Date: Thu, 16 Jan 97 11:51:56 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> To: "Stephen F. Combs" <steve@combs.salem.ge.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> Subject: Re: Emulation of HP-UX or A*X? Message-ID: <Chameleon.853444403.List@journeyman> References: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970116134156.490Q-100000@combs.salem.ge.com>
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<steve@combs.salem.ge.com> wrote: > 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'). Hmm, so if I were to be able to talk a commercial app builder who had an app for SunOS to do the compile on a FBSD computer odds are that it might work? That is an idea... -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 11:51:56 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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