[rescue] SGI Onyx KONA backplane upgrade?... help!

[George Adkins]

> > I just came across a KONA backplane that I'd like
> > to put in my Onyx VTX.  As I don't have a IR graphics
> > cardset yet, I want to keep the machine at VTX graphics...
> >
> > I did a deja search, but I still have a few questions...
> >
> > What I've found via google and Simon Pigot's website, etc.
> > seems to indicate that systems were shipped with KONA
> > backplanes and VTX/RE2 Graphics. This implies to me that
> > I can (and should?) still use the original 505 and 512
> > power boards (for VTX/RE2) from the non-KONA backplane
> > in the KONA backplane. Whats bothering me is that while
> > installing the KONA backplane I noticed that it provides
> > some extra power connector "studs" between the power board
> > slots.  Will these interfere with the installation 505 and
> > 512 power boards in the KONA backplane? 

My RE2 Onyx has a KONA backplane and 505/512 power boards installed and they 
work fine.

George