[rescue] SGI

[Thomas Pelki]

Hi John-Paul,

Did NOT know about SGI's "Techpubs" and thanks for the link. looking at it
now.

so other than IRIX, what other OS does anybody recommend for the indigo2
(Teal)??

-Thomas


On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 8:47 AM John-Paul Stewart via rescue <
rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> On 2023-10-04 00:12, Thomas Pelki via rescue wrote:
> > Hi John-Paul,
> >
> > Thank you for all the information, Below is what I know about mine so
> far:
> >
> > The model number is CMNB007Y100
>
> That would indicate a 200MHz R4400 system.  Not bad at all, IMHO.
>
> > has the 3 card set graphics (extreme graphics) 013-8764-001
> > Missing whatever the card was below the graphics and no i/o plate
> > 12 sticks of RAM (still trying to figure out how to remove the CD-ROM
> > base so I can get to the CPU and the RAM)
>
> Are you familiar with SGI's "Techpubs"?  It was what they called their
> documentation collection.  The original website is long gone, but there
> are several mirrors on-line these days.  One is:
>
> https://techpubs.jurassic.nl/manuals/hdwr/enduser/
>
> The "Indigo2 Workstation Owner's Guide" has the info you'll need to get
> at the RAM in Chapter 3.
>
> There's *tons* of useful info in the other Techpubs manuals, too!
>
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