[rescue] need IRIX CD (C Front End CD)

[George Adkins]

> I figured it out - I think.  In order to install MIPSPro 7.3.whatever,
> you need to have the full C and C++ environment installed.  Apparently,
> the stuff on the Development Foundation CD is just the bare minimum
> crap, and most of it is actually dummy comilers.  Aparently it's all
> just eoe_sw stuff - not a working compiler.
>
> Let me qualify this by saying that that's what I read in the last couple
> hours of web searching - this is not something to be taken as gospel.  I
> may be wrong.

The more I look, the more I have to agree with you.
It would seem that the bit about functional compilers in 6.5.x is a myth.

I've given up, myself.  The next step is to hit the warez places, looking for 
.iso images.

*sigh*

George