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Re: Last version of IDL supported on VAX/VMS?



"Joseph B. Gurman" wrote:
>     Does anyone know where to find what version of IDL was supported on
> what version of each OS? Neither the RSI Web site nor the IDL FAQ appears
> to have this infdormation (though the FAQ G05 covers what the current
> version runs on, and when platform support was dropped).

I have some old CDs laying around, so here you go:

IDL 3.6
-------
	- Data General Aviion: DG/UX 5.4.1.
	- DEC ALPHA: OSF1 2.0.
	- DOS based personal computers running Microsoft Windows 3.1.
	- Windows NT (Intel x86).
	- HP 9000 Series 700: HP-UX 9.01.
	- IBM 6000: AIX 3.2.5, Motif 1.2.
	- Apple Macintosh (Motorola 68k) computers running System 7
	- Risc Ultrix: Ultrix 4.2.
	- SGI: IRIX 5.2
	- Sun 4 (sparc): SunOS 4.1.3.
	- Sun 4 (sparc): Solaris 2.3 (SunOS 5.3).
	- VMS:
	      [ALPHA] OpenVMS AXP 6.1.
	      [VAX] VMS 5.1 and up. Standard X windows graphics are
		supported at all VMS versions. IDLwidgets are supported
	        at VMS 5.4-3 at up *if* the host system has version 1.1 
		of the DECWINDOWS-MOTIF package installed.

IDL 4.0
-------
	Digital Equipment Corporation VAX VMS 5.4-3. IDL is no longer available
for VMS 5.1.
	Risc Ultrix 4.2. This is the final release of IDL for Ultrix.
	Alpha AXP VMS Version 6.1
	OSF/1 Version 3.0
	IBM RS/6000 AIX Version 3.2
	Sun Solaris Version 2.3
	SunOS Version 4.1.3
	Silicon Graphics Inc. IRIX Version 5.2
	Hewlett Packard Corporation HP/UX Version 9.01
	Convex: IDL is no longer available for Convex computers.
	Intel x86 Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.5, Microsoft Windows Version
3.1
	Apple Macintosh and PowerMacintosh MacOS System 7.0.1 or higher

IDL 5.0
-------
                                 Operating        Supported
Platform  Vendor    Hardware     System           Versions
--------  ------    --------     ---------        ---------

VMS	   DEC      Alpha AXP    VMS              6.2     
           DEC      VAX          VMS              6.2    

Unix       DEC      Alpha        Digital UNIX     4.0       

           HP       PaRisc       HP-UX            10.1

           IBM      RS/6000      AIX              4.1

           Intel    Intel x86    Linux            2.0

           SGI      R4000 and up Irix             5.3 / 6.2
 
	   SUN      Sparc        Solaris1(SunOS)  4.1.3          
	   SUN      Sparc        Solaris 2        2.5      
	   SUN      Ultra 1 / 2  Solaris 2        2.5       
	   SUN      Intel x86    Solaris 2        2.5       

Windows    Intel    Intel x86    Windows          3.11
	   Intel    Intel x86    Windows 95
	   Intel    Intel x86    Windows NT       3.51, 4.0
	   DEC      Alpha AXP    Windows NT       3.51, 4.0

Macintosh  Apple    Motorola     MacOS            7.1.2
		    680x0
	   Apple    Motorola     MacOS            7.1.2
                    PowerPC

IDL 5.1
-------
                                 Operating        Supported
Platform  Vendor    Hardware     System           Versions
--------  ------    --------     ---------        ---------

VMS        DEC      Alpha AXP    VMS              6.2     

Unix       DEC      Alpha        Digital UNIX     4.0       

           HP       PaRisc       HP-UX            10.1

           IBM      RS/6000      AIX              4.1

           Intel    Intel x86    Linux            2.0

           SGI      R4000 and up Irix             5.3 / 6.2
 
           SUN      Sparc        Solaris1(SunOS)  4.1.3          
           SUN      Sparc        Solaris 2        2.5      
           SUN      Ultra 1 / 2  Solaris 2        2.5       
           SUN      Intel x86    Solaris 2        2.5       

Windows    Intel    Intel x86    Windows 95
           Intel    Intel x86    Windows NT       4.0
           DEC      Alpha AXP    Windows NT       4.0

Macintosh  Apple    Motorola     MacOS            7.1.2
                    PowerPC

IDL 5.2
-------

                                  Operating        Supported
Platform  Vendor     Hardware     System           Versions
--------  ------     --------     ---------        ---------

VMS       Compaq     Alpha        VMS              7.1

UNIX      Compaq     Alpha        Digital Unix     4.0

          HP         PA-RISC      HP-UX            10.20

          IBM        RS/6000      AIX              4.3

                     Intel x86    Linux            2.0*

          SGI        Mips         Irix             6.2

          SUN        SPARC        Solaris 2        2.6

          SUN        Ultra 1/2    Solaris 2        2.6

          SUN        Intel x86    Solaris 2        2.6

Windows   Microsoft  Intel x86    Windows 95, 98

          Microsoft  Intel x86    Windows NT       4.0

          Microsoft  Alpha        Windows NT       4.0

Macintosh  Apple     Power        MacOS            8.1
                     Macintosh**

* Redhat 5.1

** Includes iMac

Cheers,
Liam.

-- 
Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley