Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!chaph.usc.edu!castor.usc.edu!kailanhw From: kailanhw@castor.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Toshiba Laptop Sparc / Sony laptop Message-ID: <10662@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 6 Jul 90 21:46:37 GMT References: <1163@s5.Morgan.COM> <4701@infmx.UUCP> Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Distribution: na Lines: 30 In article <4701@infmx.UUCP> aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney) writes: =In article <1163@s5.Morgan.COM> jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes: =>I am interested in high-end "laptop" UNIX solutions. I have seen the =>Toshiba Sparc, but does it run SunOS? Can you even buy them in this = =Given that it's a SPARC, what else *could* it run? Has anything else =been ported to the SPARC? = Are you talking about U?IX or PC? IS this a U?IX world? Are we talking about source codes or binary codes? Since SPARC can only run U?IX, what you expect it can not run and other U?IX machine can run? I have using SPARC server and workstation for a long time and have not met any programs can be compiled and be run at other U?IX machine but can not be compiled and be run on SPARC. Certainly, sometimes you may need to do some change to make it work. = =-- =Alan Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland = = "The driver says, 'One more cup of coffee and I'll be all right...' = 'Pop a Bennie, another Bennie'..." - The Bobs, "Bus Plunge" | Opinion stated above is mine only and put your best judgement on it. | | Snail : kailanhw@usc.edu % flame > /dev/null | | Real world: Kailan H. | | "The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open." --- Gunter Grass |