F. Michael Orr wrote:
> 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.
>

Is the 43p Model 260 a PreP machine? If so, how did you get 5.2 loaded?

Bob