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I have an Indy and IndyCam as well as some SGI branded Polk Audio speakers sitting in my living room right now. Unfortunately it’s not in a working state. The p

I have an Indy and IndyCam as well as some SGI branded Polk Audio speakers sitting in my living room right now. Unfortunately it’s not in a working state. The person I got the memory from sold me had modules and it lacks a disk, and I’ve blown wayyy to much money in retrocomputers so I figure sadly it will likely end up in storage or sold. I was going to try add support to my custom ISDN stack (yet another semi-abandoned project that likely won’t get completed) to be able to use the Indy’s ISDN interface. Who knows maybe sometime I’ll pick it up again.

jacquesm 4y ago
I may be able to get you parts and/or may already have them. Are you in Europe or rather on the other side of some ocean?
- the_only_law 4y ago
  Unfortunately across the ocean. I don’t think there’s much that needs to be replaced but tbh it was one of the last machines I’ve bought and haven’t played with it too much. if I recall correctly I mostly just need some working memory, a disk, and possible a specific “ramified timekeeper” if I’m not mixing up my computers. To be honest the biggest thing preventing me from working on a lot of my retro computers is cost of to get USB<->SCSI interface lol.
  - steponlego 4y ago
    SCSI2SD is the way these days.
    - the_only_law 4y ago
      Wow I don’t know how I missed this a few months back. I was convinced that my best option was to pay $200 for a some old ass USB to SCSI converter on eBay.
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      For $61 that's a steal. https://store.rabbitholecomputing.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ZuluSCSI-V1.1-REV-2022C https://store.rabbitholecomputing.com/ProductDetails.asp?Pro... Especially given that any drive that old is likely not going to be very long for this world unless it was very well stored NOS.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    I probably have a SCSI disk somewhere with IRIX on it suitable for Indy/Challenger but it hasn't spun in twenty years. Want me to start digging? Probably also have some IRIX CDs, but here is a quicker way: https://archive.org/download/irix53xfs/irix5.3xfs.img https://archive.org/download/irix53xfs/irix5.3xfs.img
steponlego 4y ago
SGI speakers? That’d go with my setup. Are they in that granite finish?
- the_only_law 4y ago
  No the Polk Audio ones came a in a flatter grey color (though I have seen the granite speakers on eBay). These are the ones I have: https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1824833 https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1824833 Looks like they were designed for a different SGI machine, but at the end of the day they’re just speakers.
  - steponlego 4y ago
    Just kind of want the matching set. I'll go through the ad materials and figure out if they were for the Indy or not.

jacquesm 4y ago

I may be able to get you parts and/or may already have them. Are you in Europe or rather on the other side of some ocean?

the_only_law 4y ago
Unfortunately across the ocean. I don’t think there’s much that needs to be replaced but tbh it was one of the last machines I’ve bought and haven’t played with it too much. if I recall correctly I mostly just need some working memory, a disk, and possible a specific “ramified timekeeper” if I’m not mixing up my computers. To be honest the biggest thing preventing me from working on a lot of my retro computers is cost of to get USB<->SCSI interface lol.
- steponlego 4y ago
  SCSI2SD is the way these days.
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    Wow I don’t know how I missed this a few months back. I was convinced that my best option was to pay $200 for a some old ass USB to SCSI converter on eBay.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    For $61 that's a steal. https://store.rabbitholecomputing.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ZuluSCSI-V1.1-REV-2022C https://store.rabbitholecomputing.com/ProductDetails.asp?Pro... Especially given that any drive that old is likely not going to be very long for this world unless it was very well stored NOS.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  I probably have a SCSI disk somewhere with IRIX on it suitable for Indy/Challenger but it hasn't spun in twenty years. Want me to start digging? Probably also have some IRIX CDs, but here is a quicker way: https://archive.org/download/irix53xfs/irix5.3xfs.img https://archive.org/download/irix53xfs/irix5.3xfs.img

steponlego 4y ago

SGI speakers? That’d go with my setup. Are they in that granite finish?

the_only_law 4y ago
No the Polk Audio ones came a in a flatter grey color (though I have seen the granite speakers on eBay). These are the ones I have: https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1824833 https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1824833 Looks like they were designed for a different SGI machine, but at the end of the day they’re just speakers.
- steponlego 4y ago
  Just kind of want the matching set. I'll go through the ad materials and figure out if they were for the Indy or not.