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Subject: -17- What is the current release of IRIX for my machine?
Date: 20 Dec 1996 00:00:01 EST
Ping Huang <pshuang@sgi.com> writes:
If you don't know what release of IRIX you are currently running,
the SGI admin FAQ explains how to find out.
IRIX 5.3 is the current release on systems with the R2000 and R3000
CPU's and the Crimson with GTX graphics; it is the last release
which will support these systems. IRIX 5.3 was first released in
early 1995.
IRIX 6.2 is the current release on Crimson with non-GTX graphics,
Indigo R4000, Indy, {Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE}, POWER
{Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE}, and {Indigo2,Onyx,CHALLENGE} R10000
systems; note that this list includes most of the installed base.
IRIX 6.2 was first released in March 1996.
IRIX 6.3 is the current release on O2 systems. IRIX 6.3 was first
released in September 1996.
IRIX 6.4 is the current release on the Origin 200 and 2000 and the
Onyx2 systems. IRIX 6.4 was first released in late 1996.
(The reason the phrase "was first released" is used is that SGI
often re-releases a version of IRIX without renumbering, to make
changes to add support for new hardware models. For example, the
latest re-release of IRIX 6.2 as of December 1996 is "IRIX 6.2 with
Indigo2 IMPACT 10000", released June 1996.)
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