Hello, misc@ I work in the print company. Recently, while cleaning out attic I've found interesting machine. Machine labeled "Fiery X2-W" is a hardware raster image processor with 200MHz NEC VR5000 MIPS CPU. At first look, it has PCI 32, PCI 64, USB, pATA and SCSI buses, serial and parallel ports, onboard Ethernet. I don't know anything about this machine so I googled for a bit.. Unfortunately, I've got very poor results. Here are some links describing its capabilities:
http://www.superwarehouse.com/Epson_RS-5100_Fiery_X2_RIP/C850122/p/35280 http://developer.novell.com/yes/58779.htm There was no drives and RAM inside. After plugging memory and powering on, device blimps its LED (on case) and outs some useless "Checking" messages; After checking is completed it prints "Loading system..." and hangs. I was able to access Setup but it looks like there is no interesting things there. If needed, I can access it tommorow at work and dig more carefully. My question is: Anyway, what is it? :) Why I was unable to find specs and finally, can I install some kind of my favorite BSD on it and bring it to life as a complex computer system? Thanks for your time. -- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. (c)
