2, on CBrick, Module 001c02
   

   >>

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 300, 8xR14k 600MHz, 8GB RAM - 2 Bricks, L2, Router at Nov. 11, 2010, 9:59 a.m...

eMGee wrote: Very nice system! Those FC cards, if you don't intend to use them, they have a considerable market value (particularly of this type).

Thanks - I have an insatiable need for freshly rendered mirror spheres and teapots hovering above checkerboards, and this will really help feed the beast... :lol:

And special thanks re: the FC cards. One thing that really stands out on nekochan is that people are very helpful in identifying items like that where the poster may not have a clue. Makes for a great community, and I hope I can give a little back along the way.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 13, 2010, 5:10 p.m...

This time it's the Altix 350/3000 line. I've found two different flavors of full-height cabinets, and I've assumed the wasp-waisted variant was introduced later. I haven't seen much discussion of people cobbling up random numbers of Altix 350 C-bricks, so I only did a few loose 350 icons, the half rack, the two types of full racks, and expansion cabinets for the full racks.

I hereby state that the icons I've posted here are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Do whatever you'd like within those terms.

Examples: 1 C-brick ;A350; :A350:

... 2 C-bricks ;A3502L; :A3502L:

... Altix 3 1/2 rack ;AltixDS; :AltixDS:

... Altix 3000 rack ;A3000R; :A3000R:

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 13, 2010, 8:11 p.m...

Thanks recondas, that settles that. You'd think I would have learned to go to TechPubs first, rather than relying on Google image search... I'll revise that post and update the filenames.

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 13, 2010, 9:03 p.m...

recondas wrote:

The icons are primarily a visual tool - they appear in a signature file without a title <unless moused-over>. The end user can select which ever matches his system or suits his fancy.

Point taken - and in any event poor neko is going to have to work out the short names used for them as signature icons. But at least this way the names I use locally and what's on the post are as accurate as we can make them.

And thank you / you're welcome.

recondas wrote:

His selection of one over the other won't make me any less envious.

Ha, too true!

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Nov. 14, 2010, 10:40 a.m...

nekonoko wrote:

Okay, I think I have them all added. I've updated the O300 single module code to :O3x0:

to make things more consistent.

Adding all of those was probably not a ton of fun -- thank you very much for taking the time.

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Wrote on the subject of Night of the Living Dead: Resurrecting a Tezro at Nov. 23, 2010, 10:29 p.m...

Must be the one from Virginia - nice surprise on it being a 4x800 config. Also, glad I resisted temptation as I would've had to go hunting the elusive IO9...

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Wrote on the subject of Night of the Living Dead: Resurrecting a Tezro at Nov. 24, 2010, 12:41 a.m...

All that careful preparation goes to show you were ready and deserving of the beast. Congrats and enjoy!

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Wrote on the subject of IRIX security at Nov. 26, 2010, 10:57 p.m...

On the one hand, botnets are a game of scale and volume so at least the operators thereof will be more interested in Windows, Linux variants, and maybe OS X. On the other hand, people concerned with penetrating new and interesting sites will use whatever gets them in the door. In that case targeting more *NIX variants may well be worthwhile, in which case it isn't so much a question of developing new IRIX exploits as keeping old exploits and rootkits on hand. With good OS fingerprinting you can even make sure you're only trying those methods when dealing with that variant.

And yes, if they're renting botnets or have similar resources, they can afford to twist a lot of doorknobs in a lot of different ways. But when you start assuming specific targeting by a party with serious resources, you may be into a different conversation than where the OP started...

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Wrote on the subject of IRIX security at Nov. 27, 2010, 10:38 a.m...

Nihilus wrote:

There is "Trusted IRIX (TIRIX)" for those who needs it, id est governments, educational institutions, banks etc... It's more or less an open secret that it exists and is audited.

I don't think there was any secret involved, there are press releases and white papers about it achieving B1/LSPP certification .

Keep in mind that while I'm sure they still support it for paying customers, Trusted IRIX is likely at most in maintenance mode. The Trusted IRIX Security Admin Guide was last updated in 2003, from what I can find. Still, it might help and could be educational to play with anyway if you can find a copy.

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Wrote on the subject of Origin 350, 8xR16K 700MHz, 16GB RAM, SAS3041X-R, 4TB disk at Dec. 1, 2010, 3:28 p.m...

