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Wrote the following at Dec. 24, 2008, 6:43 p.m...

I almost forgot about posting my own system! To make up for the delay, I've also included some pictures; which I took ten days ago (I couldn't upload anything to the Nekochan gallery , so I hosted them elsewhere. Some people in the IRC channel have seen them already.

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hinv -vm

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  Location: /hw/module/001c01/node
  
  IP53_2CPU Board: barcode NCG143     part 030-1869-001 rev -C
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/IXbrick/xtalk/11
  
  WS_INT_53 Board: barcode NBY973     part 030-1881-007 rev -A
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/IXbrick/xtalk/12
  
  ODY128B1_2 Board: barcode NPL864     part 030-1884-005 rev -B
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/IXbrick/xtalk/15
  
  WS_INT_53 Board: barcode NBY973     part 030-1881-007 rev -A
  
  Location: /hw/module/001c01/IXbrick/xtalk/15/pci-x/0/1/ioc4
  
  IO9 Board: barcode MTC546     part 030-1771-005 rev -A
  
  2 700 MHZ IP35 Processors
  
  CPU: MIPS R16000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.1
  
  FPU: MIPS R16010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.1
  
  CPU 0 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice A: 700 Mhz MIPS R16000 Processor Chip (enabled)
  
  Processor revision: 2.1. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 350 Mhz  Tap 0xc
  
  CPU 1 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice C: 700 Mhz MIPS R16000 Processor Chip (enabled)
  
  Processor revision: 2.1. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 350 Mhz  Tap 0xc
  
  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: 8192 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)
  
  Bank 4 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 5 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 6 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Bank 7 contains 1024 MB (Premium) DIMMS (enabled)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 2: Version IDE (ATA/ATAPI) IOC4
  
  CDROM: unit 0 on SCSI controller 2
  
  Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
  
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
  
  Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
  
  Integral SCSI controller 3: Version IEEE1394 SBP2
  
  Integral SCSI controller 4: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 1, 33 MHz PCI
  
  Integral SCSI controller 5: Version Fibre Channel QL2342 Port 2, 33 MHz PCI
  
  Disk drive: unit 32 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 32)
  
  Disk drive: unit 33 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 33)
  
  Disk drive: unit 34 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 34)
  
  Disk drive: unit 35 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 35)
  
  Disk drive: unit 36 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 36)
  
  Disk drive: unit 37 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 37)
  
  Disk drive: unit 38 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 38)
  
  Disk drive: unit 39 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 39)
  
  Disk drive: unit 40 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 40)
  
  Disk drive: unit 41 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 41)
  
  Disk drive: unit 42 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 42)
  
  Disk drive: unit 43 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 43)
  
  Disk drive: unit 44 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 44)
  
  Disk drive: unit 45 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 45)
  
  Disk drive: unit 46 on SCSI controller 5 (unit 46)
  
  Unknown type 13: unit 47 on SCSI controller 5
  
  IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty3
  
  IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty4
  
  Graphics board: V12
  
  Integral Gigabit Ethernet: tg0, module 001c01, PCI bus 1 slot 4
  
  Iris Audio Processor: version MAD revision 1, number 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x100a) PCI slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x104c, device 0xac28) PCI slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1216) PCI slot 3
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x14e4, device 0x1645) PCI slot 4
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1412, device 0x1724) PCI slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x104c, device 0x8024) PCI slot 1
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 2
  
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x2312) PCI slot 2
  
  IOC4 firmware revision 79
  
  IOC3/IOC4 external interrupts: 1
  
  HUB in Module 001c01/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
  
  IP35prom in Module 001c01/Slot n0: Revision 6.210
  
  DMediaPro DM10 FW option: unit 0, revision 1.1.0

[updated: Feb. 21st, 2009]

gfxinfo

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  Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
  
  Managed (":0.0") 1920x1200
  
  BUZZ version B.2
  
  PB&J version 1
  
  128MB memory
  
  Banks: 4, CAS latency: 3
  
  Monitor 0 type: IVM 22020
  
  Channel 0:
  
  Origin = (0,0)
  
  Video Output: 1920 pixels, 1200 lines, 59.90Hz (1920x1200_60f)

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I just noticed that on properly calibrated monitors these pictures don't exactly come out as being of the best quality imaginable , as they were shot with poor lighting conditions and without a fixture. I can upload (an)other/new one(s), if anyone is interested...

