[megaimg]

You just have a dim-8 to db9 RS-232 cable or you have to make it!

I have a couple of these. it's not hard to make them if you can find the parts (mostly the mini-DIN8 connector) and can do basic soldering. The pinout of the mini-DIN8 port on the system is documented in man(7) serial:

Code:

The DIN-8 serial port connectors on the Indigo, Indy, Indigo2, Challenge
S, Challenge M, Power Challenge M, and the MENET 4-Enet, 6-serial board
(XT-FE-4TX-6A) have the following pin assignments.
    ---------
    / 8 7  6 \
   (  5 4  3  )
    \  2  1  /
    ---------
    _________________________________________
      Pin  | Name    | Description
    _______|_________|_______________________
      1    | DTR     | Data Terminal Ready
      2    | CTS     | Clear To Send
      3    | TD      | Transmit Data
      4    | SG      | Signal Ground
      5    | RD      | Receive Data
      6    | RTS     | Request To Send
      7    | DCD     | Data Carrier Detect
      8    | SG      | Signal Ground

Technically even a simple 3-wire NULL modem cable should work at 9600 baud, but on the older 4D systems you'll miss some of the very early diagnostic UART output if you don't have hardware handshaking lines.

Thanks, just order the parts to make one!

[megaimg]

So I was able to get console to the system....I have SGI 030-0246-006 INDIGO FDDI CONTROLLER, the system takes a lot of time to go to PROM, because I dont have anything connected. to.... the gfx=dead (No keyboard), hope is because the keyboard and mice are not connected, but graphic card is ok right?

>> printenv
netaddr=192.0.2.1
dbaud=9600
rbaud=1200
bootfile=dksc(0,1,8)sash
bootmode=c
console=g
diskless=0
keybd=d
volume=128
path=dksc(0,1,8)
cpufreq=33
gfx=dead (No keyboard)

>> hinv

Memory size: 32 Mbytes

Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes

Data cache size: 32 Kbytes

System option: Audio processor, revision 3

System option: Audio processor, revision 3

CPU board: IP12 33 MHz, with FPU