We have blogged on this really cool AIX 7 feature in the past - but here is my problem: Once I install the AIX 5.2 mksysb image in to the Workload Partition running on AIX7 it all works fine but ... then what can I show an audience to show off "AIX 5.2 running on top of AIX 7":

• I need a simple application that only runs on AIX 5.2.
• Something simple enough that it does not take hours to install and hopefully that it is something visually interesting to see.
• I am told we can run Oracle 8 now including the kernel extension but its not pretty but at least it is not possible (as far as I know) to run it on AIX7 as we have much newer versions for AIX7. Note: it runs but you have to ask Oracle if its supported or not.
• I have run the nmon performance monitor binary for AIX 5.2 just to show that the binary runs on AIX 5.2 but not AIX 7. I like nmon ...  but then I wrote it :-)  I am not sure it is very convincing.
• So what else can I run?
• Have you got any ideas on a simple graphic tool, application, program that is only AIX 5.2?

Please let me know your ideas via the comments section below. 
Thanks in advance, Nigel Griffiths - or mr_nmon to my friends and Twitter


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