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From: msc@ramoth.SGI.COM (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Background /Versions of O.S.
Summary: how to tell a rev from a rev
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Date: 29 Apr 89 20:56:50 GMT
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In article <8904291619.AA18057@zorac.DCIEM.DND.CA>, tim@ZORAC.DCIEM.DND.CA (Tim Pointing) writes:
> How do I tell which revision of the O.S. is running on my 4D/20. All it
> says is "4D1-3.14711181642". I can see the 4D in there as well as the "3.1"
> but is the rev in there too? People have been talking about Rev C and Rev D
> but I can't tell what I have (except that a number of the programs which
> have appeared in this mailing-list/newsgroup don't work!)
> 

If all you see is a long string of numbers then you have release 3.1 Rev C
or earlier.  Starting with 3.1 Rev D the system banner says

	"IRIX System V Release 4D1-3.1x

where x is the revision letter.

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	-Mark