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

John Dallman jgd at cix.co.uk
Mon Nov 27 16:53:00 EST 2023


In article <48f8aaf26a437bba0ea0a35b9745449b387f646d.camel at munted.eu>,
alex.buell at munted.eu (Single Stage to Orbit) wrote:

> > 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. 

<https://ozgurkazancci.com/irix-6-5-22-emulation/>

Of course, the Altix systems were Linux on Itanium: Irix only ever ran on
MIPS. 

John 



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