UNIX/XENIX binaries on XENIX/UNIX systems
Bob Palowoda
palowoda at megatest.UUCP
Fri Aug 25 18:31:51 AEST 1989
>From article <610 at uci.UUCP>, by clay at uci.UUCP (News Administrator):
> In article <7227 at megatest.UUCP>, palowoda at megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes:
>>
>
> I knew that (on uport, at least) an emlulator was used to run 286 binaries
> of any type. But is an emulator used for 386 code? I'm running uport's
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'm sorry your right.
> Text Processing system under XENIX 386 2.3.1 now with no performance hits,
> as well as binaries I compile up under Green Hills C.
>
> with no noticeable performance hits. Not sure about the 286 binaries, tho...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
With programs
like 'compress it's
really noticeable.
>
> What we HAVE decided is that this binary compatibility stuff is a GREAT idea.
I agree with that. It saved me from alot of downtime. Speaking of
compiliers. What's the C-compilier like under 2.3 Xenix? Or should
I say do you run into any problems like the one under 2.2 (286).
---Bob
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