21 Dec
1998
21 Dec
'98
12:42 p.m.
On Dec 21, 18:20, Scott Ware wrote:
SGI also does not certify any of their systems with
68K, R2000, or R3000
processors to be Y2K compliant, presumably because they cannot run IRIX
6.5. Watch your local scrap dealer for IRIS 2000/3000, 4D series, and
Indigo R3000 systems.
IRIX 5.3 and above are all Y2K compliant (providing they include the
rlevant patches).
Indigo R3000 and 4D systems running IRIX 5.3 *will* take all the Y2K
patches (there aren't many, since 5.3 was mostly Y2K compliant anyway). I
know; I did a survey on this earlier this year, and I've just finished
(literally, about 5 minutes ago) installing the Y2K patches on an Indigo
Elan for my wife's Christmas present. Of course, if you can get one at a
reasonable price, an Indigo is a very nice classic (though not quite by
this list's definition, it was released in 1991) machine. Now if only I
could get a copy of Star Office or Word Perfect for Irix 5.3...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York