[bjames]

Hi All

For kicks, I want to install a version of Blender onto a low spec Indy R4400 with 8 bit GFX, but I m looking for a version that would be appropriate for the era of when the Indy was relatively new. I will be using IRIX 6.5.

[Raion]

6.5 doesn't do well with less than 64M of RAM, just an FYI

[Irinikus]

I've tried to run Blender on my Indy R4000, and it said that it wasn't compatible with the R4000 CPU architecture. Maybe very early versions of Blender were.

[jpstewart]

I've tried to run Blender on my Indy R4000, and it said that it wasn't compatible with the R4000 CPU architecture.

That may just be a compile-time decision. If the Blender version you tried was compiled for MIPS4 (like most of Nekoware used to be), it could just be a matter of re-compiling (or finding a pre-built binary) for MIPS3 instead.

[GeekLucanis]

Maybe Blender 1? I saw a video of People running V1 on an Indy on youtube

[Irinikus]

I have run Blender 2.45 and made a video of it running on my Indy R5000. But that's an R5000.

[bjames]

Thanks guys, I do recall a version (2.43?) that was made for mips 4. I may download a few versions. I also just remembered that one of my hot mix cds from irix 6.5.6 had blender that I used on my indigo 2 r4400 I had back in 1999.