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guardian452
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Wrote the following at Dec. 24, 2008, 7:50 p.m...

hmmm, I think I like the tezro light fx even more than the octane :twisted:

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hamei
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Wrote the following at Dec. 24, 2008, 8 p.m...

eMGee wrote: I almost forgot about posting my own system!

Looks pretty nice, em ! I believe to get the photos into the gallery you ftp them up. Then neko puts them into a gallery manually.

What version of Irix are you running ? I ask because I also used to get this :

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   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
   

   Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
   

   Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
   

   Integral SCSI controller 3: Version IEEE1394 SBP2
   

   IEEE1394 Disk: node 10b92000b71b63 port 0 lun 0 on SCSI controller 3 (unit 2)

Now I get

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   Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, single ended
   

   Fabric Disk: node d04b561107262b port 0 lun 0 on SCSI controller 1 (unit 2)
   

   Disk drive / removable media: unit 3 on SCSI controller 1
   

   CDROM: unit 6 on SCSI controller 1
   

   Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
   

   Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
   

   Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)

The "Fabric Disk" is actually a firewire disk and used to show up the same as yours. I'm reluctantly using 6.5.30, not sure when the reporting blew up. The firewire disk is definitely not on Integral SCSI controller 1. Neither is the firewire CF card reader. The CD-ROM is .

Hoping it's just a reporting issue and not a symptom of something truly fubar. Not sure what changed it or when

nekonoko
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Wrote the following at Dec. 24, 2008, 10:02 p.m...

hamei wrote:

eMGee wrote: I almost forgot about posting my own system!

Looks pretty nice, em ! I believe to get the photos into the gallery you ftp them up. Then neko puts them into a gallery manually.

The forum itself supports image attachments - there's no need to host elsewhere unless you really want to.

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jan-jaap
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Wrote the following at Dec. 25, 2008, 3:29 a.m...

He, a Tezro in NL

Where does it come from? Most Tezros were Discreet stations but this one doesn't have the usual digital media or fibre channel options.

I want a Tezro

Now this is a deep dark secret, so everybody keep it quiet

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eMGee
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Wrote the following at Dec. 25, 2008, 7:44 p.m...

sybrfreq wrote:

hmmm, I think I like the tezro light fx even more than the octane :twisted:

It's quite bright too!

hamei wrote:

eMGee wrote:

I almost forgot about posting my own system!

Looks pretty nice, em ! I believe to get the photos into the gallery you ftp them up. Then neko puts them into a gallery manually.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was a bit confused by the option for registration, but I guess that's to be able to post comments.

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What version of Irix are you running ?

At the moment IRIX 6.5.26, but I intend on updating to 6.5.28. Although, I must say, I'm rather satisfied with .26 at the moment. Ian (Mapleson) was kind enough put it on a SCSI HDD I ordered from him.

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I ask because I also used to get this :
(..)
Now I get
(..)

The "Fabric Disk" is actually a firewire disk and used to show up the same as yours. I'm reluctantly using 6.5.30, not sure when the reporting blew up. The firewire disk is definitely not on Integral SCSI controller 1. Neither is the firewire CF card reader. The CD-ROM is .

Hoping it's just a reporting issue and not a symptom of something truly fubar. Not sure what changed it or when

I see what you mean. But, does the media work? I'm still messing around with my Maxtor OneTouch external FW-HDD enclosure (with a non-original HDD in it, since it died... like many of these particular drives; the enclosure itself is very nice actually). Anyway, no luck so far. Although, I won't give up yet!

nekonoko wrote:

The forum itself supports image attachments - there's no need to host elsewhere unless you really want to.

Okay, understood. Thanks for letting me know, I'm still somewhat new here. On that same note, I have to say, this is a great forum! In fact, so far the best I've ever been on in a long while (since od[force] ). Great community.

jan-jaap wrote:

He, a Tezro in NL

Where does it come from? Most Tezros were Discreet stations but this one doesn't have the usual digital media or fibre channel options.

