SGI 4D/380

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Wed Aug 19 11:20:34 1998

> With SGI, you're dealing with a (barely? :-) still existent company.

Yes, I know. I hope they do not go away. And the damn weenies want to go
with Merced...

> You're supposed to buy IRIX, not copy it. On the other hand, is
> there any evidence that an IRIX license was transferred to you
> as part of the deal on this machine? Buying a second SGI box that
> comes with a license will be cheaper than buying it from SGI. :-)

Well, I am hoping that eventually SGI becomes nice and lets individual
hackers like me play with IRIX, like DEC or Sun has with their OSes.

> Ask the experts on news at comp.sys.sgi.*.

I tried to get a very old version of IRIX for my Motorola based IRIS
2500T, and was blasted by the "cops" on the group. These people need to
get real - who the even runs IRIX v2.0 anymore?!

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 11:20:34 BST