Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Subject: Re: A3000UX applications Message-ID: <1991Apr9.063955.12000@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Keywords: What is ABI and are there any for the A3000UX Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University References: <1522@ewu.UUCP> <2671@root44.co.uk> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 06:39:55 GMT In article <2671@root44.co.uk> khh@root.co.uk (Keith Holder) writes: >In <1522@ewu.UUCP> mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce) writes: > >>I hear that the A3000UX is ABI compatible. I heard that this gives >>it binary compatibility with certain applications which also >>conform to this standard, is this correct? If so, is autocad ABI >We have an Amiga in the office running Commodore's 1.1 version of >System VR4 and I would say that it is not ABI compliant. We also >have various other 68030 machines running V.4 from Motorola and >binaries taken from these machines and run on the Amiga box >result in core dumps. Looking at various header files on the >Amiga and comparing them against the Motorola 68k ABI, I think >that they have quite a way to go before they are ABI compatible. There is some other problem because AMIX is ABI compliant. Also, I don't seem to remember hearing about a version 1.1, just 1.0, although I could be wrong about that. > keith holder. > >Obviously, these are my opinions and do not reflect the opinions of my >employers who just so happen to produce a version of V.4 for the Motorola 68k. >-- >-- >Keith Holder, Systems Software Consultant, UniSoft Ltd. > G1ITH Fax: (071) 729 3273 >Phone: +44 71 729 3773 -- Ethan Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb A: None. It's a hardware problem.