I want a Tezro

I managed to buy it rather bare , with no internal DVD-drive and such. I believe it did come from a studio indeed, like the vast majority of these amazing systems, and of course stripped of all its additional expansions and options (FC/SCSI controllers, VBOB and so on). Besides, the DM2-5 range is barely of any use to an individual anyway. It's not like I have matching broadcasting equipment here. At the moment I don't even have room for an output monitor. By the way, since you said ‘were,’ I hear they're still being used on quite some scale (I know at least one facility in Amsterdam that still uses at least one of them, as their Flame suite). I guess this is a contributing factor as to why they're not very common still on places like eBay . The same thing could be said of the VPro -based Octane2 systems and even the Fuel series, although to a lesser degree. In fact, I heard that even the old Octane is used on a certain scale. It reportedly still does well, I presume for non-HD or generally non-broadcast work. Although, that'll probably change real soon in 2009, with the whole HD standardization over in the USA...

As for fibre channel, I'm not that rich!

But, I might invest on it in the future. Not before a 4×1GHz CPU ‘update’ though, but who knows. Actually, to bring up the earlier DM10 (and its issues), which I specially got since I was planning on using some of my older IDE-ATA HDDs via FireWire . Although, as I said, without any luck so far. For the rest, and performance-wise, I have pretty capable SCSI drives (15K and 10K RPM respectively, in the internal bays).

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Wrote the following at Jan. 28, 2009, 12:56 p.m...

Installed the DVD-drive in it about a week ago (as it was lacking one and really wanted one) and before that I managed to get my hands on an IBM -branded SpaceBall 5000 . Anyway, here are some pictures.

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sgtprobe
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Wrote the following at Jan. 28, 2009, 1:18 p.m...

Oh, it's a beauty. Me wants.... A lot :lol:

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Wrote the following at Jan. 28, 2009, 1:58 p.m...

Whoa! sure looks high end. even looks cool with the room lights on.

Is that glowing logo on the front, the expensive 3d engraved glass sgi logo, or am I mixing it up with the prisim.

The Tezro is on my wish list either a rackmount unit or deskside box.

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Wrote the following at Jan. 31, 2009, 4:09 p.m...

sgtprobe wrote:

Oh, it's a beauty. Me wants.... A lot :lol:

/Jonas

Thanks, I'm real happy with it! Keep a good eye out on Swedish eBay , I saw one Tezro being sold by a Swedish post-production company not long ago. But it was extremely expensive though.

But, you're getting a Fuel soon. Same class roughly ( O3K ). On that same note, I do have some spare parts (from my Tezro ), like 1GB memory kits, to offer you (depending on how many RAM there'll be installed in the Fuel , of course).

SGISTEVE wrote:

Whoa! sure looks high end. even looks cool with the room lights on.

Good point, it's a remarkably photogenic computer chassis! It can look so different with different lighting, the color can shift quite drastically also. Sometimes it has a very blue'ish hue, most of the time dark indigo-purple.

It's a great case, opening it up and installing new DIMMs is a matter of removing the right-hand side panel (when frontally facing it) and then sliding the DIMMs into the banks/sockets. This is of course not unique to the Tezro , but it's still great. The Tezro is very ‘roomy’ for a SGI ‘desktop’ system, which allows great airflow and makes inspecting and maneuvering within the interior a lot more pleasant, to name a few things.

SGIs might be expensive, as everybody always says (and yes, it's true to some extent of course), but I wouldn't mind spending more money for this kind of quality!

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Is that glowing logo on the front, the expensive 3d engraved glass sgi logo, or am I mixing it up with the prisim.

It looks like it was engraved, or some other technique; I wouldn't know for sure, but it looks great. I've never seen a Prism case with my own eyes though.

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The Tezro is on my wish list either a rackmount unit or deskside box.

Those Origin300s you're selling are also pretty nice, right? Or is it the lack of graphics hardware? (On your site you mentioned you used them in your VR lab, for distributed rendering I presume?)

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Wrote the following at Feb. 3, 2009, 8:10 p.m...

Thanks, I'm real happy with it! Keep a good eye out on Swedish eBay , I saw one Tezro being sold by a Swedish post-production company not long ago. But it was extremely expensive though.

But, you're getting a Fuel soon. Same class roughly ( O3K ). On that same note, I do have some spare parts (from my Tezro ), like 1GB memory kits, to offer you (depending on how many RAM there'll be installed in the Fuel , of course).

Everything is expensive in Sweden, so I can only imagine how much that Tezro would have cost. Ouch.. :lol:

I think My Fuel will have one memory slot available, since I ordered it with at single 2GB stick. So I might be interested of more memory later on.

