[OT] SGI Indgio2 console

Andrew W. Gaunt quantum at lucent.com
Mon May 5 09:00:39 EDT 2003


I frequently see those for SUN hardware on ebay. I did an ebay
search for "SGI Video Adapter" and came up with several hits.
See below. Looks like SUN and SGI are in some way compatible.
I don't know this for certain how much, so you may want to check
into a bit more before parting with your $$$.

There are adapters to convert SUN monitors to PC style
connectors and the other way around, just be sure you get the
right one. There is a "surplus' place in Merrimack MA
(wavesline.com) that deals in SUN hardware and other weird
stuff. perhaps you could pick something up there.. Their web
site is http://www.wavesline.com.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3020961665&category=11224

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bscott at ntisys.com wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>  At Hosstraders over the weekend, I managed to pick-up an SGI Indigo2
>workstation, with monitor, for real cheap.  Perhaps a little too cheap, for
>although the system powers on and I hear the boot "music", I get no picture
>on the screen.  The monitor stays in "power save" mode.
>
>  I think it is actually booting the OS, because there is a fair amount of
>disk activity after power on.  After a minute or so, it stops.  If I hit the
>"soft" power button, there is more disk activity until the system powers
>itself off.  I tried re-seating the graphics boards and checked the cable
>connection; still no picture.  I figure either the graphics adapter is bad,
>the monitor is bad, or the signal cable is bad.  It's just a question of
>which.
>
>  I have another monitor which would probably work, but I would need to get
>an adapter/cable to hook it up.  The SGI has the "wide plug with three fat
>pins" style connector, while my monitor can take either 15-pin VGA, or BNC.  
>Anyone here know what I need, and how to get it?
>
>  Alternatively, according to the manual (PDF from SGI's website), serial
>port one on the machine can be used as a serial console.  The problem is
>that the serial ports are round, DIN-style connectors (almost (but not
>quite) like a PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector).  Anyone here know where I
>might get an adapter/cable to turn *that* into a standard DB-25 RS-232
>cable?
>
>  
>





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