Indigo2 and POWER Indigo2 Technical Report

Display

• 19" Monitor (standard with XZ and Extreme Graphics)
  • 19" dual scan RGB monitor

  • 1280 x 1024 resolution

  • 60/72 Hz refresh rate

• 16" Monitor (standard with XL Graphics)
  • 16" dual scan RGB monitor

  • 1280 x 1024 resolution

  • 76 Hz refresh rate

    
    

• New full-size PS/2-standard keyboard with 15 function keys, numeric keypad, arrow keys, page-up, page-down, etc.

  
  

• New PS/2-standard 3-button mechanical mouse

  
  

• Omnidirectional electret condenser microphone powered by system

• Frequency response: +/- 2 dB, 40 Hz to 18 kHZ

• 10' cord

• Lavalier microphone clip

  
  

• 1.5 W internal (monural)

• Frequency response: 200 Hz -12 kHz

  
  

Indigo2 has one 5.25" half-height drive bay and two 3.5" drive bays.

On the back of the central unit are a number of industry-standard ports which can be used to connect other devices:

• A PS/2-standard keyboard port

• A PS/2-standard mouse port

• A high-density Fast SCSI-2 port for external SCSI devices such as disk drives and CD-ROMs

• An Ethernet port supporting both AUI and a lOBase-T (auto selecting) for connecting to local networks

• A bi-directional Centronics parallel port for color printers, scanners, and other parallel devices

• Two serial ports for modems, laser printers, MIDI devices, and other serial devices

• A stereo line-in jack for analog audio input from a tape deck, CD player, or similar source

• A stereo line-out jack for analog audio output to a tape deck, amplifier, or similar destination

• A microphone input jack for a mic-level audio input

• A headphone stereo output jack

• A digital input/output jack for serial digital audio input and output

  
  

2.2.1 3.5" Internal Devices

Hard Drives

• Available in 535 MB, 1.0 GB, or 2.0 GB formatted capacity

• 10 MB burst-mode transfer rate for Fast SCSI-2

• 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

  
  

DAT Drive

• 1.3 or 2.0 Gb capacity

• 4mm DAT metal particle tape

• 3.5" half-height form factor

• SCSI-2 interface

• 183 kByte/sec sustained transfer rate

• 5 MB/sec burst transfer rate

• <20 sec average access time

• DAT-quality audio over SCSI bus

  
  

Hard Drives

• an adapter is available that fits the 1.0 Gb internal 3.5" hard disk into the 5.25" drive bay. The hard disk maintains the same formatted capacity, SCSI-2 interface and transfer rates.

  
  

CD-ROM Drive

• Dual speed

• 600 MB capacity (12 cm disc)

• 300 kB/sec sustained transfer rate

• SCSI-2 interface

• CD quality audio over SCSI bus

  
  

Tape Drive

• 1.0 GB 1/4" SCSI QIC tape drive

  
  

Storage Devices

• 1.0 GB 1/4" SCSI QIC tape drive

  
  

CD-ROM Drive

• Dual speed

• 600 MB capacity (12 cm disc)

• 300 kB/sec sustained transfer rate

• SCSI-2 interface

• CD quality audio over SCSI bus

  
  

Input Devices

• Dials box

• Dials and buttons box

• Digitizer tablet with stylus (115V)

• Digitizer tablet cursor