[rescue] IRIX 5.3 CD questions

[Kevin]

I'm interested in what the oldest version of IRIX an
R4000 Indigo will run... should anyone have that
information.

/KRM

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:50:01 -0400 (EDT)
"Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net> wrote:

> Of course... after I post this I find:
> 
> http://sgistuff.g-lenerz.de/irixversions.html
> 
> Nice page...
> 
> All though It does make me ask a question about R3000
> powered IRIS Indigo systems.... what is the lastest
> IRIX that they will run ?  Is it 5.3 ?
> 
> The same site says IRIX 6.2 dropped R3000 support....
> so does that mean 6.0 or 6.1 support R3000 ? 6.1 is
> listed as for the Power Challenge, Power Onyx and
> Power Indigo 2.  It appears that 6.0 also was for
> Power series machines.... which makes it looks like
> IRIX 5.3 is the end of the line for the R3000 IRIS
> Indigo... is that correct ?
> 
> I have a growing collection of IRIX CDs... including
> the 5.3 CDs, 6.1, 6.2 (I have an extra 6.2 if anyone
> is interested.. make an offer), various 6.5.  I had
> never really heard of 6.1 and 6.2.... I've heard a
> lot about 5.3 and 6.5 ... (I'm new to SGIs).
> 
> -- Curt
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr."
> >
> >I have some IRIX 5.3 CDs...
> >
> >
> >812-0119-006 11/94 IRIX 5.3
> >812-0119-008 08/95 IRIX 5.3 with 175MHz and 2MB
> >cache support 812-0119-010 12/95 IRIX 5.3 All
> >Indigo2 IMPACT 812-0336-004 02/96 IRIX 5.3 for Indy
> >including R5000
> >
> >I'm trying to figure out which systems each of these
> >CDs is intended for... obviously the last one is for
> >Indy, the one before it is just for? Indigo2 IMPACT
> >(or will it work on Indigo 2 non impact, how about
> >non Indigo 2?)
> >
> >the second one appears to be for Indy with up to
> >R4400SC175 ??? or are they referring to a different
> >175MHZ system ?????
> >
> >I assume the plain 5.3 is for IRIS Indigo, and other
> >prior Indy/Indigo 2 generations ???
> >
> >Didn't find anything clear on the net explaining
> >which systems each would run on.
> >
> >I do have one of the IRIX 5.3 All Indigo2 IMPACT CDs
> >which is an extra... so if anyone is interested,
> >make an offer (as I don't need to of them :-) ... if
> >nobody is interested I'll probably eBay it...).
> >
> >-- Curt
> >
> >
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