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Re: IDL for IRIX [message #33599 is a reply to message #33597]

Tue, 14 January 2003 13:55

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Michael de la Fuente wrote:
>
> Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote in message news:<avu7o1$b7a$1@south.jnrs.ja.net>...
>> Michael de la Fuente wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm a student at RIT in NY and am taking an Imaging Science course
>>> here. They use IDL extensively I see and was wondering if there are
>>> any users of IDL on SGI Irix platforms here. I would be interested in
>>> your feedback on how well IDL runs and executes on IRIX. Also, any
>>> other info(pricing, downloadable ftp site, etc etc) would be helpful
>>> too. Thank you.
>>> -Mike
>>
>> As others have said, IDL runs very well under IRIX. The only complaint I
>> might make is that it doesn't make use of the MP capabilities of IRIX.
>>
>> Are you looking to run it on a personal machine, or one owned by the
>> institute you're attending? If it's owned by the institute you might not
>> need to purchase anything if they have network licenses. IDL for UNIX
>> covers installation on Solaris, IRIX, Linux and others for network
>> licenses.
>
> This would be on my own personal machine and the software for IRIX
> goes for like $1200 while the student version for Windows is only $80,
> man that ruined my day!!!

If you can afford an SGI box for personal use, then an IDL license should be chook feed.
(just kidding...mostly)

> I asked the systems admin for the Imaging
> Science department and he said he isn't able to help me out with a
> license, so I emailed Rsinc.com and hope they can give me a break in
> the price, worth a shot anyway...

Sure. I'll refrain from several raunchy analogies about RSI's licensing costs/policies
that spring to mind :o) Suffice it to say don't hold your breath. Then again, given the
economy, maybe they've softened their stance. :o|

paulv

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		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Wed, 15 January 2003 16:31
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Wed, 15 January 2003 12:53
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 15 January 2003 09:50
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 15 January 2003 06:59
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: skelton on Wed, 15 January 2003 00:55
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Tue, 14 January 2003 20:21
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Tue, 14 January 2003 19:58
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: GrahamWilsonCA on Tue, 14 January 2003 15:20
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 14 January 2003 13:55
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Tue, 14 January 2003 13:28
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 14 January 2003 07:15
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 14 January 2003 07:20
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Nigel Wade on Tue, 14 January 2003 01:20
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: K. Bowman on Mon, 13 January 2003 09:10
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Nigel Wade on Mon, 13 January 2003 08:05
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Mon, 13 January 2003 04:42
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Nigel Wade on Mon, 13 January 2003 03:25
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: mike7510 on Sun, 12 January 2003 15:09
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: R.Bauer on Sun, 12 January 2003 06:17
		Re: IDL for IRIX By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Sat, 11 January 2003 16:55

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