[Cyberstorm64DD]

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.

[Raion]

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)

[TruHobbyist]

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.

[Raion]

Performance would also be worse than most consumer PCs.

[GeekLucanis]

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.