From: Andrew J. Cosgriff ! (andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au)
Date: 01/20/93


From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
Subject: Re: binary compat SCO UNIX/Destiny?, Thanks
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 09:14:13 GMT

philipr@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Philip Rhoades) writes:

>Is it possible for Linux binaries to ever be compatible with
>other Intel UNIXes eg SCO and Destiny? I just tried running a
>"hello world" program compiled with 0.99.3 on SCO ODT 1.1 -
>needless to say it didn't work. What is the situation?

Probably not in the near future, no...

There is a Xenix emulator that is getting nearish what you asked for,
but apart from that...

Being able to run COFF binaries would be nice, but it's not really
a priority, at least not for me.

Enjoy !

Cos !

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