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From: dave@pmafire.UUCP (Dave Remien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Is microport really gone?
Summary: They answered the phone on Thursday...
Keywords: 386 compatibility, a way out
Message-ID: <598@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 89 01:47:38 GMT
References: <14578@quacky.mips.COM>
Reply-To: dave@pmafire.UUCP (Dave Remien)
Organization: WINCO, INEL, Idaho
Lines: 28

In article <14578@quacky.mips.COM> menna@mips.COM (Randy Menna) writes:
>
>I too heard rumors of microports demise, plus the fact that they
>were not at uniforum, I fear the worst, it does not bode well.


They answered the phone on Thursday, and answered a technical question,
*after* asking for and receiving my support number.

>
>[ Stuff about Interactive ]
>But, (there's always a but), will my binary applications
>for microport 386 run on interactive 386.
>

I've run lots of Microport and Bell Tech compiled binaries under AT&T's
3.2 System V/386; all worked perfectly. The AT&T port is Interactive's,
as far as I know.
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Dave
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