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- From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey)
- Subject: Re: iBCS2 / SCO 3.2.4
- In-Reply-To: news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil's message of 30 Dec 1992 16:04:44 -0600
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:41:13 GMT
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- Dave> In article <1992Dec30.154921.23024@cognos.com> nigelc@cognos.com
- Dave> (Nigel Campbell) originally posted in comp.unix.misc:
- >This follows a recent post looking for a list of vendors who are
- >'binary' compatible with SCO UNIX (I assume 3.2.4). Is there
- >a list somewhere of these vendors and commercial software known
- >to run/not run on systems other than SCO. How does one certify
- >adherence to the iBCS2 definition. What is it.
- >
-
- Dave> I was wondering if any of the 386bsd developers had ever heard of the iBCS2
- Dave> definition, and is it reasonable to try to get 386bsd compliant with it. If
- Dave> this 'standard' is reasonable, it would seem a good thing to be binary
- Dave> compatible with somebody, n'est pas?
-
- Lynne Jolitz posted a bibliography a few days ago in which she
- suggested we use '"The Intel 386 Architecture and System V BCS" for an
- understanding of defined interfaces.'
-
- Intel's publishing/sales dept (1-800-548-4724) says it isn't available
- yet. They do have a generic "386 BCS Spec 2" that Lynne suggested
- would not be as useful as the System V BCS specific book. Rich
-