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IRIX on xBox 360 consoles - Cyberstorm64DD - 04-21-2021
I have an Xbox 360 console that I was wanting to convert into an IRIX Workstation. I was wondering what it would take to get that to work and also get the best/most desirable results. Also since I don't have an IRIX installation package, do you know where I can get the things I will need to do this?
Note: if this would be better in a different part of IRIXnet, and you are someone who can move it, Feel free to do so, I don't mind.
RE: IRIX on xBox 360 consoles - Raion - 04-21-2021
Hello Cyberstorm64DD,
IRIX is not a free, open source software. It is a proprietary OS that was developed for SGI hardware, and only runs on MIPS big-endian workstations created by SGI with one exception - the Cray X1 and X1e which runs the IRIX-based UNICOS/mp.
There is no way to run IRIX on a PowerPC system like an XBOX 360, much less a Nintendo 64 or Playstation 2 (which are the correct architecture, but have no capabilities)
RE: IRIX on xBox 360 consoles - TruHobbyist - 04-21-2021
(04-21-2021, 04:01 AM)Cyberstorm64DD Wrote: I have an Xbox 360 console that I was wanting to convert into an IRIX Workstation. I was wondering what it would take to get that to work and also get the best/most desirable results. Also since I don't have an IRIX installation package, do you know where I can get the things I will need to do this?
Note: if this would be better in a different part of IRIXnet, and you are someone who can move it, Feel free to do so, I don't mind.
I would first install Linux on Xbox 360, then port MAME with support for IRIX 5.3 to it. Though possible, it is not straightforward.
RE: IRIX on xBox 360 consoles - Raion - 04-21-2021
Performance would also be worse than most consumer PCs.
RE: IRIX on xBox 360 consoles - GeekLucanis - 04-21-2021
Go ahead and try it. Try and install Linux and Mame on a 360. Don't come complaining to us when it takes 3 days to load IRIX emulation.