[Info-vax] The attempts to keep Linux on Itanium (attempt number 0x7fff_ffff)

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 13:48 +0000, John Dallman wrote:
> > On 2023-11-25, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
> > > It's much easier anyway to just install OpenVMS on x86!
> > And as mentioned earlier, _that_ removes the last possible reason
> > to
> > want an Itanium full-system emulator. :-)
> 
> For anything commercial, sure. The motives of enthusiasts can be
> somewhat different. It's possible they're nostalgic for the SGI Altix
> 350 or 450 systems, which just might imply they managed to get them
> to do something useful. If so, that's a feat worth remembering.

I've always wanted to have a play with IRiX but there aren't any good
SGI emulators out there. 

BTW, I found out recently, that they used the Super Foonly F1 (a
supercharged PDP-10 no less) to render the CGI for the film TRON!
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