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Indeed.

Unfortunately, we are starting to get to the point where not only is some program abandonware, so are the cracks/keygens/serials necessary to get it running. I.e. I know it's out there somewhere, but finding it isn't as easy as it was even 2 or 3 years ago.

Just by way of anecdote, when I called Autodesk to see about upgrading my version of Maya to 6.5, this would have been three or four years ago, the guy said "IRIX isn't in our catalog anymore" and I kept bugging him about it he pretty much said look, we're not going to sell it to you but if you want it that bad you can find it in the wild...!

vishnu wrote: ... when I called Autodesk to see about upgrading my version of Maya

Oh noes ! Did I just detect a request to purchase commercial software ??!

vishnu wrote: [...]we're not going to sell it to you but if you want it that bad you can find it in the wild...!

Did you really ever find that upgrade in the wild?

Oskar45 wrote: Did you really ever find that upgrade in the wild?

Indeed I did! The Autodesk guy wasn't lying it is out there. Then again so is a big chunk of the IRIX source code.

hamei wrote:

vishnu wrote: ... when I called Autodesk to see about upgrading my version of Maya

Oh noes ! Did I just detect a request to purchase commercial software ??!

I am so gonna get banned!

vishnu wrote: ... so is a big chunk of the IRIX source code.

But not that parts that matter There's a couple little things with the desktop that would be so nice to repair ...

I don't suppose that the entire desktop hanging solid when an nfs share disconnects will ever get fixed now

How could highly-trained networking professionals overlook something so basic ?

hamei wrote: I don't suppose that the entire desktop hanging solid when an nfs share disconnects will ever get fixed now

My MacBook used to do that, but it's fixed in Mavericks (or the big cat release before that which I skipped). So it can be done

jan-jaap wrote: My MacBook used to do that, but it's fixed in Mavericks (or the big cat release before that which I skipped). So it can be done

I figured it was possible

The weird thing is, they ran 6.5 for what, ten years or more ? And never got around to fixing that ? You can't expect me to believe that no one besides me has ever had an off-lined shared directory bring the entire desktop to its knees.

That's plumb stewpid

hamei wrote: I figured it was possible

The weird thing is, they ran 6.5 for what, ten years or more ? And never got around to fixing that ? You can't expect me to believe that no one besides me has ever had an off-lined shared directory bring the entire desktop to its knees.

That's plumb stewpid

You should submit a bug for that! IRIX isn't end-of-life for another 50 days, they might fix it...

vishnu wrote: You should submit a bug for that! IRIX isn't end-of-life for another 50 days, they might fix it...

It's not a bug, it's a major flaw

Someone with a service contract could file a complaint, then sue the little bastards for breach of contract when they didn't bother to fix it ... hint hint, someone who starts with an O and ends with a 5

Obama5? You mean, they're running healthcare.gov on Irix?

ClassicHasClass wrote: You mean, they're running healthcare.gov on Irix?

That would explain a lot...

vishnu wrote:

ClassicHasClass wrote: You mean, they're running healthcare.gov on Irix?

That would explain a lot...

No, I think they resurrected some old code of Adrenaline's from when he was in sixth grade, and they're running it on that.

hamei wrote:

vishnu wrote:

ClassicHasClass wrote: You mean, they're running healthcare.gov on Irix?

That would explain a lot...

No, I think they resurrected some old code of Adrenaline's from when he was in sixth grade, and they're running it on that.

No, because then there would have been at least some design...

josehill wrote: ad nauseum

ad nause a m

Oskar45 wrote:

josehill wrote: ad nauseum

ad nause a m

Of course. Thanks for the fix. Latin is not my first language.

guardian452 wrote: Indeed.

Unfortunately, we are starting to get to the point where not only is some program abandonware, so are the cracks/keygens/serials necessary to get it running. I.e. I know it's out there somewhere, but finding it isn't as easy as it was even 2 or 3 years ago.

The Octane 2 I picked up a month or so ago came with a photo manipulating program that's been the standard for the last couple decades (After reading this thread I'm not sure I can say the name ). Of course it was an old version (3.1 circa 1995). I installed it thinking I was going down the same road as I have with all my MacPro's, PowerMac and, of course, PC's whereas I have all the documents in brand new, unopened packages with serial numbers... Upon reading the printed docs which came with it (being a man, reading the instructions always follows the install/assembly) I see there needs to be a flexlm license granted by the software manufacturer. They included a sheet to fax after the unit id's were generated and I figured this would of been long since shut down so I called and talked to a guy named "Frank" with a thick accent who was less than patient with my request for the license - totally expected this. He said that this was no longer supported and there's nothing he can do. I guess my point is if it's not supported on what he said was a "dead" system, why not offer a work-around so the software can be used?

Because without written approval from all the various software suppliers, it still puts the site at risk of a DCMA takedown/lawyer letter etc, which is expensive to deal with in any form.

If you want to go out and create a website SGILicenseWorkarounds.net, go nuts, and I'm sure a lot of people will value it, but it's then on your head if one software house/patent troll etc decide to send you expensive letters..

Nekochan doesn't want to entertain the hassle, so won't - it's a very, very common stance taken by forum administrators for all sorts of old "dead" platforms, as quite often the IP is sold on to other entities after the original developers/publishers close down.

Stoo wrote: Because without written approval from all the various software suppliers, it still puts the site at risk of a DCMA takedown/lawyer letter etc, which is expensive to deal with in any form.

If you want to go out and create a website SGILicenseWorkarounds.net, go nuts, and I'm sure a lot of people will value it, but it's then on your head if one software house/patent troll etc decide to send you expensive letters..

Nekochan doesn't want to entertain the hassle, so won't - it's a very, very common stance taken by forum administrators for all sorts of old "dead" platforms, as quite often the IP is sold on to other entities after the original developers/publishers close down.

I think you misread what I posted. I wasn't suggesting work-arounds for everything. What I meant was that this particular company, since they dropped both support and development for SGI, to allow the app that I have that was never installed to work.