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From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Subject: Re: Binary compatibility question...
Message-ID: <1992Oct19.180159.27431@sci34hub.sci.com>
Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
References: <1992Oct13.223537.11949@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1992 18:01:59 GMT
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In article <1992Oct13.223537.11949@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> ngoh@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (NGO HIEN D) writes:

> [ ... ]  My question is: is either Linux or 386BSD "88 Open
>Compliant?"  The tech-guy popped this term on me and I was
>unaware of any such compatibility standard (wouldn't be a first.)

"88Open" is a standard for the Motorola 88000 RISC processor, so 
by definition, 386 code isn't going to run on it.

-- 
Gary Heston    SCI Systems, Inc.  gary@sci34hub.sci.com   site admin
The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither.
"...I looked out my window, and saw Kyle Pettys' car upside down, then I
thought 'One of us is in real trouble'." Davey Allison, re: a 150MPH crash