21 Jan
2023
21 Jan
'23
8:23 a.m.
Question is are these versions of Irix suitable. Or
couldnI do better.
And on account of SGIs licensing scheme, which attaches a specific os
version to a maxhine (or vice versa), does that entitle me to obtain and
install those specific versions. Put anotjer way if I obtained images
from somewhere, installed the correct versions of Irix, would thoae
machines then be legit? Or am I supposed to pay through the nose for a
subscription or whatever?
Depends on what software you want to run and if it needs the last version
of IRIX.
I know there are people that have ported Yum (I think) to IRIX and have
been producing modern compiles of software but not sure how beefy the
machine needs to be.
You can find tons of IRIX CDs right here:
https://archive.org/search?query=irix&page=3
Notice that is page 2 and it's so full of IRIX software and CDs it's
crazy. Hats off to the archive on this one.
- Ethan