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Re: sgi upgrading alternatives

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Naomi B. Schmidt)
Wed May 10 12:23:25 1995

To: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: acmg@MIT.EDU, dcns-dev@MIT.EDU, release-team@MIT.EDU, skunks@MIT.EDU,
        ops@MIT.EDU, alexp@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 May 1995 12:16:38 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 12:22:59 EDT
From: "Naomi B. Schmidt" <nschmidt@MIT.EDU>


>Option 3.  Upgrade XL machines; install new XZ machines
>	   Use IRIX 5.2/AFS 3.3a (no demos on XZ; 3PSW may not work)
>
>I think Option 3 is the most likely alternative.  It will require
>testing to check that the key applications operate.

The sooner we can get a machine to test out the 3partysw, the sooner we'll
know whether there's a major problem.  I asked to have Katie's Indy put back
to IRIX 5.2 last week, but am waiting for that to be done.  Once it is, we
can run through the relevant software and try things out.

			Naomi

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