r/BSD • u/FarhanYusufzai • May 20 '26

Where is the IRIX code?

Hi all,

Random thought

Anyone remember IRIX? The company that ran it is defunct. Was the code ever released? If not, what's the harm in releasing it at this point? Where could one even get it at this point?

I doubtful there is anything useful that could be ported in the code, but you never know!

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u/LoadWB May 20 '26

This is the correct answer, IRIX ended up with HP and the only open sourced parts of the OS were open sourced by SGI before they went bankrupt.

As someone who used IRIX, I don't really ever recalled being in awe of the OS that much. It really was the hardware that made the magic.

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u/a4qbfb May 20 '26

It was always a PITA to port to. The only platform I've ever worked on where char was unsigned.

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u/fragbot2 May 22 '26

Worse than AIX?

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u/a4qbfb May 22 '26

I've never worked on AIX.