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Section 2 Indy Configurations
Section 2 Indy Configurations
Indy was designed to be easy to set up, easy to use, easy to maintain, and easy to upgrade. Its small footprint and sturdy construction allows it to be placed beneath a large monitor to save desk space. The various components that make up the Indy system have all been designed to get the user up and running
quickly and yet provide the necessary flexibility:
- Boards and internal devices are easy to access by removing the Indy top panel.
- Internal SCSI devices are pre-configured and easy to install.
- A floppy disk slot is provided on the right side on the system unit.
- Iconic labels on all input and output connections provide an intuitive, international recognition.
- Indigo Magic software gives a point-and-click simplicity to the power of UNIX.
Indy is available in several different configurations. A typical entry configuration is outlined below.
System Unit
The system unit includes:
- easy-to-upgrade R4600PC CPU module (optional R4600SC CPU Module with a unified
512 KByte secondary cache; optional R4400SC CPU Module with a unified
1 MByte secondary cache)
- base memory of 16 MBytes expandable to 256 MByte using standard SIMMs
- 8-bit graphics Indy Graphics (upgradable to 24-bit planes) supporting a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels on the standard 15" monitor, or 1280 x 1024 pixels on the optional 16" and 19" multiscan monitors (optional 24-bit XZ Graphics)
- a 540 MByte system hard disk with preloaded IRIX software and an on-line documentation viewer (optional 1.05 GByte system hard disk)
- a second 3.5-inch thin (1.0-inch) SCSI-II expansion drive bay
- two GIO32-bis expansion slots
- advanced audio with built-in speaker and Audio Library support
- video support for NTSC/PAL composite and S-Video formats and digital video formats
- 170 watt power supply
Ports
On the back of the system unit are a number of industry-standard ports:
- PS/2--standard keyboard port
- PS/2--standard mouse port
- high-density Fast SCSI-2 port for external SCSI devices such as disk drives and CD-ROMs
- Ethernet port supporting both AUI and a 10Base-T (auto selecting) for connecting to
local networks
- 13W3 monitor connector
- bi-directional Centronics parallel port for color printers, scanners, and other parallel devices
- two Macintosh style 8-pin serial ports for modems, laser printers, MIDI devices, and other serial devices
- SGI digital video port for the IndyCam digital video color camera or other digital video devices
- RCA-style jack for NTSC/PAL composite video input
- 6-pin minidin connector for NTSC/PAL S-Video input
- RJ-45 connection for ISDN network interface
- stereo line-in jack for analog audio input from a tape deck, CD player, or similar source
- stereo line-out jack for analog audio output to a tape deck, amplifier, or similar destination
- stereo microphone input jack for a mic-level audio input
- digital input/output jack for serial digital audio input and output
- stereo output jack for headphones
- StereoView port for StereoView glasses
Input Devices
Indy comes with the following input devices:
- IndyCam digital color video camera
- omnidirectional electret condenser microphone
- PS/2 --standard keyboard
- PS/2--standard 3-button mechanical mouse
Monitors
The following monitors are available:
- RGB monitor
- 1024 x 768 resolution
- 70 Hz refresh rate
- multiscan RGB monitor
- 1280 x 1024 resolution
- up to 76 Hz refresh rate
- multiscan RGB monitor
- 1280 x 1024 resolution
- up to 76 Hz refresh rate
Indy has optional internal devices in the 3.5-inch thin (1.0-inch) format as well as many optional Silicon Graphics and third party external peripherals.
Hard Drives
- 535 MByte, or 1.05 GByte formatted capacity
- 10 MByte burst-mode transfer rate for Fast SCSI-2
- Fast SCSI-2 interface
Floptical Drives
- 20 MByte formatted capacity
- UNIX compatible (using tar or cpio)
- read and write standard 3.5-inch floppy disk or 20 MByte floptical disk
- Macintosh compatible
- PC compatible
Storage Devices
- 88 MByte SyQuest drive
- 1.0 GByte 1/4" QIC tape drive
- 2.0 GByte DAT tape drive
- 2.0 GByte hard drive
CD-ROM Drive
- dual speed CD-ROM drive with a 300 KByte/sec sustained transfer rate
- 600 MByte capacity (12 cm disc)
- Fast SCSI-2 interface
- CD quality audio over SCSI bus
Input Devices
- dials box
- dials and buttons box
- digitizer tablet with stylus (115V)
- digitizer tablet with cursor
- optical mouse
Indy provides two GIO32-bis expansion slots for optional video,
network, and 3rd party option cards.
Table 1 outlines some of the many option cards available now or expected in the near future.
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Option Card Width Manufacturer
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Indy Video(tm) single Silicon Graphics
(see Section 6 or the Silicon Studio
Technical Report for information)
Cosmo Compress(tm) single Silicon Graphics
(see the Silicon Studio Technical Report for
information)
Cindy Video Adaptor double Chyron Corporation(r)
Oscon Adaptor single Photron(r)
FDDI double Silicon Graphics
ATM single Fore Systems
Token Ring single Silicon Graphics
Sync Serial for X.25 and SNA single Silicon Graphics
additional Fast SCSI-II disk controller single Silicon Graphics
IVAS VTR control single Lyon-Lamb(r)
additional Ethernet controller single Silicon Graphics
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TABLE 1 Indy GIO32-bis expansion card options.
