Origin200 + PCI Video Option

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McNeedo

2004-02-03 15:19:43 UTC

Anyone tried to slap one of the PCI video adapters from PSITech
http://www.psitech.com/rad4.htm into an Origin200? I have a 1P system
with 1GB of RAM, and am considering an attempt at turning it into a
3DSMax station... PSITech claims the card is suitable for
Weather/CAD/CAE/GIS/AEC etc., but I have my doubts.

Any other video-head alternatives that people have used successfully?

TIA.

SkyWriter

2004-02-03 22:08:37 UTC

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Post by McNeedo
Anyone tried to slap one of the PCI video adapters from PSITech
http://www.psitech.com/rad4.htm into an Origin200? I have a 1P system
with 1GB of RAM, and am considering an attempt at turning it into a
3DSMax station... PSITech claims the card is suitable for
Weather/CAD/CAE/GIS/AEC etc., but I have my doubts.
Any other video-head alternatives that people have used successfully?
TIA.

single height XIO such as SI, or SE either one with TRAM work.

Greg Douglas

2004-02-04 05:33:41 UTC

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Post by SkyWriter

single height XIO such as SI, or SE either one with TRAM work.

But only with a Gigachannel Expansion (Xbox), as the Origin 200 has
no XIO slots.

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Douglas V. Mashek

2004-02-06 14:01:13 UTC

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Hi,

Anyone know how many SI, or SE graphics cards can be installed?

Thanks,
Doug

Post by SkyWriter

single height XIO such as SI, or SE either one with TRAM work.

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SkyWriter

2004-02-06 20:40:03 UTC

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Post by Douglas V. Mashek
Hi,
Anyone know how many SI, or SE graphics cards can be installed?

MGRAS limit is said to be three.... go for it, they've been wrong before,
heh.

Post by Douglas V. Mashek
Thanks,
Doug

Post by SkyWriter

single height XIO such as SI, or SE either one with TRAM work.

--
Mashek Systems Group www: http://www.mashek.com
16329 Kenyon St. NE phone: 763-434-4998
Ham Lake, MN 55304 fax: 763-434-5512

Harry Goldsholl

2004-02-07 01:57:01 UTC

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I just midified a origin2000 xio cage to accept a MXE graphics board,
like having a 8 processor octane.

I tried to add a SE board as a 2nd head using 6.5.21 and the os
complained that only one si/mxi graphics card is supported and
rebooted.

It may be different in an o200 though

Mmmmmmmm.....I wonder if I can get V graphics to work in the
origin2000?

Post by SkyWriter

Post by Douglas V. Mashek
Hi,
Anyone know how many SI, or SE graphics cards can be installed?

MGRAS limit is said to be three.... go for it, they've been wrong before,
heh.

Post by Douglas V. Mashek
Thanks,
Doug

Post by SkyWriter

single height XIO such as SI, or SE either one with TRAM work.

--
Mashek Systems Group www: http://www.mashek.com
16329 Kenyon St. NE phone: 763-434-4998
Ham Lake, MN 55304 fax: 763-434-5512

Kenny Coffman

2004-02-20 19:49:43 UTC

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I previously had a rad1 card made by psitech in my Origin200. It worked
really nice till I upgraded to 6.5.19 I believe, somewhere between there and
my previous version of 6.5.12 something was rewritten and the drivers from
psitech no longer worked, and they didn't wish to rewrite the drivers from
my discussions with them. So as long as you can stay below whatever the
current supported OS patch version is they work really nice. I'm not sure
how well it works with any OpenGL software, but for my uses it worked well.

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Shawn Johnston

2004-02-21 04:34:23 UTC

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What is the advantage to doing this? Wouldn't it be easier to throw it
on a rack and use a *nix workstation to export X too?

Many thanks,

Shawn

Khalid Schofield

2004-02-21 09:27:59 UTC

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X11 over the network is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow.
It's fine for using wsh and vi but when you want to do anything a little
more fun then it's a waste of time.

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Post by Shawn Johnston

What is the advantage to doing this? Wouldn't it be easier to throw it
on a rack and use a *nix workstation to export X too?
Many thanks,
Shawn

Harry Goldsholl

2004-02-21 12:34:38 UTC

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Psitech board seems to be about 1/2 the speed of a SE board, but if you are not
doing anything that is graphics intense, it is fine.

If you want to do cad, or 3d forget it.

Get a ggiachan expansion chassis and throw in a se card with tram.
Works great for me.

or bette ryet, do it to a deskside origin2000,
then you can have a "8 proc Octane",
but you will need to add an IO6G for the keyboard and mouse.

I've even put mxe graphics in one by modifing the xio card cage.

Actually not that much more noise then an octane.
Stick it under a desk, you won't even know it is there.

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:27:59 +0000, Khalid Schofield

Post by Khalid Schofield
X11 over the network is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow.
It's fine for using wsh and vi but when you want to do anything a little
more fun then it's a waste of time.
*********************
Khalid Schofield
System Administrator / EM Technician
Dept. Of Materials
University Of Oxford
Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3PH
Tel: 01865 273785
Fax: 01865 283333
Web: http://www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk/people/schofield/index.html

Post by Shawn Johnston

What is the advantage to doing this? Wouldn't it be easier to throw it
on a rack and use a *nix workstation to export X too?
Many thanks,
Shawn

Geary Morgan

2004-02-26 06:17:36 UTC

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I have replied to a previous thread on a similear thought. and
Basically,I've tried the PSITech card in the past and while its a good card,
I found it too slow for my needs. If you need any animation this is not a
good solution. I have had good success in using nvidia cards and Xfree86. If
you would like to try this let me know.

Post by Harry Goldsholl
Psitech board seems to be about 1/2 the speed of a SE board, but if you are not
doing anything that is graphics intense, it is fine.
If you want to do cad, or 3d forget it.
Get a ggiachan expansion chassis and throw in a se card with tram.
Works great for me.
or bette ryet, do it to a deskside origin2000,
then you can have a "8 proc Octane",
but you will need to add an IO6G for the keyboard and mouse.
I've even put mxe graphics in one by modifing the xio card cage.
Actually not that much more noise then an octane.
Stick it under a desk, you won't even know it is there.
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:27:59 +0000, Khalid Schofield