[comp.sys.sgi] PI/4D component compatibility

jeremy@jeremy.prime.com (Jeremy Nussbaum) (01/03/90)

We have some 4D's and some PI, and want to move memory and disk drives
from the some of the 4D's to the PI's.  I realize that ESDI disks cannot
be controlled by SCSI controllers, but aside from that, what
cannot be taken from a 4D and put into a PI?  We were told that the
disk drives could not be transferred.  Is there any problem with the
SCSI disks on the 4D's being moved to PI's?  What about memory?

Thanks,
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Jeremy Nussbaum
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blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854") (01/03/90)

   From what I have heard you should be able to use any SGI SCSI
drive from any 4D to another 4D (PI's are 4D20's)  I am almost
positive you can't exchange the memory from/to a 4D20 to something
other than a 4D20.
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	Brent L. Bates
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