Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:47:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Stephen F. Combs" <steve@combs.salem.ge.com> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> Cc: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emulation of HP-UX or A*X? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970116134156.490Q-100000@combs.salem.ge.com> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.853438720.List@journeyman>
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HP-UX is SystemVRel2 based (with HP-isms added), AIX is IBM's attempt to 'Big Blue' a unix, AUX is Apple's "Unix", and SunOS (up thru 4.1.4) is BSD with Sunisms. The reason I began using FreeBSD was to have the SAME basic working environment on my PC as I had on my SPARC. If you want HARDWARE Emulation it'd be easier AND cheaper to just buy the appropriate workstation and go from there. If you want S/W emulation, I'd forget HP-U/X, AIX, and AUX (my personal opinion, after working with ALL of them!) and just go with SunOS. You already got it! Can't run Sun binaries, but you CAN compile source and have it work (usually 'Fresh Out of the BOX'). ---- Stephen F. Combs Internet: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM GE Industrial Systems Voice: 540.387.8828 Network Services Home: CombsSF-Home@Salem.GE.COM 1501 Roanoke Blvd FAX: 540.387.7106 Salem, VA 24153 LapTop: CombsSF-Mobile@Salem.GE.COM On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:16:31 Pacific Standard Time > From: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> > To: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> > Cc: emulation@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Emulation of HP-UX or A*X? > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 97 17:07:25 Pacific Standard Time "Sean J. Schluntz" wrote: > > > > > Does FreeBSD have emulation for HP-UX, AIX, AUX or SunOS. > > > > None of these run on x86 platforms. Emulation in that case involves > > emulation of a different processor, which is slow and which the > > current emulator doesn't attempt to provide support for. > > > > NetBSD is able to emulate some of these on appropriate hardware > > (i.e. where the processor matches!). > > Well, I know that IBM makes AIX (Or AUX, Apple Makes the other.) Oh well, > which ever IBM makes is compatible with the x86 platform. You can even get it > on some of the Notebooks (PPC and x86). Do you know what type of Unix this > is? And how hard would it be to emulate that one. > > -Sean > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sean J. Schluntz <schluntz@pinpt.com> > Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 > PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 > 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 > San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ > > Local Time Sent: 01/16/97 10:16:31 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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