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Wrote the following at Feb. 4, 2009, 4:57 a.m...

sgtprobe wrote:

Everything is expensive in Sweden, so I can only imagine how much that Tezro would have cost. Ouch.. :lol:

The €uro hasn't made life a lot cheaper for us either, but it was a while ago and just expensive in general (not just in relation to the Swedish crown).

I do remember that liquor is very expensive in Scandinavian countries, particularly in Sweden and Norway. Although, in supermarkets the price is not all that much higher than here I've noticed and in bars it's roughly the same. I wanted to buy a new battery for my Nikon D-SLR camera when I visited Norway in 2007. I didn't notice a huge difference in the pricing of electronics.

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I think My Fuel will have one memory slot available, since I ordered it with at single 2GB stick. So I might be interested of more memory later on.

I don't think there are O3K 2GB DIMMs (besides, I think it'd give memory errors, requiring sequential groupings). I'm quite positive that the largest amount is 1GB per DIMM for the O3K line. Which makes sense, since the memory limit is 8GB of the Tezro (tower; 16GB for the RM version) and 4GB for the Fuel if I'm not mistaken.

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sgtprobe
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Wrote the following at Feb. 4, 2009, 10:47 p.m...

The €uro hasn't made life a lot cheaper for us either, but it was a while ago and just expensive in general (not just in relation to the Swedish crown).

I do remember that liquor is very expensive in Scandinavian countries, particularly in Sweden and Norway. Although, in supermarkets the price is not all that much higher than here I've noticed and in bars it's roughly the same. I wanted to buy a new battery for my Nikon D-SLR camera when I visited Norway in 2007. I didn't notice a huge difference in the pricing of electronics.

Yeah, sure, some stuff is priced quite normally here in Sweden, but usually, electronics, like highend Nikon lenses are more expensive (I'm using Nikon too 8-)

) than in Germany for an example, and stuff like mountainbikes or good roadracing bikes costs crazy ammount of money in Sweden. Same with alcoholics as you hav seen yourself. But food and stuff I guess is in about the same level.

I don't think there are O3K 2GB DIMMs (besides, I think it'd give memory errors, requiring sequential groupings). I'm quite positive that the largest amount is 1GB per DIMM for the O3K line. Which makes sense, since the memory limit is 8GB of the Tezro (tower; 16GB for the RM version) and 4GB for the Fuel if I'm not mistaken.

Oh, I do hope you are wrong, because Ian Mapleson is building a Fuel with just that spec for me right now.

hehe

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Wrote the following at Feb. 6, 2009, 6:55 a.m...

eMGee wrote:

sgtprobe wrote: Oh, I do hope you are wrong, because Ian Mapleson is building a Fuel with just that spec for me right now. hehe

That's odd, maybe Ian could enlighten us a bit on this? I've never heard of 2GB O3K DIMMs. ( If they exist, I wonder if the limits could be overridden...)

I think someone here is confused between a 2GB memory kit and a 2GB DIMM . Memory has to be installed in pairs (kits).

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Wrote the following at Feb. 6, 2009, 7:24 a.m...

sgtprobe wrote:

Oh, I do hope you are wrong, because Ian Mapleson is building a Fuel with just that spec for me right now.

hehe

That's odd, maybe Ian could enlighten us a bit on this? I've never heard of 2GB O3K DIMMs. ( If they exist, I wonder if the limits could be overridden...)

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Wrote the following at Feb. 7, 2009, 10:11 a.m...

I have of some weird reasons believed that it only had 2 memory slots, and that it didn't needed to be installed in pairs because the Fuel was the "cheap" silicon Graphics machine.

So it's me who's confused then :mrgreen:

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Wrote the following at Feb. 7, 2009, 1:35 p.m...

No, it has four. Below is a page from the Fuel user's guide, which you can download here — either in HTML or PDF format — and reproduce (i.e. print it at a print shop) for *free* from SGI TechPubs . (You should flip through it a bit, if you want to orientate and familiarize yourself with the Fuel already).

So, if you're interested in more RAM, I have a 1GB (2×512MB) O3K memory kit for you. (I sold two already).

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Wrote the following at Feb. 21, 2009, 9:31 a.m...

I've updated the Hinv print-out (with the QL2342 and HP DS 2400 FC disk array).

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hamei
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Wrote the following at June 15, 2009, 2:04 a.m...

dukzcry wrote: Didn't anybody think that Tezro curves looks like clot of menstruation blood ...?

Oddly enough, that thought never occurred to me ...

SGI: hinv

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