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In <35b0083b.0@oit.umass.edu> peerbhai@lessing.oit.umass.edu (Imran Peerbhai) writes:

>: > what kind of HDD does the IPX require?
>: 
>: SCSI-2

>Which Scsi-2?  I've seen on the world wide wait,(well actually, I have 
>ethernet, so It's pretty fast for me...) that the IPX uses scsi-2 
>narrow.  Does that mean I have to buy a narrow scsi-2 HDD, or can I use 
>any old scsi internal hdd.  The connector, from descriptions and faq's, 
>seems very scsi-1-ish, meaning that any old scsi-2 device should do fine, 
>provided that it's single ended.  But, back in 1991, every company did 
>something wierd with scsi.

If you have a SCSI drive with a 50-pin connector, it will be electrically
compatible. SCSI-1 and SCSI-2-narrow drives have regular 50 pin connectors,
and SCSI-2-narrow drives are the most common type of SCSI drive currrently
available.

>What about booting SCSI cd-roms?  I've seen the CD-ROM faq, and it said 
>that the IPX needs a modified Toshiba drive, or a sun-specific drive.  
>Unlike other suns, it won't work with the apple 300CD-rom drive.  And, 
>I've seen that it's gotta be irq'd to six.  Are there any other issues 
>with SCSI cd-roms?

Just that it must support 512 byte blocks, especially if it's to be used a
boot device.

>: > What about ethernet?
>: 
>: AUI connection. You need an external transceiver to go to 10Base-T or
>: 10base-2

>Which aaui connector?  Is it the AAUI connector that aple uses(looks like 
>a USB port, only smaller) or is it more like the 3Com AAUI port(looks 
>like an analog Joystick port)?

There is only one type of AUI ethernet connector that I'm aware of - a
15-pin 'D' connector. This is common to every hardware platform I've ever
worked with (as well as Sun's).

>: > I know that it takes simms, but what kind of simms does it require?
>: 
>: Don't know, but I can check for you.

>It seems that 72 pin True parity(x36) FPM simms will work in the sucker, 
>only in 4,8,16 MB sizes.  32 will work, but only 16MB will show per 
>simm.  This I learned from reading the kitchen archives.

Not correct. The standard RAM for an IPX is 4 or 16 meg 72 pin single-bit
parity RAM (33-bit). 36-bit RAM will apparently work, but I would presume
that *all* the modules have to be full-parity - I don't think they can be a
mixture of 33-bit and 36-bit.

>Thank you for the answers.  I still haven't seen anything yet about 
>getting an ordinary SVGA monitor to work out on the wait.  But, wait long 
>enough.... :-)

You might be able to use an SVGA monitor if you program down the video mode.
I think the cg6 frame buffer will support 1024 x 768, but the vertical
frequency might preclude SVGA monitors from working with IPX's.

Regards,

Craig.
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