Bansheebill
Technical User
We are using an application for modeling flight simulator visual databases that was compiled for IRIX 3.0.10 . Because of this the computer we are stuck using is an SGI IRIS 3120. We recently had the hard drive controller card fail and have been unsuccessful in locating a replacement board.
We don't have the source for the application but can acquire it. As the application is based on Multi-Gen their licensing portion is $7,000; the visual system manufacturer hasn't stated the cost of their portion yet. Before we spend $10,000+ on the source I would like to get an idea of how difficult it might be recompile the application for a later operating system.
The SGI IRIS 3000 series computers were pre-MIPS machines. SGI Personal IRIS 4D series were the start of the MIPS processors, so I suspect that there may be a huge change in the way programs were written for the new operating systems.
We still run a couple of 4D series computers here, but the bulk of our SGI computers are Indigo2s running IRIX 5.3 . This platform would offer supportability for another decade at least.
So - is there anyone out there who might be able to tell me if this route is worth pursuing?
We don't have the source for the application but can acquire it. As the application is based on Multi-Gen their licensing portion is $7,000; the visual system manufacturer hasn't stated the cost of their portion yet. Before we spend $10,000+ on the source I would like to get an idea of how difficult it might be recompile the application for a later operating system.
The SGI IRIS 3000 series computers were pre-MIPS machines. SGI Personal IRIS 4D series were the start of the MIPS processors, so I suspect that there may be a huge change in the way programs were written for the new operating systems.
We still run a couple of 4D series computers here, but the bulk of our SGI computers are Indigo2s running IRIX 5.3 . This platform would offer supportability for another decade at least.
So - is there anyone out there who might be able to tell me if this route is worth pursuing?