In article <42862645.0401201105.3e8afc66@posting.google.com >, Steve Nottingham <steve@wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> "Jay" <jisinc@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<iubPb.20548$zj7.19730@newsread1.news.pas.ear thlink.net>...
>> Is there somewhere I might get a copy of a 5L image? And can it be installed
>> on a Intel system.
>
> You can get AIX CD's from IBM. You can put the files on a Intel
> system, but it will not be possible for any of the executables to run
> on it and you can't get the hardware to boot from the AIX image.

Architecturally speaking, it seems to have hooks for IA-64 as a result of
earlier Project Monterey work. While the shipping versions of AIX 5L
doesn't run on any IA-64 processor, it may be possible that IBM could
release some future version of 5L for IA-64 if they ever decide it's a good
strategic move.

(Just adding; you are, of course, correct that for all practical purposes,
shipping versions of AIX 5L won't currently run on any Intel hardware.)

-Dan