Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!husc6!encore!jcallen From: jcallen@Encore.COM (Jerry Callen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's?? Summary: I can speculate with the best of 'em! Message-ID: <13012@encore.Encore.COM> Date: 22 Oct 90 14:04:46 GMT References: <1536@ftc.framentec.fr> <1990Oct19.120218.9450@canterbury.ac.nz> <15497@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2176@lupine.NCD.COM> Reply-To: jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen) Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA Lines: 17 >tom@ssd.csd.harris.com (Tom Horsley) writes: > >Someone else pointed out the advantages of cloning and binary compatible >software to improve the acceptance of an architecture. I might point out >that the 88k is the *only* RISC chip with a binary compatibility standard >and an AT&T approved (big deal) ABI is ongoing for Sys V.4... Actually, it's going to be interesting to see what happens to the BCS as the ABI rolls in; there are some ugly incompatibilities that have to be resolved _somehow_ and, given the unpleasant realities of AT&T, I'll bet BCS/OCS comes out on the short end of the stick. I've come to believe that the One True Unix is today's equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone... -- Jerry "the eternal skeptic" Callen jcallen@encore.com