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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:40:43 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Off-topic: IRIX 5.3 
Message-ID:  <199808210040.TAA12740@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>  of "Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:55:21 -0000." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819205300.3901A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> 

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"Jason C. Wells" writes:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> 
> >  I know that this is offtopic, but I need to get ahold of an
> >IRIX 5.3 CD (for SimOS).  Anyone know where I can find one of
> >these?  Sales numbers at SGI are also welcome.
> >
> >  I know zip about SGI, but apparently the 6.4 CD that I have
> >will not suit my purposes.
> 
> I can tell you this. SGI made a change in binary file format from 5.3 to
> 6.4 so if you are thinking about mixing and matching binaries and kernels
> you best be careful.

Irix 4.x was COFF, Irix 5.x was both COFF and ELF, Irix 6.x is ELF only. 
The 5.3 kernel was COFF.

--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.




--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.



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