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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6793 comp.os.linux:13069 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!sci34hub!gary From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) Subject: Re: Binary compatibility question... Message-ID: <1992Oct19.180159.27431@sci34hub.sci.com> Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al. References: <1992Oct13.223537.11949@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1992 18:01:59 GMT Lines: 14 In article <1992Oct13.223537.11949@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> ngoh@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (NGO HIEN D) writes: > [ ... ] My question is: is either Linux or 386BSD "88 Open >Compliant?" The tech-guy popped this term on me and I was >unaware of any such compatibility standard (wouldn't be a first.) "88Open" is a standard for the Motorola 88000 RISC processor, so by definition, 386 code isn't going to run on it. -- Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither. "...I looked out my window, and saw Kyle Pettys' car upside down, then I thought 'One of us is in real trouble'." Davey Allison, re: a 150MPH crash