SGI Indy / N64 dev kit clarifications...

And while we're at it ...

Has anyone ever run one of these n64 dev boards in an Indigo or Indigo2 ?

The Indigo has gio32 slots, like the indy, so that seems a no-brainer.

I'd prefer a maxed out Indigo2 maximum impact, but I don't know if you can slot gio32 boards into gio64 slots ...

Has anyone attempted the n64 dev board outside of an indy[1] in any capacity?

[1] challenge/S doesn't count

 

Ok, never mind - the n64 board is a double wide GIO32 so it will not fit into an indigo2. It will physically fit into an Indigo, but why bother. No guarantee that it will work there anyway.

r5k-180mhz indy is the way to go with this.

 

Yep. And that's very fine already, with 128 MB of RAM

 

I'm not sure about that. We kept all our Indy's as 5.3 during the life cycle of the U64 board usage (we changed to Partner-64's and my own system I created).

I know I got the tools to run on post-5.3 IRIX (on my Indigo-2 Extreme), but I am not sure about the device drivers.
--Selgus

 

That's good to know ... I am going to run on 5.3 and leave it at that.

The indy can be the legacy machine and the tezro can run 6.x.

 

Your own? Sharing more details about it would ne neat

 

s/Sharing more details/posting dd images of your drives/

 

Hello,

My questions may be irrelevant.

Does anyone know if SGI stations were used during the entire period of Nintendo 64?

Does Super Mario 64 was developed with these softwares :

C++
Photoshop
Softimage
MultiGen GameGen


Thank you

 

I'd hate to disappoint, but really not that much to tell. I wrote my own debugger/monitor/downloading firmware/software that could be used with a Dr.64jr as sort of a low-cost development environment. To be honest, it was more of a hobby type of thing, since we did have a bunch of Indy's and Partners.

I wrote my own firmware for the Genesis dev card I had, and the debugger that ran under Linux. I did all my Genesis work with this development system before working on the XBAND modem.
--Selgus

 

Hohoho - one sec, you wrote a firmware for the v64jr - you mean you flashed the Altera chip or wrote a monitor SW for it? do you happen to have some documentation on the v64jr altera? I am looking for some of it and only found the pieces that are over at dextrose. Specifically some information on the internal registry use of the Altera would be very helpfull.....is there hope?

 

selgus - are you receiving my PMs ?

Thank you.

 

RE: The U64 board I talked about on here

I just wanted to let you guys know I have sent it to ASSEMbler so it could be used to generate funds to help support this site into the future. So you still have an opportunity to obtain the board, but it will probably be via eBay (or however he wishes to handle it).

Thank you all for your interest in it, but I wasn't looking to profit off of the board personally. I like that this is a site for people like us (I'll let you all fill in what "us" means).
--Selgus

 

Very nice! Thank you

 

Yes, thank you for supporting the community!

Would you, or assembler, please update this thread when it is determined how the board will be sold, etc. ?

Thanks.

 

Crap! You are kidding! And here I was thinking 'no, I don't need insurance on it, what could happen on such a simple, light board?'.

Let me know if it is beyond repair... I do have a second board... :banghead:
--Selgus

 

Eeh man. Hope its only that. It seemed to be only that on my first board as well, but then turned out the RDP is fried.

 

Please note my WTB post - I'm putting up $1000 for one of these.

No indy needed - just the board.