Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!dg-rtp.dg.com!lbrown From: lbrown@dg-rtp.dg.com (Lee Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's?? Message-ID: <1990Oct25.214355.26431@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 25 Oct 90 21:43:55 GMT References: <1536@ftc.framentec.fr> <1990Oct19.120218.9450@canterbury.ac.nz> <15497@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2176@lupine.NCD.COM> <13012@encore.Encore.COM> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: lbrown@dg-rtp.dg.com (Lee Brown) Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 18 jcallen@Encore.com says: |> 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. As an occasional participant in the 88open committee that works on the BCS/OCS and ABI, I'll echo your opinion that there are some ugly incompatibilities between V.3 and V.4 (thanks, AT&T) that have made writing the ABI challenging. However, those incompatibilities have been addressed satisfactorily (I wouldn't have bet on it, but it happened) and BCS/OCS support is both possible and guaranteed for several years to come. -- Lee Brown (919) 248-6274 Data General Corporation lbrown@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 T. W. Alexander Drive {backbone}!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!lbrown Research Triangle Park, NC 27709