On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:20:05 -0700, Mark Taylor wrote:

> No, the Itanium kernel got pulled before release due to issues.
>
> like stated above AIX 1.3 would run on ps/2 and AIX 2.# would run on RT
> boxes .. but back then it was a very different beast. Anything above
> AIX 3.# runs only on PowerPC .. You can get a cheap one on eBay
> (Probably).
>
> PearPC Emulator may be an option, they were testing AIX 433 at one
> point .. not too sure how far they got though...
>
> http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
>
> HTH
> Mark Taylor

A better bet might be to get a second-hand 43p. I've got a 43p Model 260
that runs AIX5.2 quite nicely, though it is unsupported. It makes a great
test box, though. If you want something newer, look at the p5 510; the
IBM list price starts at less than $5K (US), so with discounts it would be
less. And that is a POWER5 CPU.