Is there any way to get an SGI IRIX compiled program to run on Windows XP ?

In article <1181415062.963121.314690@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
John2005 <johnjmechanical@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>I want to use a free program that seems to be compiled for an SGI IRIX
>OS. The source files are available here...[/color]
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>[url]http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/ftp/rmsl/usycams/[/url][/color]
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>Is there a free OS that I can install on Microsoft Virtual PC so that
>I can use this program on a XP host machine? Alternatively, is there
>any type of software emulator I can install that would allow me to use
>this program on a windows XP machine ?[/color]

No and No!
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>Is it difficult or even
>possible to compile the source to run on windows XP or a UNIX based OS
>that I can install on Microsoft virtual PC ?[/color]

According to the paper
[url]www.cim.mcgill.ca/~rmsl/Index/Documents/papers/p_idmme_cim960214.ps.gz[/url]

"We give an outline of USyCaMs for a Silicon Graphics Inc. IRIS
workstation. It can run on other UNIX workstations with suitable
graphics software and hardware, but then, obviously, all device-
dependent features must be modied."

To me, that implies that they did not lock themselves in to IRIX-only
graphics features; e. g., that it might be written for X11/Motif
or OpenGL, but that adaptation might have to be made for some
device drivers. Otherwise, if the authors had meant that,
"Well, we suppose someone could rewrite this for another system
if they really wanted to bother", then they would have been much
more likely to say "It could run" rather than "It can run".
But I haven't looked at the source to see the structure or dependancies.