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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: 386 unix vs. 286 xenix unify
Message-ID: <1990Feb14.003156.27862@virtech.uucp>
Date: 14 Feb 90 00:31:56 GMT
References: <1990Feb13.040254.7988@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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In article <1990Feb13.040254.7988@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>Can anyone tell me if it is possible to run a '286 Xenix executable
>linked with the unify libraries under '386 unix SysVr3?  Or, is
>it possible to re-compile and re-link on the 386 (to the 286 version
>of the library).  The 386 linker doesn't seem to like the 286 library
>files. The original developer of the application isn't around any
>more and the user is reluctant to switch to the 386 version because
>he believes the application relies on quirks of that specific '286
>version.  I don't  know enough about unify to be of much help.

You can probably run the executable without much problems, however
your 286 license for unify is not valid for running the database (and
associated software) on a 386 unix system.  You can probably get a 
an upgrade to 386 unify (you actually get some trade-in credit for 
the old version).

But barring licensing problems, you should be able to run most Xenix
software (both 286 and 386) under System V R3.2.  However you can't run
any 8086 Xenix binaries.

Unify is written for, and ported to, many Unix architectures, so it makes
little use of special quirks of the operating system.

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