Running IRIX under QEMU
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Thanks to the program currently called QEMU-irix (Not to be confused with the userland emulation called "qemu-irix") it is possible to now run IRIX in QEMU emulation.
On GNU/Linux
Visit Releases for the project. Download the Ubuntu version or the src code.
Run ./install.sh and then the specific launcher. It will pop up a GUI window.
Build a TAP interface for networking support. This is distro-specific, but it expects the name tap-iris.