At the time when the 1600SW was released, SGI offered a number of card/display
combinations for those not running the display on either an SGI320/540
or an O2. By today's standards the performance of these cards is limited.
However, if all you are looking for is a no-hassle way of hooking up
the display then you can avoid purchasing SGI's Multi Link Adapter (MLA).
| Graphics
card |
Type |
Driver |
| SGI320/540 |
Optional
adapter (PN# CMN B025B) |
Windows |
| Oxygen VX1-1600SW |
PCI/AGP |
Windows |
| Number 9 Revolution
IV-FP |
PCI/AGP |
Windows |
| Formac Proformance
III |
PCI |
Mac
driver |
| SGI O2/O2+ |
Optional
adapter (PN# 030-1170-001) |
Notes
on driver |
A note on SGI O2s and the Multi Link Adapter
It is not possible to use an MLA with the O2. The 16:10 resolution
is impossible to achieve this way. Instead use the dedicated O2 adapter
when hooking up these workstations to the 1600SW.
A note on SGI's 230/330/550
Visual Workstations
These workstations come equipped with a series of nVidia-based graphics
cards but use customized SGI drivers that support the native SuperWide™
resolutions and settings. A list of the graphics cards options and their
nVidia equivalents are listed below:
- V3 - GeForce256 / 32MB DDR (DVI out)
- VR3 - Quadro 1 / 64Mb DDR (DVI out)
- V5 - GeForce2 GTS / 32MB DDR, *no* DVI
- V7 - Quadro II-MX / 32Mb SDR-128 bits
- VR7 - Quadro II-Pro / 64Mb DDR
Unlike the SGI320/540 and the graphics accelerators
listed above, the 230/330/550 require an MLA to interface between the
graphics card and the 1600SW display. Please also note that the display
cannot be used with the V5 'interim' graphics accelerator.
Monitor Profile for 1600SW
The Plug & Play Monitor Information is intended for Windows 95/98
users but has also been reported to work under Windows XP. You can download
it here.
IRIX
drivers
At first customer ship (FCS), the 1600SW
was *only* supported under IRIX(R) 6.5.2. Patches for IRIX 6.3 for O2
including R10000 are now available. The December 1998 patch set must
be loaded first and
then the following patches (or their successors) need to be installed:
- 3106 PROM 4.10 Rollup
- 3034 IDE Rollup
- 3443 Graphics Kernel Rollup
- 3507 Confidence Tests Rollup
- 3239 Xserver Rollup
- 3450 IRIX Rollup
These patches will be shipped to customers
on a special CD, (812-0892-001) along with the 12/98 recommended patch
set CD and instructions for the installation (document P/N 007-3422-001
). Once these patches become part of the quarterly patch set, the
special CD will no longer be required.
PROM Code - PROM Version 4.10
is required for full functionality. You can obtain this PROM version
in IRIX 6.5.2m by loading the subsystem "ip32prom.sw.prom."
Patch 3106 will also load PROM 4.10 for systems running IRIX 6.3.
Special Thanks to Alexis Cousein for
clearing all that up!
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