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From: "Iain Hibbert" <plunky@skate.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Is NetBSD/Sparc binary compatiblity with SunOS 4.x?
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 18:24:13 -0000
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Ta-Wei Li <taweil@skat.usc.edu> writes:
>   The subject says it all. If the answer is yes, I am particularly
> interested in whether Adobe Arcobat reader runs O.K.?

  NetBSD/sparc does have a binary compatibility mode with SunOS,
though I don't know if Adobe Acrobat works (never used it myself)..

  it might be worth trying though..

]ain