IRIX and Software

Question on Software Revision

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 9, 2017, 9:34 p.m...

Found 5 of these sealed at a recycle shop. Anyone know what revision of 6.5 it is? Says SC4-AWE-6.5 REV.ZA

robespierre
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Wrote the following at June 9, 2017, 10:19 p.m...

The full set was only produced for 6.5. Point releases came as overlays, with quarterly updated Applications CDs.

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 9, 2017, 10:39 p.m...

Yeah, I'm aware of that, but looking at the release page it says SC4-AWE-6.5 Rev ZC: IRIX 6.5.21

I'm guessing http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_6.5.19 ?

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Wrote the following at June 9, 2017, 11:39 p.m...

Seems like a reasonable assumption to me.

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josehill
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robespierre wrote: The full set was only produced for 6.5. Point releases came as overlays, with quarterly updated Applications CDs.

That's not correct. The "full" ASE/AWE sets were revised several times to include updated point releases, development foundations, libraries, and other disks in the shrink-wrapped package.

Unfortunately, I don't think that there is a complete list of ASE/AWE part numbers on the net.

I forget lettering scheme for the ASE/AWE part suffixes, but they do not strictly correspond to sequential numeric releases. I may be mistaken, but I think that some of the kits were specific to particular regions or hardware options. There are a handful of examples listed on the wiki at http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_6.5_E ... _Revisions

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 10, 2017, 12:13 a.m...

josehill wrote:

robespierre wrote: The full set was only produced for 6.5. Point releases came as overlays, with quarterly updated Applications CDs.

That's not correct. The "full" ASE/AWE sets were revised several times to include updated point releases, development foundations, libraries, and other disks in the shrink-wrapped package.

Unfortunately, I don't think that there is a complete list of ASE/AWE part numbers on the net.

I forget lettering scheme for the ASE/AWE part suffixes, but they do not strictly correspond to sequential numeric releases. I may be mistaken, but I think that some of the kits were specific to particular regions or hardware options. There are a handful of examples listed on the wiki at http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/IRIX_6.5_E ... _Revisions

interesting, so I guess the only way to tell is to open one up huh.

josehill
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Wrote the following at June 10, 2017, 12:27 a.m...

coolfox wrote: interesting, so I guess the only way to tell is to open one up huh.

If you do, please let us know the result so that we can add it to the wiki. Of course, you'd be welcome to add it, if you're so inclined.

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 10, 2017, 12:43 a.m...

Looks like 6.5.19 and a bunch of other fun stuff. Could you please update the wiki?

dexter1
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Wrote the following at June 10, 2017, 4:27 a.m...

I had to process the photo's a bit because they are quite dark.

I counted 18 different CD's: 4 x 6.5.19 overlay, Base doc, Applications, 4 x Freeware february 2003, 2 x 6.5.12 Demos, 4 x Found1/2/DevFound/DevLib, SNMP access for HP-UX MIB and ONC3/NFS3.

It's been added as an extra AWE revision entry.

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m...

Thanks!

coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 16, 2017, 11:18 p.m...

dexter1 wrote: I had to process the photo's a bit because they are quite dark.

I counted 18 different CD's: 4 x 6.5.19 overlay, Base doc, Applications, 4 x Freeware february 2003, 2 x 6.5.12 Demos, 4 x Found1/2/DevFound/DevLib, SNMP access for HP-UX MIB and ONC3/NFS3.

It's been added as an extra AWE revision entry.

Got another revision, 013-2477-001 Rev A is 6.5.

Comes with:

Irix 6.5 Development Foundation, MipsPro 7.2.1 Compiler Patches June 1998, Irix 6.5 Foundation 1, 2, Irix 6.5 Base documentation June 1998, SNMP Access to HP-UX MIB 1.1.2, ProDev Workshop 2.7, Irix 6.5 Installation Tools June 1998, MipsPro Fortran-77 7.2.1, ONC3/NFS Version 3, MipsPro C Compiler 7.2.1, Irix 6.5 Applications June 1998, Irix 6.5 Development Libraries

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Wrote the following at June 17, 2017, 9:53 p.m...

If you request a wiki account you could add that to the wiki yourself, most nekochan members (or at least the ones who stick around for more than a day or two) end up getting one...

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coolfox
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Wrote the following at June 18, 2017, 2:09 p.m...

I probably should heh

vishnu
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Wrote the following at June 18, 2017, 10:29 p.m...

Here's the link to request an account, nekochan members are automatically approved:

http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/Special:RequestAccount

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