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From: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan)
Subject: Re: SCO binary compatible ?
Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
Message-ID: <DEyIKp.K4n@kithrup.com>
References: <Pine.A32.3.91.950915000801.2776B-100000@falco.ibama.gov.br>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:14:49 GMT
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In article <Pine.A32.3.91.950915000801.2776B-100000@falco.ibama.gov.br>,
Bernardo Brummer  <bernardo@ibama.gov.br> wrote:
>I understood that Freebsd was now binary compatible with SCO, so I tried 
>an old Xenix pico 1.7 (worked OK with SCO 3.2.4.1) but it wouldn't work.

We don't yet have Xenix x.out compatibility.  It is different from ibcs2
compatibility.  (Also, of course, no '286 compatibility -- I can't find any
documentation on the system interface for Xenix/286 :(.)