[daip] Solaris - AIPS compatibility

[Hough, David H.]

I'm having a UNIX person come out tomorrow to give 
me a long-overdue upgrade to my Sun operating system. 
I'm running 15APR99 AIPS - and want to avoid also 
reinstalling AIPS if I can help it - and the guy asked 
me if I want Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 8 (yes, just "8", 
not 2.8). 

Since I've never heard of Solaris 8, I was going to ask 
him to install Solaris 2.6 (I have 2.5.1 now). 

Is either one OK for running 15APR99 AIPS? Are there 
reasons to prefer one over the other?  

Thanks!

            David Hough
            Trinity University
            San Antonio, TX 
            dhough at trinity.edu