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'''Silicon Graphics 320/540 Visual Workstation''' are two PC models produced by SGI which are not IBM-compatible PCs. They are known for using custom ARC firmware with a graphical interface which is available before the actual OS is booted.
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'''Silicon Graphics 320/540 Visual Workstation''' are two PC models produced by SGI which are not IBM-compatible PCs. They are known for using ARC firmware, just like in NT for RISC platforms, with a graphical interface available before the actual OS is booted.
  
 
== Status ==
 
== Status ==
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| halborg.dll || sgi_mps_mp || SGI HAL
 
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Full Technical Specifications:
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SGI Visual Workstation 320 [https://sgi320.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/320_datasheet.pdf]
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* CPU: Up to 2x Intel Pentium II 350/400/450 MHz or 2x Intel Pentium III 450/500/550/600 MHz (i686 class)
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* RAM: Up to 1 GB Quad channel PC100 SDRAM (ECC, uses propietary DIMMs)
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* Motherboard/Chipset: Fully custom motherboard/chipset design using UMA architecture and ARC firmware, also uses the Intel PIIX4 southbridge for USB (USB 1.1/UHCI), IDE (ATA-33) and other stuff
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* Graphics: Cobalt Graphics Chipset (UMA, OpenGL 1.x only)
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* Storage: 6.4GB/5,400 RPM, 10.1GB/7,200 RPM, or 14.4GB/7,200 RPM Ultra ATA/33 or 9.1GB/7,200 RPM or 9.1GB/10,000 RPM Ultra2 SCSI nonSCA disk drives
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* Network: Intel 82557 based LAN Adapter
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* Audio Controller: ??? 16-bit, 44.1 KHz (CD-quality) stereo input and output subsystem, MPC-3- and Direct Sound III-compatible, Yamaha S-YXG50 software synthesizer
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SGI Visual Workstation 540
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* CPU: Up to 4x Intel Pentium III Xeon 450/500/550/600/700/900 MHz (i686 class)
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* RAM: Up to 2 GB Quad channel PC100 SDRAM (ECC, uses propietary DIMMs)
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* Motherboard/Chipset: Fully custom motherboard/chipset design using UMA architecture and ARC firmware, also uses the Intel PIIX4 southbridge for USB (USB 1.1/UHCI), IDE (ATA-33) and other stuff
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* Graphics: Cobalt Graphics Chipset (UMA, OpenGL 1.x only)
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* Storage: 9.1GB/7,200 RPM, 9.1GB/10,000 RPM, or 18GB/10,000 RPM Ultra2 SCSI SCA disk drives
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* Network: Intel 82557 based LAN Adapter
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* Audio Controller: ??? 16-bit, 44.1 KHz (CD-quality) stereo input and output subsystem, MPC-3- and Direct Sound III-compatible, Yamaha S-YXG50 software synthesizer
  
 
== Emulation ==
 
== Emulation ==
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVPNqXdb6hE Windows 2000 booting on SGI 320]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVPNqXdb6hE Windows 2000 booting on SGI 320]
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* [https://archive.org/details/sgi_320_540_drivers SGI 320/540 drivers for Windows 2000 (archived)]
 
* [https://sgi320.wordpress.com/community/tutorials/installing-linux/ Installing Linux on an SGI Visual Workstation]
 
* [https://sgi320.wordpress.com/community/tutorials/installing-linux/ Installing Linux on an SGI Visual Workstation]
 
* [http://linux-visws.sourceforge.net/ Linux for SGI Visual Workstations]
 
* [http://linux-visws.sourceforge.net/ Linux for SGI Visual Workstations]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319081221/http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/intel/ Linux on SGI Intel IA-32 Systems (archived)]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319081221/http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/intel/ Linux on SGI Intel IA-32 Systems (archived)]
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* [https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.0/sgiboot/ ARC-compatible Linux bootloader]
 
* [https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c5f9ee3d665a7660b296aa1e91949ae3376f0d07 Official Linux support for SGI Visual Workstation platform was dropped in 2014 (commit)]
 