Good looking installation - thanks for sharing the photos and parts list!

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Wrote on the subject of What IBM hardware do we have..? at Dec. 2, 2010, 11:12 p.m...

Hrm - sure, why not. I don't generally have a lot of interest in IBM hardware, but I have a healthy respect for POWER and much love for Thinkpads. In odd corners I've got:

1 x Thinkpad 600X (PII @ 500MHz, 1024x768 panel)
2 x Thinkpad T23 (P3 @ 1.13GHz, P3 @ 1.2GHz; both with 1400x1050 14" panels)
1 x Thinkpad R52 (latest acquisition, Centrino @ 2GHz, 15" 1400x1050 panel)
1 x Thinkpad T61p (Penryn Core 2 Duo @ 2.4GHz)

Oh yeah, and one 5170 PC/AT that I saved from being recycled, state unknown.

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Wrote on the subject of USB Mass Storage at Dec. 3, 2010, 12:14 a.m...

One of you backward fundamentalists wrote: 100 Mbit usually does fine for file share/transfer.

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Oh sure, and I guess you believe that people were netbooting and filesharing over sub-10Mbps networks a couple of begattings ago! You theocratic cranks amuse me to no end -- especially with all your hokey religious texts that are allegedly "factual, eye-witness accounts" by people who lived in the time of Cerf and Postel.

Next you'll go off just like any other street preacher, insisting that people were building stored-program computers using hollow glass rods, hand-claps bouncing around in mercury, and vast multitudes of tiny donuts that acted as delicious storage devices. And then just to keep your audience from noticing how absurd these claims are, you'll assert that these impossible constructs didn't just work, but that the ancients and their dieties somehow kept them running so well that the priest-attendants had to work in three shifts around the clock, seven days a week to keep up with these miraculous contraptions!

Let me tell you something, when I made up a whopper like that as a child, my parents beat me until I told the truth. Maybe if somebody had shown you how important it was not to tell lies, we wouldn't be stuck listening to these ludicrous ravings every holiday season. Please, if you insist on believing these delusions, keep it in your hermit-cave out in the countryside and let the rest of us get on with our lives in what we like to call the Real World.
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Sorry, just amusing myself while sleep deprived. I was going to get indignant about how accessing storage over anything as slow as Fast Ethernet called for a "no way" verdict when this popped into my head...

Now you kids get the hell off of my lawn and go get a haircut!

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Wrote on the subject of Signature line computer icons. at Dec. 6, 2010, 11:29 p.m...

PymbleSoftware wrote:

Can we have Stones and VBOB icons too...?
Or just a "Discreet" system..?
Or is that the line in the sand... just a little too far..?

Certainly a reasonable request. Just send me one of each, and I'll get right to work.

I'll finally be heading home Wednesday after 2.5 weeks, and I'm just hoping my aquarium has survived my absence. :shock:

If I build the components in question, I could make them available with "link wires" as well as put them in some standard configs. Once I've got an Infinite Reality 3/4 chassis or a TP9xxx I could include them in an open-door view of a stock Onyx 3x0, for example. I'd need a little feedback/guidance on where the Stones and other bits show up. (By writing that, have I guaranteed that a Stone is just a TP9xxx drive unit? I just love to expose my own ignorance...

)

Any other ideas? If you have a particular pic in the gallery or a hinv thread of something in particular PM me a pointer. Some of these might be more interesting/useful than the Altix 4-series machines at this point in time. (I still think those Prism gratings could be better, but I might lose my mind staring at them...)

Not clear what'll come first, any of the above or the work I left barely started on DINA and L3 stuff, more wiki updates, etc. (Or maybe figuring out why my go-to-the-snow car died just before I went to the airport...)

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Wrote on the subject of USB Mass Storage Bounty Schwag at Dec. 13, 2010, 10:42 a.m...

Uhm, my understanding is that zackwatt isn't creating these mugs for profit. So rather than asking him to foot the bill for some number of free mugs, would that not be something paid for out of the donations to the project fund? (I confess I haven't looked at the project site to see what mechanisms are provided or expected...)

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Wrote on the subject of Suitable OS for SGI1100 and SGI1200? at Dec. 14, 2010, 12:27 p.m...

Just to chime in on the OS question... My suggestions would be CentOS if you'd prefer Linux, and FreeBSD otherwise. Both seem to have a healthy base of support and a future.

