What should I buy with a r6000?
Graeme Moffat
graeme at ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz
Fri Mar 8 21:39:58 AEST 1991
jeffs at soul.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Smith) writes:
>I have never seen a fully configured board, but I think it can be up to
>3 boards. The basic 3d board. The Z-buffer, and the 24 bit color. However
>this is partially speculation.
4 boards, two piggy backed on the other two, which use two slots.
>|> 6. Any problem with just 4 slots? I need ethernet, an external scsi
>|> controller and graphics. It would be nice to have 1 slot free. does
>|> 24 bit color take 2 slots?
>4 slots in the 320 is sorta a bad deal. You need one for ethernet, one for
>SCSI, and one for a display. This make expansion sorta tight.
Since the 8 bit 3d display is the same as the 24 except with smaller piggy back
boards, this leaves 0 slots for expansion. (I mean same construction, I've
not seen a 24 bitter, just looked in the service manuals - we're still
waiting for ours). The colour graphics and monochrome boards are single
slot. (but who wants them *B^)
PS. The design of the ethernet boards connections is sadly deficient - the
bnc connector is too close to the end of the board, making it almost
impossible to fit a T-connector on if there are any cards (such as scsi or
display) beside it, or with a 320, to even put the back cover on at all! I
am wondering if anyone uses a short stub of cable directly from the board to
the T - not a recommended practice with ethernet, but I believe it usually
works?
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