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Re: Gauging interest in an IA64 rebuild.
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:26:28 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:44:20AM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
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> I'm posting this to gauge the potential interest in such a project by the larger SL community. ...
>


Hi! I wish you the greatest luck in your little project. SGI forever!

While I am sure there is great theoretical interest in non-x86 ports
of SL (and siblings), I can see how there is no practical interest
in the IA-64 port because IA-64 hardware is not generally available.

(We do have IA-64 machines at TRIUMF, but they run VMS, of all things.
They are part of the control system of our 500-MeV/c proton cyclotron,
replacing ALPHA VMS machines, replacing VAX VMS machines).


-- 
Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada

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