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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: SCO Foxbase under other vendors' Sys V/386?
Keywords: dbase foxbase unix
Message-ID: <1072@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 89 12:07:20 GMT
References: <13489@megaron.arizona.edu>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <13489@megaron.arizona.edu>, cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) writes:
> 
> I know that these Sys V/386 systems advertise Xenix binary compatibility,
> but would I be better off to buy Xenix if I need to run Foxbase?  In other
> words, has anyone else run Foxbase on a non-SCO OS and lived to tell
> about it?

I haven't used foxbase, but I have used several other xenix software packages
under 386/ix and Bell Tech SV 3.2 without any problems other than the fact
that the compatability is for executables not for libraries.  Xenix libraries
are not recognized by the system V loader and/or archiver.


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