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From: bms@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Bruce Schlobohm)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Further evidence of Convergent's hand in the UNIX PC
Keywords: Just a little trivia...
Message-ID: <452@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 24 Aug 88 17:48:29 GMT
References: <470@icus.UUCP>
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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In article <470@icus.UUCP>, lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
> I wonder if the UNIX PC programs will run under a Convergent Miniframe?

Yes, an arbitrary UNIX-PC program will run on the Miniframe, and vice-versa,
with the exception of shared library programs, and hardware-specific
programs (bitmapped screen calls, onboard modem, etc).
As a matter of fact, Miniframes were used as the original build machines
to generate the first few releases (CT to AT&T) for the UNIX-PC.  We had
to modify the Miniframe's floppy driver to handle the 48TPI format, but the
Miniframe has the capacity for 2 disk drives, which for source builds was
important.
As I recall, to get the Safari project off to a fast start, CT used the
VM model, and the same sgs [although there were some changes in the sgs during
the project] of the Miniframe.  Thus the similarity in a.out formats.

-- 
Bruce Schlobohm
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