----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 06:27 PM
Subject: Re: IRIX on Personal Iris
> On May 7, 7:13, Robert Schaefer wrote:
> > Well, my latest toy is here, but it looks like I screwed up a little
when
> I
> > picked up an IRIX CD for it. I got 'IRIX 5.3 for Indy R4400 175MHz',
but
> > according to http://sgistuff.g-lenerz.de/ this version is
Indy-specific--
> I
> > need the plain vanilla 5.3 CD, or 5.3 XFS. Anyone have one to trade?
Or
> > maybe even 4.x?
>
> Many of the ones listed as Indy-specific are merely lacking a boot file
for
> Indigo and earlier systems. I installed 5.3 onto the Indigos in the next
> room from "IRIX 5.3 for Indy including R5000", having booted the miniroot
> from an older release.
I haven't done much fiddling, but the prom reports no files on one HDD and
claims sash and ide are not executables on the other. So no booting past
the prom yet. :(
>
> > Also, if anyone has a source for 8MB simms, keyboards, and mice I'd be
> > interested.
>
> You can upgrade a 4MB SIMM to an 8MB one very easily -- just add the chips
> and change one (? IIRC) SMD resistor.
Verrrryyyy interesting. Are these the PI 4D/35 specific SIMMS you are
refering to? I do have at least four 4MB SIMMS installed.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
Bob
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 19:38:18 BST