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Wrote on the subject of Guidelines for "hinv"-Thread at Dec. 15, 2010, 1:43 a.m...

So to recap... These hinv listings are important in a number of ways:

They can be useful records of factory configurations
They provide useful compatibility information about non-factory configurations
They can help identify working or incompatible firmware or board-level revisions
They provide fun hints of what's possible to somebody thinking of buying one
Mining these listings can help solve problems posted in other forums

So for all of these reasons, as well as a little healthy bragging about your shiny new toy, please consider posting and maintaining a "hinv" thread for your SGI machines.

Your thread topic or subject should follow this general format: Model, CPU(s), RAM, graphics, storage, and other options. Some examples:

Within the body you can talk about how you acquired the machine and what you'd like to do with it, but please include as much of the following as possible/applicable :

hinv -v (-vm if you can)
gfxinfo -v (-vv if possible)
uname -a (-aR if appropriate)
scsicontrol -i /dev/scsi/* (change path as needed)
/sbin/diskpatch -v
L1/L2 serial all
L1/L2 flash status
L1/L2 env
L1/L2 pci

Enclosing the output from these commands in "Code" blocks using the "full editor" can help keep things organized and easily readable. Also consider checking the "Disable smilies" option below the editing window, as some machine output may be interpreted as a smiley and won't display properly otherwise.

Pictures of the machine(s) are encouraged, but please keep in mind the fact that the board doesn't have infinite storage. Unless you're posting a detailed close-up for a specific reason, consider limiting your image to at most 1k pixels high or wide, and use an image format that supports compression like JPEG. Posting a 10MB RAW or JPEG image straight from the camera means some poor moderator will have to download it, reduce the size, and then replace it - best to keep "creative control" and edit it before you upload it.

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Wrote on the subject of Unboxing a "new" MultiLink Adapter at Dec. 18, 2010, 9:06 p.m...

I did a search for "multilink" and checked the posts back to the end of 2009, but with 19 pages of results still to review I decided I'd risk a repeat...

I recently picked up a "brand new in its original retail packaging and includes all accessories" SGI MultiLink Adapter. In case it is in unmolested condition, I thought it might be nice to capture what was included in this package. I didn't discern a part number for the kit as a whole but the MLA itself is known as a CMN B025B, or part number 013-2840-001.

The box had been opened before I got it. Whether it was used at some point or not I can't be certain but the MLA is certainly in excellent, like-new condition. The cardboard box for the power supply had been opened at some point, but the permanently attached cord could easily be in the factory twist ties. The manufacturer for that PSU is SYN Electronics Company, Ltd, whose model number is SYS2011-4012 Rev B, and has "SGI P/N 9350836" also on it's label. Output is listed as +12V at 3.33 amps.

There are three video cables included, and all cables bagged together appear to bear the SGI part number 013-3066-001. One cable is DVI-D male to DVI-D male, and the second is DVI-I male to HD15 male. The last cable is apparently a "DFP" cable - on one end it's DVI-D male, but on the other it looks like a half-width version of the LVDS connector used by the 1600SW and other components.

Well, with all that blather out of the way, here are the photos:

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Wrote on the subject of FS: Octane/Octane2 parts/spares... at Dec. 20, 2010, 2:31 p.m...

mapesdhs wrote: put black dotted lines on my parcels so the recipient can see where to cut the tapes.

This puts me in mind of cases where clear tape has been used to seal up objects entombed in bubblewrap. It can be frustrating trying to figure out the interlocking, overlapping web of tape tracks if you're trying to salvage or recycle the bubblewrap...

(Sorry, no Ian-related content here...)

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel DMediaPro DM6 PCI Digital Video at Dec. 20, 2010, 8:05 p.m...

I recently acquired a Fuel that included a DMediaPro DM6 PCI digital video option card. These seem to be rare beasts, so I thought I'd better put up what information I had about it. SGI part number for this example is 013-3745-002, and the board bears "DVS EDDY4" in a couple locations.

The station itself seems to be part of a turnkey solution possibly intended to run something called "Opal" - I found some traces of a digital asset management package, a video/image enhancement package, and a number of production outfits by that name via Google. I can say that this system also ran ObjectStore (v5), which I haven't run across in many years, and that it has dependencies on other machines in some kind of local network.

