[OT] SGI Indgio2 console

[Jason Stephenson]

Tom Buskey wrote:

> Older macintoshes had the round connectors too.  The pin out was
> completely different.  You might be able to cut one up & rewire it.

It's RS-432. (I'm not 100% that I got the number exactly right.) It's 
"superior" to RS-232, depending on the source, but it is more or less 
compatible with the right cable. What he wants is a RS-432 to RS-232 
null modem (aka printer) cable. Where to find such a beast, I have no idea.

I used to maintain a few SGIs including  Indigo2s. They are still decent 
machines for simple workstation stuff and graphics visualization, 
provided they have enough RAM. The MIPS processor is RISC-based, and RAM 
seems to affect performance on RISC machines more than CISC machines.