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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Is NetBSD/Sparc binary compatiblity with SunOS 4.x? Date: 7 Jul 1995 20:58:43 GMT Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tk763$e67@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <TAWEIL.95Jul4003632@skat.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov In article <TAWEIL.95Jul4003632@skat.usc.edu>, Ta-Wei Li <taweil@skat.usc.edu> wrote: > The subject says it all. If the answer is yes, I am particularly >interested in whether Adobe Arcobat reader runs O.K.? I've run Netscape, WordPerfect, and FrameMaker under NetBSD/sparc. I don't know if that particular application works, but given the COMPAT_SUNOS's great track record, I'd be willing to bet that it would. If it didn't, the KTRACE facility is a wonderful way of seeing what is happening at the syscall level. -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939