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From: langston@convex.COM (Kevin Langston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: can sco 386 xenix run 386 unix (interactive's) executables ?
Summary: sorta yes kinda maybe
Keywords: sco, interactive Cole Weslock Master Grayhill
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.192140.20147@convex.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 19:21:40 GMT
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In article <1039@gtenmc.UUCP> kumar@gtenmc.UUCP (S.Kumar) writes:
>	I have a question about SCO 386 XENIX (latest version).
>	Can it run 386 Unix executables (Interactive's for eg) without
>	modification ?.
>	i.e. whether it is binary compatible ?

   I have 386 Xenix 2.3.1 running tcsh which was compiled under Interactive
   Unix 2.0.2 and everything works except for a strange wildcard expansion
   in filenames. This is no guarantee that anything else would work, but
   I think tcsh would cover a lot of the territory in question.


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