[REQUEST] Older Intergraph CLIX versions
Hello everyone. It's been a long time since I've been on WinWorld (10 to 14 years ago), although I had to make a new account. I recently bought an Intergraph Interpro, which I have yet to receive at the time of writing. I'm looking for older versions of Intergraph CLIX, but there's a prerequisite I have.
First, a little context. Intergraph was a hardware and software company that mainly focused on CAD. They are best known for their MicroStation product. Visix was a software company that made various products, including Looking Glass, and Galaxy (a development tool). Looking Glass was a file manager for UNIX that competed with IXI X.desktop. With that in mind, Intergraph bundled the Looking Glass product with their Clipper workstations up until they discontinued the Clipper product line in 1993 or 1994.
There are two copies of CLIX on archive.org. I thought I finally found what I was looking for. Until one day, I looked inside the CD images and discovered the Looking Glass package was missing. The available copies on archive.org are likely the latest revisions, with the latest version released on May 5th, 1999.
So, I'm looking for an older version of CLIX released between 1990 to 1994. It needs to have the Visix Looking Glass package, which is labeled SS160AA (or SS01160) the first CD. For reference, the CDs are labeled "Intergraph Systems Software."
My theory is that when Visix (the company that made Looking Glass) closed in 1998, Intergraph was under a contract that required them to remove the Looking Glass package bundle. In other words, it's likely there was a mandatory license termination Intergraph had to oblige by. Sadly, the reason for the removal was never explained in the readme or other documents on the first CD.
Finally, I tried installing CLIX in the MAME emulator, and I confirmed the installer lists the Looking Glass product as absent, at least for the latest revision I found. I haven't tried the older revision from 1998, but since I confirmed both are missing the file manager, I expect the result to be the same when installing in MAME.
Any help with finding older CLIX versions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
First, a little context. Intergraph was a hardware and software company that mainly focused on CAD. They are best known for their MicroStation product. Visix was a software company that made various products, including Looking Glass, and Galaxy (a development tool). Looking Glass was a file manager for UNIX that competed with IXI X.desktop. With that in mind, Intergraph bundled the Looking Glass product with their Clipper workstations up until they discontinued the Clipper product line in 1993 or 1994.
There are two copies of CLIX on archive.org. I thought I finally found what I was looking for. Until one day, I looked inside the CD images and discovered the Looking Glass package was missing. The available copies on archive.org are likely the latest revisions, with the latest version released on May 5th, 1999.
So, I'm looking for an older version of CLIX released between 1990 to 1994. It needs to have the Visix Looking Glass package, which is labeled SS160AA (or SS01160) the first CD. For reference, the CDs are labeled "Intergraph Systems Software."
My theory is that when Visix (the company that made Looking Glass) closed in 1998, Intergraph was under a contract that required them to remove the Looking Glass package bundle. In other words, it's likely there was a mandatory license termination Intergraph had to oblige by. Sadly, the reason for the removal was never explained in the readme or other documents on the first CD.
Finally, I tried installing CLIX in the MAME emulator, and I confirmed the installer lists the Looking Glass product as absent, at least for the latest revision I found. I haven't tried the older revision from 1998, but since I confirmed both are missing the file manager, I expect the result to be the same when installing in MAME.
Any help with finding older CLIX versions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.