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mrweasel: Unless it's true that they lost it, I really see no reason why HPE doesn't just release the official IRIX source code. It cannot be worth much at this point.Maybe there's 3rd party code which SGI/HPE licensed? That's apparently why we can't have Operas Presto.
pm215: Even if there isn't any 3rd party code, the whole process of going through the codebase to confirm there really isn't any 3rd party code, and generally getting the legal department to sign off on it, is a lot of work in itself. My impression is that this kind of "historic source" release typically only happens if somebody sufficiently senior in the company cares enough to actively push it through. The default is that nobody does care that much, and it doesn't happen."Do nothing" has essentially zero downside for a big company that happens to have something of niche interest like this in its vaults.
reconnecting: For me personally, IRIX 6.x had one of the most beautiful (and colourful) GUIs ever.For the curious, there is a guide (1) on how to run IRIX 6.5.22 in MAME.1. https://sgi.neocities.org
mixmastamyk: Wow, look at those luxurious titlebars, windows edges, scrollbars, and tabs! So easy to use.On thing lost, their scrollbars kept an indentation of where the bar was until you let go, and was sometimes useful.Not a fan of the busy backgrounds, but can’t win ’em all.Does anyone have a screenshot of the window menu (right click on titlebar)? Been looking for the CUA hotkeys related to those window functions. Most still work but are not shown on Linux desktops for some reason.
throw0101a: > Maybe there's 3rd party code which SGI/HPE licensed?IIRC, this was one of the complication of open sourcing Solaris back in the day.
linolevan: Yep, I recall one of the big components being libc i18n
sgt: They also loved italic!
rainingmonkey: What is the scrollwheel thing on the left side of some windows?
sedawkgrep: As a long-time AIX admin I'd LOOOOOVE to see some of the AIX source.I used to be connected to the community where stuff like this was passed around. But that was a long, long time ago.
kev009: A partial but significant dump of 4.1 is easy to find. Probably leaked for/by Apple Network Server people.
jnpnj: A blend of nextstep and macos classic somehow.
blipvert: As I recall that changed the size of the (vector graphic) icons in the window.Though it has been twenty-odd years since I last used an SGI box so open to correction!
zvr: Yes, it was essentially a "zoom" wheel.
dvno42: For those interested, there is a lovely IRIX clone WM called MaXX. I've been using it for a couple months and have been quite happy with it on a remote dev machine. I believe it only runs on xorg currently.1. https://docs.maxxinteractive.com/
ranger_danger: https://github.com/Arquivotheca/AIX-4.1.3
sedawkgrep: Thanks - I downloaded the repo but it's only ~64MB zipped. No way that's all of AIX 4.1.3. :(
mixmastamyk: Yeah, they were a few years ahead of cleartype/retina unfortunately.
senko: > Wow, look at those luxurious titlebars, windows edges, scrollbars, and tabs! So easy to use.That's just Motif: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_(software)Shame it wasn't under an open license to begin with (they relicenced it to LGPL waaay too late). We've been reimplementing it ever since.
wink: That reminds me about some irc channel around 25 years ago where we had this odd guy running IRIX and occasionally sending us screenshots.Most people were on Windows, some of us were running Linux, but IRIX seemed odd even to us, with our mainstream DEs like enlightenment or KDE or windowmaker :D