If you just want to see a couple photos, scroll down. First I'll put in some info from/about the card.

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  Partial hinv output:
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 48) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 48) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 5348, device 5701) pci slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4630) pci slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4334, device 53585) pci slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 4
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4165, device 51297) pci slot 5
  
  SD-DIGVID Standard Definition Digital Video: unit 0, revision 7.60.0

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  Select output from dvsinfo:
  
  DVSINFO Information File
  
  ========================
  
  General Info
  
  ---------------------------------------
  
  Date:   2010/11/21 22:18:27
  
  dvsinfo: 2.5p22
  
  ...
  
  Driver Info
  
  ---------------------------------------
  
  driverinfo:
  
  version      2.5p33
  
  compiled     Aug 28 2002  12:42:20
  
  licence:
  
  ramsize      128 MB
  
  audio        0 channels
  
  beta         0
  
  diskrecorder 0
  
  disksize     0 MB
  
  duallink     0
  
  film2k       0
  
  film2kplus   0
  
  hd360        0
  
  hsdl         0
  
  keychannel   0
  
  mixer        1
  
  rgbsupport   1
  
  sdtv         1
  
  streamer     1
  
  ...
  
  hwinfo0:
  
  epldversion  73c00
  
  epldoptions  0f6fefff
  
  cardrevision 43201
  
  cardoptions  0000150f
  
  serialnr     19060503
  
  pciwidth     64
  
  pcispeed     33 MHz
  
  epld:
  
  pciif        7.60.0
  
  csrmux       1.0.13
  
  pixmux       1.0.19
  
  ...
  
  PCI Scan
  
  ---------------------------------------
  
  PCI Device List
  
  Vendor:10ee Id:d151 at bus:0 device:0 function:0
  
  Vendor : 'Xilinx' Device : 'DVS:SDBoard' rev:2
  
  ---------------------------------------
  
  PCI Dump
  
  ---------------------------------------
  
  PCI Device List
  
  Vendor:10ee Id:d151 at bus:0 device:0 function:0
  
  Vendor : 'Xilinx' Device : 'DVS:SDBoard' rev:2
  
  00 Vendor     10ee
  
  02 Device     d151
  
  04 Command    0006      Memory Master
  
  06 Status     0200      Devsel:Medium
  
  08 Revision   02
  
  09 Class      040000    MultimediaController VideoDevice
  
  0c Cacheline  00        Cachelinesize 0 bytes
  
  0d Latancy    f8        Latancy 248 PCI cycles
  
  0e Header     00        Header type:Normal
  
  0f BIST       00
  
  10 Addr0      00400000  00400000
  
  14 Addr1      02000000  02000000
  
  18 Addr2      00000000
  
  1c Addr3      00000000
  
  20 Addr4      00000000
  
  24 Addr5      00000000
  
  30 ExRom      00000000
  
  3c IntLine    ff
  
  3d IntPin     01
  
  3e Min Grant  01
  
  3f Max Lat    ff

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 9:33 p.m...

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   # hinv -vm
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/node
   

   IP34 Board: barcode NYX987     part 030-1707-005 rev -B
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/13
   

   ASTODY Board: barcode RBG430     part 030-1726-006 rev -B
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/14
   

   IP34 Board: barcode NYX987     part 030-1707-005 rev -B
   

   Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/15
   

   IP34 Board: barcode NYX987     part 030-1707-005 rev -B
   

   1 700 MHZ IP35 Processor
   

   CPU: MIPS R16000 Processor Chip Revision: 4.1
   

   FPU: MIPS R16010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 4.1
   

   CPU 0 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice A: 700 Mhz MIPS R16000 Processor Chip (enabled)
   

   Processor revision: 4.1. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 350 Mhz  Tap 0xa
   

   Main memory size: 4096 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: 4096 MB (enabled)
   

   Bank 0 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 1 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 2 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Bank 3 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
   

   Integral SCSI controller 2: Version unknown (30)
   

   Integral SCSI controller 3: Version unknown (30)
   

   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 6 on SCSI controller 1
   

   IOC3 serial port: tty1
   

   IOC3 serial port: tty2
   

   IOC3 parallel port: plp1
   

   Graphics board: V12
   

   Gigabit Ethernet: tg1, module 001c01, PCI bus 2 slot 2
   

   Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 001c01, pci 4
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 48) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4096, device 48) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 5348, device 5701) pci slot 2
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4630) pci slot 1
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4334, device 53585) pci slot 2
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 4
   

   PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4165, device 51297) pci slot 5
   

   SD-DIGVID Standard Definition Digital Video: unit 0, revision 7.60.0
   

   HUB in Module 001c01/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
   

   IP35prom in Module 001c01/Slot n0: Revision 6.210
   

   USB controller: type OHCI

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   # /usr/gfx/gfxinfo -vv
   

   Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
   

   Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
   

   BUZZ version B.2
   

   PB&J version 1
   

   128MB memory
   

   Banks: 4, CAS latency: 3
   

   Monitor 0 type: DEL -24568
   

   Input Sync: Voltage - Video Level; Source - Internal; Genlocked - False
   

   Channel 0:
   

   Origin = (0,0)
   

   Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60)
   

   Video Format Flags:  (none)
   

   Sync Disabled
   

   Using Gamma Map 0
   

   Monitor Type:  DEL-40968
   

   Gain (all color components) - 0.000000 ; range [1,10]

Monitor is a Dell 2001FP 20" 4:3 LCD panel - not sure why it's reporting this way

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   # scsicontrol -i /dev/scsi/*
   

   /dev/scsi/sc0d1l0:  Disk          SGI     IC35L073UWDY10-0S27C
   

   ANSI vers 3, ISO ver: 0, ECMA ver: 0; supports:  16bit synch linkedcmds cmdqueing
   

   Device is  ready
   

   /dev/scsi/sc1d6l0:  CD-ROM        TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M17111005
   

   ANSI vers 2, ISO ver: 0, ECMA ver: 0; supports:  synch linkedcmds
   

   Device is  not ready

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   # /sbin/diskpatch -v
   

   sc0d1l0:  Disk         SGI     IC35L073UWDY10-0S27C  Serial: E6WYY66C

Since this is an IP35-based system I thought I'd be able to collect the L1 information, but when I tried to run "l1cmd serial all" it locked up the machine. Not sure what's up with that...

EDIT : Here's what I got from the motherboard serial connector:

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   001a01-L1>serial all
   

   

   Data                            Location      Value
   

   ------------------------------  ------------  --------
   

   Local System Serial Number      EEPROM        08:00:69:10:89:1A
   

   Local Brick Serial Number       EEPROM        NYX987
   

   Reference Brick Serial Number   NVRAM         NYX987
   

   

   

   EEPROM      Product Name    Serial         Part Number           Rev  T/W
   

   ----------  --------------  -------------  --------------------  ---  ------
   

   NODE        IP34            NYX987         030_1707_005          B    00
   

   MAC         MAC ADDRESS     NA             NA                    NA   NA
   

   PIMM        IP34PIMM        NZS678         030_1891_001          D    00
   

   XIO         ASTODY          RBG430         030_1726_006          B    00
   

   

   EEPROM     JEDEC-SPD Info           Part Number        Rev  Speed  SGI
   

   ---------- ------------------------ ------------------ ---- ------ --------
   

   DIMM 0     7F94FFFFFFFFFFFF3FFDD01D SM57228DSGI100C2   00FF   8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 2     CE0000000000000026371600 M3 46L2820BT1-CA0   0B    8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 1     7F94FFFFFFFFFFFF3C03D01D SM57228DSGI100C2   00FF   8.0  N/A
   

   DIMM 3     CE0000000000000027142100 M3 46L2820BT1-CA0   0B    8.0  N/A
   

   

   001a01-L1>
   

   001a01-L1>env
   

   Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.
   

   

   Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current
   

   -------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------
   

   12V    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   11.938
   

   12V IO    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.000
   

   5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.992
   

   3.3V    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.354
   

   2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.457
   

   1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.466
   

   5V AUX    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.096
   

   3.3V AUX    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.285
   

   PIMM 12V BIAS    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.000
   

   

   SRAM    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.522
   

   VCPU    Enabled  10%   1.13/  1.38  20%   1.00/  1.50    1.255
   

   PIMM 1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.480
   

   PIMM 3.3V AUX    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.285
   

   PIMM 5V AUX    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.096
   

   XIO 12V BIAS    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   11.875
   

   XIO 5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.018
   

   XIO 2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.470
   

   XIO 3.3V AUX    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.302
   

   

