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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Compatability between processors
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Date: 15 May 91 22:09:57 GMT
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>   My question is will any machine with /bin/i386 compile and run the same
>binaries as another machine with the file.  Does the file /dynix (for example)
>have any bearing on this?

Yes, it probably does; machines with a "/dynix" file may well not run
the same binaries as machines with a "/vmunix" file (Sun386i's, for
example), and they may not run the same binaries as machines with what I
assume is a "/unix" file (System V/386), either (SunOS on the 386i won't
run System V/386 binaries, and System V/386 won't run SunOS binaries; I
suspect Dynix won't run either, although I assume Dynix/PTX or whatever
they call their System V port will run System V/386 binaries).  (I think
SunOS on the 386i does have a "/usr/bin/i386" file.)