[vcf-midatlantic] SGI Indigo help at tomorrow's workshop (Saturday)

[dillera at gmail.com]

Bring them- at the very least I can bring my SOG Panel.

If you need one- these are very nice Dell SOG (i know because that is what I use) for around $200 on Amazon today:

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-andy


> On Jan 14, 2019, at 3:16 PM, Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> I have three teal Indigo 2 computers. One with a fresh IRIX install, and
> two others in as-is condition. Perhaps I can bring them in February. I just
> need a reliable sync-on-green monitor and I have a 13w3 to VGA adapter.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 8:46 AM andy diller via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org wrote:
> 
>> The SGI Install area was actually a win, as we managed to go thru a bunch
>> of drives and SCSI magic to get Adam's Indigo working with a fresh, full
>> install of 5.3.
>> 
>> We also pulled out the VCF's SGIs and discovered they have a Iris 4d,
>> Indigo 1 R4k (may be elan) and a Teal Indigo2.
>> 
>> I ran out of time, but I am targeting next Feb workshop to:
>> 
>> - bring up some SCSI2SD drives for the VCF's SGI systems
>> - boot them (if they work- we didn't test)
>> - install fresh OS of 5.3 or 6.5.22 depending on RAM via my netboot (so no
>> CDROM are required)
>> 
>> 
>> If anyone else is interested in SGI please come up for Feb.
>> 
>> I will also have my RS/6000 43P by then and will bring it to mess around
>> with. I've gotten rid of 95% of my stuff (thanks for everyone that bid, won
>> showed up and paid and took the stuff) and now I can focus on actual repair
>> work and slow prepping for the festival.
>> 
>> 
>> Some Photos:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Adam logging into his Indigo for the very first time ever, with IRIX 5.3
>> 
>> Behind there you can see my MacBook, which was running the virtual server
>> (debian box) that ran DHCP/BOOTP and TFTP which allowed a complete netboot
>> and install on the SGIs. It will work with the Iris 4D, as I have one and
>> the PROM is capable of doing it!
>> 
>> 
>> See you Feb.
>> 
>> -andy
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 11, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Just to you... thanks again!
>>>> Are you sure 6.* will work? I seem to remember that I was told this is
>> one of earliest models of the SGI Indigo (maybe R3000?) and might only go
>> work with 5.*?
>>> 
>>> If it is a R3K CPU board then your optical drive has to be 512 byte
>> blocks, and you are limited to IRIX 5.3 I think.
>>> 
>>> Check the left board by model #.
>>> 
>>>                      - Ethan
>>> 
>> 
>>