* [https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c5f9ee3d665a7660b296aa1e91949ae3376f0d07 Official Linux support for SGI Visual Workstation platform was dropped in 2014 (commit)]
 
* [https://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Machines/ARC/ Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) Specification for the Advanced Computing Environment (ACE)]
 
* [https://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Machines/ARC/ Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) Specification for the Advanced Computing Environment (ACE)]
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* [https://pastebin.com/raw/dnE1xn5q Contents of the HKLM\HARDWARE registry key]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 24 March 2024

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Silicon Graphics 320/540 Visual Workstation are two PC models produced by SGI which are not IBM-compatible PCs. They are known for using ARC firmware, just like in NT for RISC platforms, with a graphical interface available before the actual OS is booted.

Status

ReactOS is not ported to ARC-based SGI Visual Workstation series yet.

Both 320 and 540 use Pentium compatible CPUs so they could run ReactOS once it's ported.

Hardware

SGI 320/540 use a proprietary video adapter based on Cobalt chipset. Also it has a firmware that is completely different from a Standard PC BIOS, so a new HAL should be created. Otherwise its hardware is similar to IBM PC, such as PCI bus.

In Windows 2000 there is one known HAL for this platform:

File Name Hardware ID String HAL Name
halborg.dll sgi_mps_mp SGI HAL

Full Technical Specifications:

SGI Visual Workstation 320 [1]

  • CPU: Up to 2x Intel Pentium II 350/400/450 MHz or 2x Intel Pentium III 450/500/550/600 MHz (i686 class)
  • RAM: Up to 1 GB Quad channel PC100 SDRAM (ECC, uses propietary DIMMs)
  • Motherboard/Chipset: Fully custom motherboard/chipset design using UMA architecture and ARC firmware, also uses the Intel PIIX4 southbridge for USB (USB 1.1/UHCI), IDE (ATA-33) and other stuff
  • Graphics: Cobalt Graphics Chipset (UMA, OpenGL 1.x only)
  • Storage: 6.4GB/5,400 RPM, 10.1GB/7,200 RPM, or 14.4GB/7,200 RPM Ultra ATA/33 or 9.1GB/7,200 RPM or 9.1GB/10,000 RPM Ultra2 SCSI nonSCA disk drives
  • Network: Intel 82557 based LAN Adapter
  • Audio Controller: ??? 16-bit, 44.1 KHz (CD-quality) stereo input and output subsystem, MPC-3- and Direct Sound III-compatible, Yamaha S-YXG50 software synthesizer

SGI Visual Workstation 540

  • CPU: Up to 4x Intel Pentium III Xeon 450/500/550/600/700/900 MHz (i686 class)
  • RAM: Up to 2 GB Quad channel PC100 SDRAM (ECC, uses propietary DIMMs)
  • Motherboard/Chipset: Fully custom motherboard/chipset design using UMA architecture and ARC firmware, also uses the Intel PIIX4 southbridge for USB (USB 1.1/UHCI), IDE (ATA-33) and other stuff
  • Graphics: Cobalt Graphics Chipset (UMA, OpenGL 1.x only)
  • Storage: 9.1GB/7,200 RPM, 9.1GB/10,000 RPM, or 18GB/10,000 RPM Ultra2 SCSI SCA disk drives
  • Network: Intel 82557 based LAN Adapter
  • Audio Controller: ??? 16-bit, 44.1 KHz (CD-quality) stereo input and output subsystem, MPC-3- and Direct Sound III-compatible, Yamaha S-YXG50 software synthesizer

Emulation

There are no known emulators of this platform.

See Also

ReactOS ports‎
In active development Intel IA-32 (x86) | AMD64 (x64)
In slow development ARM64 (aarch64) | ARM32 (armv7) | NEC PC-98 (x86) | OG Xbox (x86) | Apple TV (1st generation) (x86)
Unmaintained OLPC (x86)
Missing ports that Windows has Intel IA-64 (Itanium) | IBM PS/2 MCA (x86) | SGI 320/540 (x86) | DEC Alpha (axp) | MIPS | PowerPC (ppc)
Ideas for new ports FM Towns (x86) | PlayStation 4 (x64) | Intel SFI (x86)
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