   Description     State       Warning RPM  Current RPM
   

   --------------- ----------  -----------  -----------
   

   FAN  0  EXHAUST    Enabled          920         1240
   

   FAN  1       HD    Enabled         1560         2149
   

   FAN  2      PCI    Enabled         1120         1454
   

   FAN  3    XIO 1    Enabled         1600         2311
   

   FAN  4    XIO 2    Enabled         1600         2235
   

   FAN  5       PS    Enabled         1349         2518
   

   

   Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current
   

   Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp
   

   ----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
   

   0 NODE 0            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    80C/176F   37C/ 98F
   

   1 NODE 1            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    80C/176F   39C/102F
   

   2 NODE 2            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    80C/176F   30C/ 86F
   

   3 PIMM              Enabled    [Autofan Control]    80C/176F   41C/105F
   

   4 ODYSSEY           Enabled    [Autofan Control]    80C/176F   35C/ 95F
   

   5 BEDROCK           Enabled    [Autofan Control]    85C/185F   40C/104F
   

   

   001a01-L1>

EDIT : This might explain the problems with the L1 commands from IRIX -- I'll add "flash status" to the hinv guidelines page in the wiki... There are reports of issues with at least Fuels and the later L1 firmware releases, as described here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16721896

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   001a01-L1>flash status
   

   Flash image B currently booted
   

   

   Image      Status        Revision    Built
   

   -----   -------------   ----------   -----
   

   A     valid           1.44.4       09/25/2006 13:05:01
   

   B     default         1.44.4       09/25/2006 13:05:01
   

   001a01-L1>

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 9:41 p.m...

Earlier this month I came across an auction for a Fuel with the following description:

USED SGI SILICON GRAPHICS FUEL

Working
700 MHz
2 GB RAM Memory
73 GB Hard Drive
Irix 6.5 Operating System Installed (May Need Reintall)
Irix 6.5 OS Disks included

* ITEM WILL BE SOLD AS IS

Not exactly a verbose description, but if accurate at US$300 this was already a good deal. The fact that the IRIX CDs looked like a later release didn't hurt any, and if the hinv picture was accurate there was a GigE card installed.

Well, the CDs turned out to be for 6.5.30. The gfx turned out to be V12, and there's a dual-channel LSI 22320-R UltraSCSI 320 controller as well as the SGI-tagged 3COM 3C996B-T. And totally unexpectedly <drumroll please> there was a DMediaPro DM6 PCI card (013-3745-002) digital video card installed as well. (For more on the card, I started this thread in SGI:Hardware .)

After I can image the disk this will probably become my primary IRIX desktop. I'll be looking around for one of the supported PCI audio cards. I've already maxed out the RAM and added the DVD-ROM drive.

Pictures to follow shortly.

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 10 p.m...

recondas wrote: Congratulations - that's a very nice Fuel. Interesting about the serial all lockup - anything interesting appear in the system or L1 logs?

Thanks - and I'm not sure about the L1 logs, because when I tried running "l1cmd log" it locked up again. Not sure it's useful, but here's what I've got from the serial port during a startup after I'd added the RAM and DVD drive (and restarted, otherwise you'd see the PROM message about previously unknown RAM).

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   IP35 PROM SGI Version 6.210  built 02:33:51 PM Aug 26, 2004
   

   Running in DDR mode
   

   Testing/Initializing memory ...............      DONE
   

   Copying PROM code to memory ...............      DONE
   

   Discovering local IO ......................      DONE
   

   Discovering NUMAlink connectivity .........
   

   Local hub NUMAlink is down.
   

   *** Local network link down
   

   DONE
   

   Found 1 objects (1 hubs, 0 routers) in 30360 usec
   

   Waiting for peers to complete discovery....      DONE
   

   No other nodes present; becoming global master
   

   Global master is /hw/rack/001/bay/01
   

   Intializing any CPUless nodes..............      DONE
   

   Checking partitioning information .........      DONE
   

   No other nodes present; becoming partition master
   

   Loading BASEIO prom .......................      DONE
   

   

   BASEIO PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.210  built 02:30:38 PM Aug 26, 2004 (BE64)
   

   1 CPUs on 1 nodes found.
   

   Automatic update of PROM environment disabled
   

   

   PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse diagnostics
   

   Found mouse on port 0
   

   Found keyboard on port 1
   

   PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse diagnostics passed
   

   

   Graphics diagnostics
   

   

   Odyssey board #0 found on nasid 0
   

   Running Odyssey xtalk sanity diag...
   

