Silicon Graphics Indy

Posts

• A yak shave with SGI's EFS Wed, Jul 4, 2018
• Getting an Indy Desktop Mon, Sep 25, 2017
• Booting the Indy Sat, Sep 9, 2017
• Indy Power Supply Replacement Sat, Sep 2, 2017
• The First Four Pizzaboxes Wed, Aug 23, 2017

Project status

Phase	Status	Notes
Powers on?	✅	Original Nidec power supply worked out-of-the-box, but later had capacitor failure. Replaced with a new Sony power supply.
Passes firmware self-test?	✅
Working serial console?	✅	mini-DIN 8 - DB25, DB25-DB9, null modem adapter
Framebuffer works?	✅	13W3-VGA adapter (sync-on-green)
OS boots?	✅	IRIX 6.5 installed on a SCSI2SD
Working GUI?	✅	X-Windows and IRIX Interactive Desktop
Working input devices?	✅	Uses PS/2 peripherals

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Specifications

Manufacturer	Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Model	CMN B006
CPU	R4600 @ 100MHz
Architecture	MIPS
Memory	64 MB (8x Toshiba THM362020ASG-70)
Internal Expansion	2x GIO slots
Frame Buffer	SGI XL (“Newport”) 2D
	13W3 Connector (SGI Pinout)
Hard Drive	1 GB Seagate ST51080N
	548 MB IBM DSAS-3540
External Storage	none
Serial Ports	2x mini-DIN 8
Keyboard	PS/2 (mini-DIN 6)
Mouse	PS/2 (mini-DIN 6)
Networking	10Base-T Ethernet
	AUI Ethernet
	ISDN (RJ-45 Connector)
Audio	2x 1/8 ″ audio input (microphone and line-in)
	3x 1/8 ″ audio output (headphones, two line-out)
Video	composite (RCA) video input
	S-Video (mini-DIN 4) input
	IndyCam (bundled webcam) input
	3D glasses output
SCSI	SCSI-2 micro DB-50, shares a bus with internal drives
Parallel Port	PC-style DB25