Open Software Foundation
Guy Harris
guy at gorodish.Sun.COM
Mon May 30 10:55:36 AEST 1988
> To help the situation, why doesn't someone from AT&T or Sun put out a
> statement saying that the V.4 or whatever will NOT be Sparc-dependant
> & will run on all chips.
OK:
S5R4 will not be SPARC-dependent.
It will run on at least the following:
68K (a small California computer maker named Sun Microsystems has a
product line that includes 68K-based machines, and I think they'd
insist on it running on 68Ks; furthermore, Unisoft is talking
about doing a 68K port of it for Motorola)
80386 (a small California computer maker named Sun Microsystems - OK,
in this case a small Massachusetts computer maker named Sun
Microsystems :-) - and a small New Jersey computer maker named
AT&T both have product lines that include 80386-based machines,
and I think they'd insist on it running on 80386s)
SPARC (a small California computer maker - oh, you've heard this one
before...)
WE32K (a small New Jersey computer maker....)
and, from what I've seen, I assume it will also run on:
88K (Unisoft is also taking about doing an 88K port)
MIPS R[23]K (they also have a deal with AT&T to develop an ABI)
As for it running on any other chips, that's really up to the chip vendors;
neither AT&T nor Sun are really in the business of porting it to every chip
out there.
I believe AT&T has stated that they will put out:
1) a 3B2 (WE32K) port
followed by
2) a SPARC port, presumably to some future AT&T SPARC-based machine
and
3) an 80386 port, presumably to the AT&T 6386 or somesuch machine.
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