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20001207: Irix 5.x Support (fwd)

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  • Subject: 20001207: Irix 5.x Support (fwd)
  • Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 16:07:08 -0700
>From:  Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>
>Organization:  UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords:  200012072220.eB7MKZk6769780 platform IRIX 5.x

Chiz,

>The message below indicates that NCEP won't be supporting IRIX 5.x 
>any longer. Since we don't have machine here running 5.x any longer,
>its not much of an issue to me for testing. Does this appear to be a problem
>for any other packages? (I'm guessing Bob Creasey still has some old SGIs
>at NPS).

I stopped officially supporting McIDAS-X on IRIX 5.x over a year ago, so
this is not a problem for me.

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 08:25:31 -0500
>From: S. Schotz <address@hidden>
>Subject: Irix 5.x Support
>
>We are polling  to determine whether there are any Irix 5.x users of
>N-AWIPS.  We would like to discontinue supporting Irix 5.x because there
>is no longer an operational need in the World Weather Building.  Please
>let us know whether you have Irix 5.x platforms and if so, how long you
>plan to keep them.  It is our understanding that some time in 2001, SGI
>will no longer support Irix 5.x.  We intend to discontinue support for
>Irix 5.x by Spring 2001, unless otherwise notified by users.
>
>Thanks.
>                    Schotz

Tom
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