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From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Inits
Message-ID: <50006@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Mar 91 01:25:09 GMT
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In article <9701@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600vamp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Le Vampire) writes:
>
>  This is probably old stuff, but I just started with A/UX so
>please bear with me. My question is this: can I use any of my
>regular Mac inits under A/UX? If so, how?

They work, if they are nice fellows, i.e:

a) 32bit clean
b) don't access low memory globals that are not initialized/used
c) don't patch non-implemented traps
d) don't rely on a Manager that is not supported
e) don't access HW directly
f) don't assume too much about the File System
g) and a lot of other compability issues (TN229 is one way to find
   out more about this, a revised version is soon out...)

...a lot of this is true with MacOS Inits as well.

Regards,
Kent

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