Xref: utzoo comp.unix.i386:113 comp.unix.xenix:7272 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!srcsip!tcnet!nis!dicome!uci!clay From: clay@uci.UUCP (News Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix Subject: UNIX/XENIX binaries on XENIX/UNIX systems Summary: 286/386 Emulator for XENIX binaries over UNIX? Message-ID: <610@uci.UUCP> Date: 23 Aug 89 03:10:21 GMT References: <7227@megatest.UUCP> Organization: Unified Communications Inc., Minneapolis Lines: 24 In article <7227@megatest.UUCP>, palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes: > > If it going to be compiled with MSC that it's got to go through > the 286/386 emulator and that slows things down. At least I > notice it. It would be great if SCO offers packages compiled > with your choice of compilier. > > ---Bob 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 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. On the opposite side, at work we're running some XENIX 386 code under ISC with no noticeable performance hits. Not sure about the 286 binaries, tho... What we HAVE decided is that this binary compatibility stuff is a GREAT idea. -- Clayton Haapala ...!mmm!dicome!uci!clay Unified Communications Inc. 3001 Metro Drive - Suite 500 "Revenge is better than Christmas" Bloomington, MN 55425 -- Elvira