Binary Compatibility

Tom Neff tneff at bfmny0.UU.NET
Sun Dec 17 02:29:26 AEST 1989


Remember that SCO Xenix 386 and the AT&T/Intel-derived Sys V/386 are two
wholly distinct products.  This is confused by the fact that SCO now
also distributes a release of V/386 (right?).  Vendors who 'port to
SCO,' even 'port to SCO 386,' probably tend to mean Xenix even now.

Fortunately V/386 3.2 will load Xenix 386 binaries OK.   All you have to
worry about is yucky screen and I/O specifics.

It would be nice if someone told Word Perfect's makers that ALL they
have to do is recompile under V/386 to get a native binary.  The Xenix
compatible include files and symbol definitions are lavishly supplied.
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