[rescue] IRIX overlays

[Robert Rose]

 >According to SGI, Each machine has a version of irix that its
 >registered and licensed for.  I sold a challenge DM to a friend and
 >they said that it was licensed for 5.3, so it was ok for him to make
 >a copy of 5.3 from somebody who had 5.3 so that he could get his
 >machine up and running.
That only seems to apply if the machine was registered with SGI at
some stage (warranty or maintenance) and only in the same country.

 >This is the extent of what I'm proposing.
 >If someone can send me proof that their machine is licensed for an
 >older version of IRIX that they don't have then I'll burn them cds or
 >let them download them.
Might want to double-check with SGI, maybe get them to help establish
the proof.

 >I'm not sure how this would work w/ 6.5.x
 >but I know that SGI has allowed things like this for 5.3 and 6.2.
If they had the CD sets, they'd sell them to you.