   Board version 1 - Buzz revision 3B
   

   On board sdram size: 128 Mb
   

   Cas latency: CAS 3
   

   4 banks by sdram module
   

   Running Odyssey Buzz registers diag...
   

   Device passed diagnostics
   

   

   Installing PROM Device drivers ............
   

   Base I/O Ethernet set to /dev/ethernet/ef0
   

   Installing Graphics Console...
   

   graphics install: searching for pipe 0
   

   

   Walking SCSI Adapter 0, (pci id 1)
   

   1+ Device Vendor Product: SGI IC35L073UWDY10-0
   

   2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 1 device(s)
   

   

   

   Walking SCSI Adapter 1, (pci id 1)
   

   1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6+ Device Vendor Product: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1711
   

   7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 1 device(s)
   

   

   Initializing PROM Device drivers ..........             DONE
   

   

   

   

   XXXX console login:

Interesting bit there with the console login - the graphics console automatically logs in as the "opal" user and tries to start up some apps, which appear to fail-restart-fail in an endless loop. Other messages indicate the failure is related to the other network nodes which are no longer reachable.

I haven't tried talking to the L1 via the dedicated USB port yet. Due to disk space limitations, the laptop that's hosting the DINA VM can't also have the L3 VM at the same time.

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 10:07 p.m...

Nothing shocking about the pictures, but just for the sake of completeness...

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smj
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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 10:25 p.m...

recondas wrote: There should be a DB9 serial port on the motherboard <right next to the planar SCSI connector> that provides a slightly more convenient connection to the L1 controller. You might try running the commands with only the L1 running.

I took the cable I'd been using to speak to the external serial port and plugged it into the motherboard DB9, but it came all the way up to the menu on the V12 w/o any activity on the L1 connector. No "linenoise" indicating a speed mismatch, just an absence of any output. Whacking the enter key makes no difference.

If it's a crossover/null modem issue, I'm lacking anything to suit for DB9... Guess I'd better check the docs.

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Wrote on the subject of Fuel: 700 MHz, 4GB RAM, V12, GigE, 2xU320, DM6 at Dec. 20, 2010, 10:52 p.m...

recondas wrote: That same cable ought to work - what serial port settings did you use - 38400 / 8 / N / 1 / ?

I hate it when I out-clever myself. The console serial port is set to run at 9600, but I ass-umed that I'd see garbage even if the L1 port was running at another speed... So here's the L1 log:

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   001a01-L1>log
   

   12/20/10 17:25:22 reset (PANEL)
   

   12/20/10 22:58:29 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:31 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:33 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:35 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:37 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:39 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:41 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:43 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:45 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:47 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:49 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:51 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:53 SCC WR 0 (len=127) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:58:55 SCC WR 0 (len=62) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 22:59:21 Power Down: press power button again to immediately power down.
   

   12/20/10 22:59:22 SCC WR 0 (len=102) - UART:UART_TIMEOUT
   

   12/20/10 23:00:20 power down (PANEL)
   

   12/20/10 23:54:54 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:54:54 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:54:55 SMP-R: UART:UART_NO_CONNECTION
   

   12/20/10 23:55:13 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:55:13 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:55:14 SMP-R: UART:UART_FRAMING_ERROR
   

   12/20/10 23:55:21 power up (PANEL)
   

   12/20/10 23:55:27 reset again MIPS
   

   12/20/10 23:55:31 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:55:31 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:55:32 SMP-R: UART:UART_FRAMING_ERROR
   

   12/20/10 23:55:41 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:55:41 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:55:42 SMP-R: UART:UART_FRAMING_ERROR
   

   12/20/10 23:56:35 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:56:35 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:56:36 SMP-R: UART:UART_FRAMING_ERROR
   

   12/20/10 23:57:33 SMP unregistering events
   

   12/20/10 23:57:33 UNREG: 3000513c 0 4
   

   12/20/10 23:57:34 SMP-R: UART:UART_FRAMING_ERROR
   

   001a01-L1>

Note: I'll go paste the usual L1 output into the top post.

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