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- From: wha@netaxs.com (Bill Ainsworth)
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- Subject: Re: IRIX Emulation?
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- Date: 3 Feb 1996 22:09:02 GMT
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- Glen,
- The IRIX GUI: Indigo Magic is proprietary. So it probably isn't going to
- be easy to learn outside of using an SGI. On the other hand, it is
- similar to most GUIs and isn't very difficult to learn.
- -Bill
-
- Glen Mead (gmead@io.org) wrote:
- : Hi All,
- :
- : I am currently getting access to an Indigo with Irix 5.2 on an occasional
- : basis. However, I would like to speed up the learning curve a bit by using
- : my systems at home. Is there a sharewrae/freeware package that would emulate
- : (or at least be similar to) Irix and it's GUI on a 486-DX2/66 or an Amiga
- : (A1200 or A2000)? How similar is Irix to Unix? Would Linux on either of the
- : above systems be a step in the right direction? Any help would be greatly
- : appreciated.
- :
- : Glen
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